The Faculty of Medicine heartily congratulates its newly promoted professors. On January 20, 2021, the Office of the Prime Minister announced the list of 50 new professors across Thailand, 6 of whom are in our Faculty. They are:
Professor Thawalwong Ratanasiri Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor Suppasin Soontrapa Department of Orthopedics
Professor Kwanchanok Yimtae Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Professor Polpun Boonmak Department of Anesthesiology
Professor Amporn Chamsuwan Department of Forensic Medicine
Professor Benjamas Prathanee Department of Otorhinolaryngology
All are invited to join Global Health Conversation Series by USF Health on the topic “The Merging of Two Crisis: The Impact of Covid-19 on the Global Refugee Crisis”. The Lecturer for this session is Dr. Minal Ahson. Dr. Minal Ahson is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of South Florida. She is a Med-Peds Hospitalist on The COVID-19 respond team at the Global Emerging Disease Institute at Tampa General Hospital. She has extensive experience working on humanitarian medical response around the world, with a particular focus on refugee communities in Jordan and Bangladesh. She has also directed and taught course on refugee health and humanitarian medicine at USF Morsani College of Medicine, Georgetown School of Medicine, and UC Berkeley.
The session start: Wednesday, February 10, 2021. 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT
In November 2021, the UK will be hosting the 26th annual session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, or “COP26”, in Glasgow. At the summit, delegates including heads of state, climate experts, and negotiators will come together to agree on coordinated action to tackle climate change.
In leading up to COP26, the British Council has launched the Trilateral Research Initiative to provide an opportunity to
Establish new research networks and collaborations in the field of climate research between the UK, Japan, and one or more ASEAN countries or territories which are eligible for Overseas Development Assistance (ODA);
Develop and implement research projects which contribute to solving the existing climate change-related problems;
Stimulate innovative research ideas and encourage sustainable collaborations between the research partners beyond the initial funding;
Foster an interdisciplinary approach to climate research by bringing together early career researchers from different fields to collaborate on finding solutions to climate challenges.
Those interested can look up for more information and register at
All are welcome to join online events in the New Year with the next digital workshop taking place on 27th January 2021 at 9am GMT / 5pm SGT. Host by the Imperial College, School of Medicine and Lee Kong Chain, School of Medicine and brought to you by Paul Gagnon, Smriti Pathak and Preman Rajalingam, Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education: a practical guide is a 90-minute workshop that will enable participants to:
Identify key elements specific to understanding artificial intelligence in medical education
Describe an approach to designing AI enabled learning and assessment activities
Outline common strategies and challenges when planning and evaluating AI projects
More information about the conference will be available early in the New Year so keep an eye out for emails and check back on the website, www.transformmeded.org
Written by: Natakon Naowarojna
International Relations Office, Research and International Relations Affairs
As per traditional UHosNet Protocal, the ceremony featured presentation “UHosNetKKU” by Srinagarind Hospital the following host of the forthcoming UHosNet Meeting. UHosNet 75th will be Hosted by Srinagarind Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University April 29-30, 2021
Associate Professor Apichat Jiravuttipong, MD, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, was honored to co-preside over the ceremony of the official handover of the UHosNet flag from Naresuan University Hospital Director to Srinagarind Hospital Director
Associate Professor Songsak Kiatchoosakun, MD, Director, Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University and administrator, officially received the UHosNet flag from Professor Sirikasem Sirilak, MD, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Naresuan University and Acting for Naresuan University Hospital Director, December 4, 2020. As the Naresuan University Hospital was the host for the UHOSNET 74th Meeting held on December 3-4, 2020 at Top land Plaza Hotel, Phitsanulok Province Srinagarind Hospital will host the University Hospital Network (UHOSNET) 75th: conference in April 29-30, 2021
On December 3, 2020, International Relations Office, of the Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, hosted a seminar on “Procedure for the Employment of Foreigner” at Lecture Room 1, Pre-clinical Sciences Building 2, 2nd floor, the Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University.
The purpose of this event was to enhance Khon Kaen University Staff’s knowledge about the processes for employing foreigners. The seminar covered foreign employee law, regulation, acts and national policy and how to avoid any violation during foreigner employment process.
Associate Professor Wimonrat Sriraj, Associate Dean for the Research and International Relations Affairs presided over the seminar and gave an opening speech. Invited speakers were Police Captain Tatsana Chaisang, Sub-Inspector of Immigration, Khon Kaen Province who spoke on “Visa Application Process for Foreign Employee”, Miss Darunee Chaidej, Labour Specialist, professional level, and Mr. Bancha Kanunthong, Labour Specialist, from the Department of Employment of Khon Kaen Province, who shared their experience on “Application Procedures for foreign employee Work Permit”.
The seminar was a great success with 50 participants in the auditorium and another 20 participating online.
Written by: Natakon Naowarojna
International Relations Officer
Research and International Relations Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
As clinicians we are accustomed to practising evidence-based medicine, with the synthesis of evidence and expert guidelines informing our daily practice. How might this thinking translate into educational practice, and what are the potential pitfalls? Without knowing what kind of world our students will be practising medicine in, how can we best prepare them for future healthcare?
This symposium will explore some of the ways in which evidence has been used to both re-enforce and debunk educational practices and the strategies that can be used to synthesise and apply evidence-based education. We will then take a critical look at biomedical conceptions of evidence as applied to the social, behavioural and cognitive sciences and debate strategies for practising evidence-based education in a changing world.
