Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University

Faculty of Medicine,
Prince of Songkla University
คณะแพทยศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์
Type	Public (non-profit)
Established	6 October 1972
Parent institution	Prince of Songkla University
Dean	Assoc. Prof. Ruangsak Leethanaporn, M.D.
Location	15 Karnjanavanich Road, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand; 7°00′25″N 100°29′48″E / 7.007077°N 100.496616°E
Colors	Green
Website	medinfo.psu.ac.th

The Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University (Thai: คณะแพทยศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์) is the sixth oldest medical school in Thailand located in Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province and is the fourth oldest faculty of Prince of Songkla University, opening in 1972 by royal decree.^[1]

History

Due to a lack of medical and healthcare personnel in Thailand, as well as various healthcare issues in Southern Thailand, the council of Prince of Songkla University requested for the construction of a Faculty of Medicine on 11 September 1968. The project was approved on 17 August 1971 and construction began at the Hat Yai campus of the university. The first cohort of medical students was accepted in June 1973, consisting of 35 students. Teaching was done in the Faculty of Science for the preclinical years and Hatyai Hospital and Songkhla Hospital during the clinical years.^[2]

On 26 August 1976, King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit laid the foundation for the construction of the faculty's main teaching hospital. Ten years later on 18 September 1986, the King and Princess Sirindhorn opened the hospital and named it 'Songklanagarind' Hospital. Songklanagarind Hospital has become the main teaching hospital since then.

Departments

Department of Anesthesiology
Department of Biomedical Science
Department of Community Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine
Department of Otolaryngology
Department of Pathology
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Physical Therapy
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Radiology
Department of Surgery
Department of Epidemiology^[3]

Education

The following table displays the programs taught at the Faculty of Medicine at Prince of Songkla University.

Undergraduate Programs

Doctor of Medicine (MD)
BSc. Medical Science
BSc. Biomedical Science
BSc. Physical Therapy
BSc. Radiological Technology

Graduate Programs

MSc. Epidemiology
MSc. Biomedical Science
MSc. Biomedical Engineering
MSc. Occupational Medicine
Higher Graduate Diploma Certificate in Clinical Medical Science

Doctorate Programs

Ph.D. Epidemiology
Ph.D. Biomedical Science
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering

Main Teaching Hospitals

Songklanagarind Hospital
Hatyai Hospital (CPIRD), Songkhla Province
Yala Hospital (CPIRD), Yala Province

Affiliated Teaching Hospitals

Trang Hospital, Trang province
Songkhla Hospital, Songkhla province
Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital, Nakhon Si Thammarat province
Surat Thani Hospital, Surat Thani province
Thung Song Hospital, Nakhon Si Thammarat province^[4]
Phatthalung Hospital, Phatthalung province

References

Article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia.

[1] "PSU Medicine".

[2] "PSU Medicine History". Archived from the original on 2007-06-16. Retrieved 2018-03-22.

[3] "Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University".

[4] "หลักสูตรแพทยศาสตรบัณฑิต หลักสูตรปรับปรุง พ.ศ. 2558 คณะแพทยศาสตร์มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์ วิทยาเขตหาดใหญ่" (PDF).^{[permanent dead link]}

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