Partnerships for the Goals

Siriraj Center of Research Excellence Management Unit

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‘Siriraj Center of Research Excellence Management Unit (SiCORE-M)’ was founded in 2017 as a management initiative to create a new research ecosystem with customized strategic research management to serve the complex need of ‘Siriraj Center of Research Excellence (SiCORE)’. It also responds to significant health problems, both domestic and international scene, which results in various activities that have been organized so far.

Objectives:

  1. 1. To accommodate quality research that meets the domestic, regional, or global demand.
  2. Support and facilitate the researcher for the smooth progress of the research operations following the funding rules and procedures.
  3. Strengthen the capacity of researchers and research teams to create ‘internationally recognized’ and ‘effective’ research and innovation that help increase the economic wealth compliant to ‘National strategy Thailand 4.0’ and ‘National Research and Innovation Policy Council’.

Specific Purposes:

  1. Develop a research map, research shows, research gap, and the research interest groups, which lead to the research direction, goal, and researcher development guidelines, to fill the gaps in knowledge through research.
  2. Support research utilization rather than academic dissemination especially the practical use and increasing economic value of research results.
  3. 3. Build a network of researchers inside and outside Siriraj (both domestic and international institutes). Strengthening the researchers’ capacity to conduct research on various issues to achieve common goals.
  4. Develop the strength of Siriraj’s research management organizations to respond to the research policy in Siriraj, society, and Thailand with efficiency, ethics, accuracy, and transparency.

 

 

International Symposium on Traditional Medicines

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The World is currently facing a health crisis from the rise of chronic Non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The existing treatment cannot control the disease as needed. The demand for traditional medical treatment is increasing. But, the problem is the lack of proven evidence of effectiveness and safety issues, including the lack of example about the integrated care in the hospital.

Therefore, Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University organized the International Symposium on Traditional Medicines under the theme of non-communicable disease from September 11th–12th, 2019 under the objectives to share and discuss on the challenges of the integration of Translational medicine into Non-Communicable diseases care, clinical practices, researches, including providing a chance for networking and collaboration between Siriraj and international institutions.

The target group of this symposium was to share and discuss the challenges of the integration of Translational medicine into Non-Communicable diseases care, clinical practices, researches, including providing a chance for networking and collaboration between Siriraj and international institutions.

The symposium was well attended by 129 participants from 11 countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, India, Cambodia, USA, UK, and Thailand.

Siriraj Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine Designated as WHOCC

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Congratulations to the Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine (CATTM), Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University on the designation as the World Health Organization Collaborating Center (WHOCC). Siriraj CATTM is now working together with WHO to support WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2014 – 2023 in organizing collaborative inter-regional or regional meetings/workshops once a year guided by WHO Regional Office.

The designation has been set for four years starting from February 8th, 2018. The CATTM agreed to work together with WHO by agreeing on 3 agendas as the following;

  1. Follow the WHO-CC-TM road map
  2. Set up at least one international conference on Applied Thai Traditional Medicine
  3. Encourage Applied Thai Traditional Medicine Research, Manual, as well as WHO WHO Benchmark for the Practice in Nuad Thai และ WHO terminology in Thai Traditional Medicine

The Outcomes of the Project

  1. Thai Traditional Medicine will be well recognized in the International Level
  2. Promotion of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital to be well recognized as the World Health Organization Collaborating Center and Professional in Applied Thai Traditional Medicine in the International Level
  3. Continuously being a Collaborating Center for Thai Traditional Medicine
  4. Promotion of Collaboration between Thailand, WHO, SEARO, etc.

ASEAN Medical Deans’ Summit

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Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, arranged “The First ASEAN Deans’ Summit: Connecting ASEAN Medical Schools Towards One Community” during September 17 – 19, 2012 at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. The ASEAN Deans’ Summit was arranged with the objectives to promote the collaboration among leading medical schools in the ASEAN region, to leverage medical education and health system towards international excellence and prepared to work as one community in 2015.

The ASEAN Deans’ Summit is the first time in the history of ASEAN whereby the medical education leaders (Deans and Rectors) from 10 nations, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Brunei convened at Siriraj to share their visions and ideas on how to collaborate among one another for the benefits of 600 million ASEAN people. Moreover, 12 medical schools in ASEAN (PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam; Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Cambodia; International University, Cambodia; Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Lao PDR; Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia; University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar; University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar; University of Philippines College of Medicine; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam) attended such historic summit at Siriraj. The structure of the ASEAN Medical Schools Network consists of four working groups:

A Chronological Order of ASEAN Deans’ Summit

2012: 1st ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital

2013: 2nd ASEAN Deans Summit @ Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya

2014: 3rd ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ National University of Singapore

2015: 4th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ University of Philippines College of Medicine

2016: 5th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia

2017: 6th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar

2018: 7th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam

2019: 8th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Brunei Darussalam

2020: 9th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital (Teleconference)

Bangkok Noi Model

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Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital set up the objectives to promote well-being and health promotion to the society by using the knowledge from all Departments and Units and implement it into the neighboring community called “Bangkok Noi” which is the district rich in history.

