The Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thammasat University or CICM () is the twenty-first medical school set up in Thailand located in
Khlong Luang District,
Pathum Thani Province and is the first institution in Thailand to provide an international course in medicine. The first year course consists of general sciences, followed by preclinical years 2 and 3 and then the clinical years 4–6. During the clinical years, Thammasat University Hospital is used as the main training site and students may undertake electives in foreign countries.
CICM was opened on 28 August 2012 to provide medical education in
English
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as an international course. The setup of the university involved a cooperation between
Thammasat University
Thammasat University (Abbreviation, Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the ...
and
Bumrungrad International Hospital
Bumrungrad International Hospital ( th, โรงพยาบาลบำรุงราษฎร์, , ; ) is a private hospital founded in 1980 in Bangkok, Thailand. More frequently referred to as Bumrungrad Hospital or simply Bumrungrad, its n ...
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Teaching Hospitals
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Thammasat University Hospital
Thammasat University Hospital ( th, โรงพยาบาลธรรมศาสตร์เฉลิมพระเกียรติ; ) is a public hospital subsidiary to the Office of the Rector, Thammasat University, Ministry of Education. ...
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King Narai Hospital
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Lopburi province
See also
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List of medical schools in Thailand
Medical education in Thailand was pioneered by King Chulalongkorn, who founded the country's first medical school called the "School of Medical Practitioners" at Siriraj Hospital in 1889, now the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol Unive ...
References
Article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia.
Thammasat University
Medical schools in Thailand
2012 establishments in Thailand
Pathum Thani province
University departments in Thailand
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