“International Visiting Rehabilitation Program, Siriraj Hospital”

       Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Siriraj Hospital now provides “International Visiting Rehabilitation Program” for medical doctors. Our program includes the opportunity to attend in all rehabilitation aspects such as
1. Electrodiagnosis
2. Subspecialties; Cardiac rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation, Pediatric Rehabilitation Clinic, Swallowing rehabilitation clinic, Spasticity clinic, Pain clinic, Musculoskeletal clinic, Fibromyalgia clinic, Prosthetic& Orthotic clinic, Foot clinic, Diabetic foot clinic, Pain clinic, Neuromuscular clinic, Geriatric rehabilitation clinic, Fall prevention clinic, Spinal cord injury clinic, Hemophilia clinic, Pediatric oromotor rehabilitation clinic, Visual rehabilitation clinic, High risk baby clinic, Pedorthic Athletic Footwear and Foot Care, DIRFloortime® clinic, etc
3. Rehabilitation Intervention; Chemoneurolysis, Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES), Musculoskeletal pain Modalities (High power laser therapy, Shockwave, Transcranial magnetic stimulation), Musculoskeletal ultrasound, Exercise testing, Robotic-assisted therapy, Thai traditional massage, Acupuncture, etc
4. Educational activity: Inpatient ward round, Didactic topic, Neuroimaging/CP/OP/EDx conference, Research forum.
       The schedules can be tailored adjusted according to delegate needs and duration of visiting.
If you are interested, please contact siiro@mahidol.ac.th “https://www2.si.mahidol.ac.th/…/intern…/short-training-course

International Visitor from Myanmar

On January 2, 2018, Assistant Professor Witsanu Kumthornthip, Chairman of Department of Rehabilitation Medicine welcomed Dr. Khin Palae Swe from Mandalay General Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation to attend the short training course under Siriraj Scholarship for Doctors from ASEAN and Developing Countries at Department of Rehabilitation Medicine from 2 January – 28 February 2018.

Rehabilitation Medicine – About

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine was officially established on September 15th, 1993 as the 19thdepartment in the Faculty of Medicine , Siriraj Hospital. Currently, the office is on the 9th floor of Srisangwan Building, Siriraj Hospital. Since then, the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine has continually generated and developed services from 1949 until now. On February 4, 2004, the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine opened the 11th-floor inpatient rehabilitation ward at Chalermprakiat Building. The service included the intensive rehabilitation treatment of the patients over 15 years old such as paralytic patients and amputees.

Continuously, the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine provides rehabilitation service as holistic care to the patient by multidisciplinary team, as one of the core leader to direct Thai society in healthcare and physical capability recovering that enhance people’s quality of life. All department members attempt to conduct excellent research and develop new knowledge to be benefit to people’s health within the department vision. To serve the vision, the department set objectives to produce worldwide standard doctors, specialist doctor in rehabilitation– who would be able to effectively and properly generate advantages to public, also continuously develop themselves. The most important is that they must have morality and social responsibility and always treat others well following the phrase which means to be concern of other’s feeling.