The faculty set up the project in collaboration with allied networks to develop the role model of the semi-urban community which is in the transition of an aged society to improve the health quality of people in Bangkok Noi district.

Project Rationale

  • Thailand is now entering into the aged society, posed a necessity to create the masterplan to respond effectively
  • Thai society needs Information Technology to solve the root cause of the problem by having enough information gathered from the area
  • The Faculty aimed to be beyond a medical school, and the adherence of the philosophy – “True success is not in the learning, but in its application to the benefit of mankind”.

Project Timeline: 4 years 6 months starting from October 1st, 2015 – March 31st, 2020

Location: Bangkok Noi District, Bangkok Province

Alliances and Stakeholders: 

  1. Thai Health Organization
  2. Bangkok Noi District Bureau
  3. Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University
  4. Royal Thai Navy
  5. 6-secondary school in Bangkok Noi District
  6. 42 communities in Bangkok Noi District
  7. Office of the Basic Education Commission
  8. Mahidol University International College
  9. 22-primary school in Bangkok Noi District

Objectives

  1. To develop a health database that can be utilized in the healthcare system and health promotion in the community.
  2. To enhance health care system management in the community as well as the primary care.
  3. To develop a healthcare network and learning process by having healthcare alliances and stakeholders participated in the project working together simultaneously
  4. To enhance the knowledge in parallel with the process of health promotion to cover all aspects of healthcare indicator in every age, especially to raise public awareness in the elderly
  5. To create a co-learning process by having a healthcare database to bring about a healthy community in 42 communities in Bangkok Noi and in the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital

Phase 1: Establishment of an information gathering system to further healthcare solution

Phase 2: Strengthen the cooperation and learning process in the communities

Phase 3: Promote and persuade all departments in the Faculty to launch the project or research which focus on the healthy community of Bangkok Noi district in order to make the communities are able to take care of themselves

Target group: people in 42 communities in Bangkok Noi District and Siriraj communities

Total of participants: 28,003 people

The Outcome of the Project: 

  1. Approach to the development of IT for gathering information, management, and report by having a database of 28,003 people in Bangkok Noi District with the information of health, financial status, social behavior, environment, and security
  2. Approach to network management, using integrated communication as the followings,
    • Separating the relationship between the head of communities into three groups
    • Creating the coordinator in the communities (1 coordinator per 4-5 communities)
    • Creating the teacher coordinator network
    (1 coordinator: 2 secondary schools & 1 coordinator: all primary schools)
  3. Visiting semi-urban community by the following processes
    • Community Coordination: Meeting with the head of communities
    • Preparation: Set up the orientation for the volunteers to analyze the communities
    • Gathering Information: Set up the mentors in the appointed zone for giving advice, walk into the community as a team, record, conclude, and solve immediate problems in the communities
  4. Establish the Projects by using the information gathered from the visitation of the communities

Ten projects were established from the database communities as the followings,

  1. The Workshop for CPR Volunteer Training Project in Bangkok Noi Communities by Department of Emergency Medicine
  2. Basic CPR for High School Teenager by Private Patient Division, Department of Nursing
  3. Research Project on CPR Volunteer by Motorcycle Taxi to Help the Healthcare Professional and People to Communities in Bangkok Noi to Receive CPR before the Emergency Health Service Arrive by the Department of Emergency Medicine
  4. Research Project on Enhancing the Physical Health in the Elderly by Siriraj Health Policy Unit
  5. CSR with CBR (Community – Based Rehabilitation) by the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
  6. Bangkok Noi Place and People by Mahidol University International College
  7. Bangkok Noi Challenge for Well-being of the Elderly by Siriraj Health Policy Unit and Siriraj Research Network
  8. Project on Self-Management for Non-Chronic Disease Elderly Patients in Bangkok Noi Communities by Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University
  9. New Generation of Sex Educator by the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University
  10. Project on the Result of Building Motivation and Self Control for Avoiding Alcohol among the Labour Population in Bangkok Noi by the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University