Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
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คณะแพทยศาสตร์โรงพยาบาลรามาธิบดี มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล | |
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| Type | Public (non-profit) |
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| Established |
1964 (approved by cabinet) 1969 (opened) |
Parent institution | Mahidol University |
| Dean | Prof. Piyamitr Sritara, M.D. |
Administrative staff |
8,315 (2013): 753 academic 7,562 supporting |
| Students |
2,030: 852 medical 508 postgrad 670 nursing students |
| Location | 270 Rama 6 Road, Thung Phayathai Subdistrict, Ratchathewi District, Bangkok 10400 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Light green |
| Website | med.mahidol.ac.th |
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The Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital (Thai: คณะแพทยศาสตร์โรงพยาบาลรามาธิบดี) of Mahidol University has long been regarded as Thailand's most prestigious medical school. The acceptance rate for 2017-2018 academic year was 0.7%.
History
Following the Second National Economic and Social Development Plan (1964–1966), the Thai government aimed to increase the number of doctors and nurses in order to meet the needs of the country. In August 1964, the government cabinet approved the plan of setting up a new medical school which would be located around the Phaya Thai area, on the Thung Phaya Thai grounds owned by the Treasury Department and located opposite the Ministry of Industry. Furthermore a new hospital called was also to be built on the site. On December 30, 1965, HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej graciously conferred upon the name of this new medical school “Ramathibodi” and laid the foundation stone for the faculty and hospital's buildings, as well as officially enrolling the first cohort of medical students at the Faculty of Science. Four years later, the King opened the new faculty and hospital on May 3, 1969 and patient admission started three days later. Apart from the government’s fund, the faculty was financially and academically supported by the Rockefeller Foundation from the United States of America. Since then the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital has been fully equipped and has provided medical education and services as well as research facilities to the public.
The Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital is one of the two medical schools within Mahidol University. The older sister is the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
| Number | Name (English) | Name (Thai) | Years in Office |
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| 1 | Prof. Emeritus Aree Walayasewee, M.D. | ศาสตราจารย์เกียรติคุณ นายแพทย์ อารี วัลยะเสวี | 1969-1978 |
| 2 | Prof. Rajit Buri, M.D. | ศาสตราจารย์ นายแพทย์ รจิต บุรี | 1980-1982 |
| 3 | Prof. Emeritus Thavi Boonchoti, M.D. | ศาสตราจารย์เกียรติคุณ นายแพทย์ ทวี บุญโชติ | 1982-1986 |
| 4 | Prof. Emeritus Athasit Vejjajiva, M.D. | ศาสตราจารย์เกียรติคุณ นายแพทย์ อรรถสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะ | 1986-1995 |
| 5 | Prof. Emeritus Boonchob Pongpanich, M.D. | ศาสตราจารย์เกียรติคุณ นายแพทย์ บุญชอบ พงษ์พาณิชย์ | 1995-1998 |
| 6 | Prof. Emeritus Prakit Vathesatogkit, M.D. | ศาสตราจารย์เกียรติคุณ นายแพทย์ ประกิต วาทีสาธกกิจ | 1998-2005 |
| 7 | Prof. Rachata Rachatanawin, M.D. | ศาสตราจารย์ นายแพทย์ รัชตะ รัชตะนาวิน | 2005-2011 |
| 8 | Prof. Winit Phuapradit, M.D. | ศาสตราจารย์ นายแพทย์ วินิต พัวประดิษฐ์ | 2011-2015 |
| 9 | Prof. Piyamitr Sritara, M.D. | ศาสตราจารย์ นายแพทย์ ปิยะมิตร ศรีธรา | 2015- |
About
The hospital is located on Rama 6 Road, close to Chitralada Royal Villa. There are 3 main health servicing buildings (Building 1, Queen Sirikit Building, and Somdech Phra Debaratana Building) on the medical school campus which serve at least 5,000 out-patient visits per day and in-patients with more than 1,000 beds for tertiary medical care. It is served by Ramathibodi Hospital Railway Halt, operated by the State Railway of Thailand. There are dormitories and sports facilities for medical students located on-site.
