The Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University () is the sixth oldest medical school in Thailand located in

Hat Yai District Hat Yai ( th, หาดใหญ่, ) is a district ('' amphoe'') of Songkhla province, southern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Khuan Kalong of Satun province; Rattaphum, Bang Klam, Khuan Niang, S ...

, Songkhla Province and is the fourth oldest faculty of

Prince of Songkla University Prince of Songkla University (PSU) ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์; ) is the first university in southern Thailand, established in 1967. The name of the university was granted by the King Bhumibol ...

, opening in 1972 by royal decree.

History

Due to a lack of medical and healthcare personnel in Thailand, as well as various healthcare issues in

Southern Thailand Southern Thailand, Southern Siam or Tambralinga is a southernmost cultural region of Thailand, separated from Central Thailand region by the Kra Isthmus. Geography Southern Thailand is on the Malay Peninsula, with an area of around , bounded ...

, the council of Prince of Songkla University requested for the construction of a Faculty of Medicine on 11 September 1968. The project was approved on 17 August 1971 and construction began at the Hat Yai campus of the university. The first cohort of medical students was accepted in June 1973, consisting of 35 students. Teaching was done in the Faculty of Science for the preclinical years and

Hatyai Hospital Hatyai Hospital ( th, โรงพยาบาลหาดใหญ่) is a hospital in Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand. It is classified as a regional hospital under the Ministry of Public Health, and it is one of two main hospitals opera ...

and

Songkhla Hospital Songkhla Hospital () is one of the two main hospitals of Songkhla Province, Thailand, operated by the Ministry of Public Health the other being the larger Hatyai Hospital. It is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a general hospi ...

during the clinical years. On 26 August 1976, King

Bhumibol Adulyadej Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...

and Queen

Sirikit Queen Sirikit ( th, สิริกิติ์; ; ); born ''Mom Rajawongse'' Sirikit Kitiyakara ( th, สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร; ; 12 August 1932) is the queen mother of Thailand. She was List of Thai royal consorts, ...

laid the foundation for the construction of the faculty's main teaching hospital. Ten years later on 18 September 1986, the King and Princess

Sirindhorn Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, The Princess Royal and Princess Debaratana Rajasuda ( th, มหาจักรีสิรินธร, ; ; born April 2, 1955), formerly Princess Sirindhorn Debaratanasuda Kitivadhanadulsobhak ( th, สมเ ...

opened the hospital and named it 'Songklanagarind' Hospital. Songklanagarind Hospital has become the main teaching hospital since then.

Departments

* Department of Anaethesiology * Department of Biomedical Science * Department of Community Medicine * Department of Emergency Medicine * Department of Internal Medicine * Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology * Department of Ophthalmology * Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine * Department of Otolaryngology * Department of Pathology * Department of Paediatrics * Department of Physical Therapy * Department of Psychology * Department of Radiology * Department of Surgery * Department of Epidemiology

Education

The following table displays the programs taught at the Faculty of Medicine at Prince of Songkla University.

Main Teaching Hospitals

* Songklanagarind Hospital *

(CPIRD), Songkhla Province * Yala Hospital (CPIRD), Yala Province

Affiliated Teaching Hospitals

Trang Hospital Trang Hospital () is the main hospital of Trang Province, Thailand and is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors of the School of Medicine, Walailak Un ...

, Trang Province *

, Songkhla Province *

Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital Maharaj Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital () is the main hospital of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand and is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors fo ...

, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province *

Surat Thani Hospital Surat Thani Hospital () is the main hospital of Surat Thani Province, Thailand. It is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors for the Faculty of Medicine ...

, Surat Thani Province * Thung Song Hospital, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

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