The first-ever summit of Asean medical school deans kicked off in
Bangkok yesterday with talks on research collaboration on communicable and
non-communicable diseases.
University presidents, deans and
deputy deans from 12 top universities in 10 Asean nations were due to propose different
issues for discussion to try to find suitable conclusions. Different projects
would be initiated in line with conclusions, Clinical Prof Udom Kachintorn,
dean of Mahidol's faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital, the meeting's host.
Professor Adeeba Binti
Kamarulzaman from Malaysia responded to a question about the urgent matters to
be discussed in terms of research collaboration, saying the academics would see
how they could jointly deal with problems that every country in the region
faces - diseases such as flu and diabetes.
Prof Agnes D Mejia from the
Philippines said having done community based research on diabetes, HIV
prevention, E-coli and diarrhoea; the Philippines would share its findings.
Prof Udom said: "In
preparation for the Asean Economic Community in 2015, the medical schools have
to discuss how to upgrade curriculum, learning processes, medical services and
research together. We have to link our patient care systems to support free
flow of patients in Asean."
The First Asean Deans' Summit
will run until tomorrow, with the theme "Connecting Asean Medical Schools
towards One Community". It aims to promote collaboration among leading
medical schools in Asean to leverage medical education and health systems
towards international excellence and to be prepared to work as one community by
2015.
They will sign the Asean Medical
School's Intention Declaration tomorrow to establish and reinforce
collaboration and a network among their medical schools. They plan to share
human resources and provide capacity building for medical education and research
and health systems in Asean countries.
Asked about doctor mobility in
Asean, Dr Alonkone Phengsavanh from Laos, said: "We should set up new
regulations among medical associations of each country, and the first thing is
medical licences. [Each] Health Ministry should be aware about this issue. The
country should think about a 'brain drain'.
Udom said he hoped that their
collaboration - coming together to look at curricula and (medical) facilities
they could share to help each other - would help lift every country's standards
to a similar level.
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