Departments
- Department of Anesthesiology
- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division
- Department of Communication Science and Disorders
- Department of Community Medicine
- Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology
- Division of Emergency Medicine
- Department of Family Medicine
- Department of Internal Medicine
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Orthopedics
- Department of Otolaryngology
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Department of Surgery
- School of Nursing
- Research Center
- Medical Education and Student Affairs
- Graduate Program In Nutrition Group
Education
The faculty offers a range of courses including the following:
Undergraduate Programs
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Graduate Programs
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Doctorate Programs
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Apart from regular programs, the faculty also offers numerous resident specialty programs, sub-specialty programs, and fellowship programs.
Medicine
High school students compete in an extremely competitive entrance examination and grueling interview process. The acceptance rate was 0.8% as of the 2015 academic year and 0.7% as of the 2016 academic year. Ramathibodi develops the American style of study due to assistance from the Rockefeller Foundation during its founding period. The medical course aims to produce competent doctors with high professionalism and strong communication, teamwork, leadership and interpersonal skills. There is also an emphasis on research and English-language skills and all medical students can enter the 'Ton Kla Ramathibodi' Project (Thai: โครงการต้นกล้ารามาธิบดี) which aims to develop such skills to better healthcare and society.[1][2] As of the 2018 intake, a total of 180 undergraduate medical (RAMD) students[3][4] are accepted into the course at the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital through the following programmes:
- Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital - 180 students
- The Consortium of Thai Medical Schools Examination (กสพท) - 154 students
- Portfolio and BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) - 25 students
- Introduced since 2017 intake
- Mahidol Medical Scholar Program (Mahidol Wittayajarn Program) - 1 student
- Students must have a scientific research project presented or published internationally
- Students will automatically enter the M.D. Ph.D. course and become a university lecturer following graduation
In addition, the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital has agreed with the HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science for the medicine course (PCMD) to provide educational facilities for students. Both RAMD and PCMD students study together throughout the six-year medicine course:
- Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital - HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science - 32 students
- The Consortium of Thai Medical Schools Examination (กสพท) - 20 students
- Phet Chulabhorn Program (Portfolio/SAT) - 9 students
- Panitharn Chulabhorn Program - 3 students
Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute (CNMI)
In 2010, the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital launched a new project, named the Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute (CNMI) (Thai: สถาบันการแพทย์จักรีนฤบดินทร์) as a center for medical excellence in Asia to celebrate the 84th Anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday. The project approximately costed 6 billion Baht.[5] The institute opened on the 25th of December 2017 and was attended by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.[6]
International Relations
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
- With the Faculty[7]
- Medicine
- Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM)
- University of Innsbruck
- French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
- Hadassah Medical Center
- Nagoya University
- Juntendo University
- National Cancer Center Japan
- Yamagata University
- Kobe University
- Graduate School of Medicine
- Graduate School of Healthcare Sciences
- Shinshu University
- Tohoku University
- Graduate School of Medicine
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Jichi Medical University
- Osaka University
- Sano Hospital, Kobe
- Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
- National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan (NCCHD)
- Yonsei University
- Konkuk University
- National Institute of Public Health, Laos PDR (NIOPH)
- University of Groningen
- Chang Gung University
- National Sun Yat-sen University
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- University of Florida, College of Medicine
- Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
- Nursing
- VIA University College
- Mie Prefectural College of Nursing
- St. Luke's College of Nursing (Japan)
- University of Tokyo
- Uppsala University
- National Taiwan University
- Columbia University, School of Nursing
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
- University of Washington, School of Nursing
- Yale University, School of Nursing
- Medicine
- With Mahidol University[8]
- Medicine
- University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), David Geffen School of Medicine
- Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
- University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine
- Oregon Health & Science University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Ghent University
- University of Cologne
- PFH Private University of Applied Sciences (PFH Private Hochschule Göttingen)
- Vilnius University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Medicine
Teaching Hospitals
See also
References
- ↑ "โครงการต้นกล้ารามาธิบดี คณะแพทยศาสตร์โรงพยาบาลรามาธิบดี มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล".
- ↑ "Incubator of Change Agents 2017" (PDF).
- ↑ "Comparison of Admission Details 2018" (PDF).
- ↑ "หลักสูตรแพทยศาสตร์บัณฑิต".
- ↑ "ความเป็นมาสถาบันการแพทย์จักรีนฤบดินทร์".
- ↑ "พิธีเปิดสถาบันการแพทย์จักรีนฤบดินทร์ คณะแพทยศาสตร์โรงพยาบาลรามาธิบดี มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล".
- ↑ "MOU Ramathibodi".
- ↑ "MOU Mahidol".