About Lorainne Tudor Car
Lorainne Tudor Car is an Assistant Professor of Evidence Based Medicine at LKCMedicine (Family Medicine & Primary Care) and an Honorary Senior Research fellow in Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London. She is a methods editor to the Cochrane Public Health Group and Campbell Knowledge Translation and Implementation group and a methodological lead for a global, World Health Organisation evidence synthesis initiative on digital education for healthcare workforce development. Dr Tudor Car is also a lead for the LKCMedicine PhD programme module on systematic reviews and evidence synthesis.
About Kathleen (Kay) Leedham-Green
Kathleen Leedham-Green is a research fellow in Imperial College’s Medical Education Research Unit. Her clinical education research interests centre around prevention, preparedness for practice, sustainable healthcare, innovation and quality improvement. Kay has broader educational research interests relating to diversity & equitable participation, professional identity, the links between assessment and learning behaviour, academic motivation, well-being, educational value and self-efficacy. She also supports educational professional development and the translation of educational evidence into practice across Imperial College’s Clinical Teaching Fellow network.
Written by: Natakon Naowarojna
International Relations Officer
Department of Research and International Relations, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
1. Register online and reserve a graduate’s gown at the website: http://reg.kku.ac.th. and make the payment at Siam Commercial Bank from now until November 10, 2020.
2. Any graduate who has not registered within the said date is not authorized to participate in the Graduation ceremony.
3. Potential graduates may check their eligibility as a 2020 graduate from the website http://reg.kku.ac.th (select: Graduates).
4. Itinerary of the Graduation Commencement:
Date
Time
Events
(1st Day Rehearsal)
December 10, 2020
8.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.
– Bachelor graduates report and rehearsal at their faculty.
– Postgraduate graduates report and rehearsal at the Golden Jubilee Convention Center.
– COLA and MBA graduates:
Morning: report and rehearsal at their faculty.
Afternoon: rehearsal at the Golden Jubilee Convention Center.
(2nd Day Rehearsal)
December 11, 2020
08.30 – 11.30 a.m.
– Graduates who participate in the morning session on 13 December 2020 rehearsal at the Golden Jubilee Convention Center.
11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
– Graduates for the morning session join the “Succession of the Mo Din Daeng Idealism” event.
1.30 – 2.30 p.m.
– Graduates for the afternoon session join the “Succession of the Mo Din Daeng Idealism” event.
2.30 – 5.00 p.m.
– Graduates who participate in the afternoon session on 13 December 2020 rehearsalat the Golden Jubilee Convention Center.
*Graduates who participate in the Graduation Commencement on 14 December 2020 take the group photo. The venue will be informed later.
(3rd Day Rehearsal)
December 12, 2020
8.30 – 11.30 a.m.
– Graduates who participate in the Graduation Commencement on 14 December 2020 rehearsal at the Golden Jubilee Convention Center.
11.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
– Graduates join the “Succession of the Mo Din Daeng Idealism” event.
*Graduates who participate in the Graduation Commencement on 13 December 2020 take the group photo. The venue will be informed later.
December 13, 2020
(Graduation Commencement Day 1)
Morning – Afternoon
Procession for the Graduation Commencementto start in front of the Golden Jubilee Convention Center on Sithan Road
December 14, 2020
(Graduation Commencement Day 2)
Morning session
5. Any graduate who fails to report and rehearse according to the schedule is not entitled to attend the Graduation Commencement.
6. Requisite attire on rehearsal days:
Male graduates: formal attire, no T-shirt, no jeans, with the shoes to be used on the degree conferral day.
Female graduates: formal dress (no tight T-shirt), formal skirt with proper length (not short), and shoes to be used on the degree conferral day.
**All graduates must wear a mask while participating in the Graduation Commencement. On the conferral day, KKU will provide masks for graduates. On the rehearsal days, graduates must prepare a mask for themselves.**
7. Graduates’ attire for the Graduation Commencement: Your respective gown (according to the KKU Announcement on graduates’ attire).
8. For more information concerning the Graduation Commencement, please visit
On 31 May 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the global public health champions celebrated World No Tobacco Day. The focus of this year’s World No Tobacco Day is on protecting young people from the marketing of big tobacco companies and helping them avoid using tobacco and nicotine. According to WHO, tobacco use kills more than 8 million people around the world each year, a number that is predicted to grow unless anti-tobacco actions are elevated. Tobacco use is the largest preventable cause of death and disease. It causes many types of cancer, as well as heart disease, stroke, lung disease, and other health problems.
Associate Professor Aumkhae Sookprasert, Head, Oncology in Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University explains the negative effect of tobacco and encourage people to stop smoking. In the long term effect, Tar in cigarettes coats the lungs and can cause lung and throat cancer in smokers. Unfortunately, it is not just smokers who are putting their health at risk. Through what is termed second-hand smoke, or passive smoking, smokers are also harming strangers or their loved ones. Passive smoking occurs when a person who is not smoking breathes in the smoke from people who are smoking. Passive smoking can irritate the eyes and nose and also cause a number of health problems such as heart disease and lung cancer. Tobacco smoke is especially harmful to babies and young children.
Each year, the WHO sponsors this awareness day to highlight the health risks of using tobacco and to actions that help reduce smoking and use of other tobacco products. To stop smoking, you will be able to protect the health of your non-smoking friends and family. The understanding and the commitment that we will continue working shoulder-to-shoulder to help societies break free from the chains of tobacco and nicotine addiction.
Early bird registration is now open
from October 15th-November 15th, 2019.
This is the chance to apply the competition for the best price which is only 560 USD or 17,000 THB per team.
Early register and get 100 USD discount !!
About Kathleen (Kay) Leedham-Green
