POSTGRADUTE EDUCATION UNIT

Information regarding the Post-Graduate Education Unit

    The post-Graduate Education Unit of the Faculty of Medicine, (Prince of Songkla University), is responsible for management, (specialized doctors) training, and managing the Post-Graduate Education curriculums. The specialized doctors training program aims to train doctors to be specialized in each field. The training is 3 – 4 years long. Our unit is responsible for asking for approval of launching the training program, residency recruitment advertisement, training, seminars, training at other institutes, orientation, resignation, consulting, and training efficiency controlling and investigation.
In 1985, the Faculty launched the first specialized doctors training program in Pediatrics. Currently, there are 38 fellowship training programs opened.
    1. Psychiatry
    2. Anatomical Pathology
    3. Clinical Pathology
    4. Family Medicine
    5. Emergency Medicine
    6. Pediatrics
    7. Ophthalmology
    8. Neurology
    9. Neurosurgery
    10. Diagnostic Radiology
    11. Anesthesiology
    12. Rehabilitation Medicine
    13. Thoracic Surgery
    14. General Surgery
    15. Orthopaedics
    16. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    17. Otorhinolaryngology
    18. Internal Medicine
    19. Hematology
    20. Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
    21. Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
    22. Pediatric Allergy Immunology
    23. Pediatric Cardiology
    24. Diagnostic Neuroimaging
    25. Gynecologic Oncology
    26. Body and Interventional Radiology
    27. Reproductive Medicine
    28. Maternal Fetal Medicine
    29. Rheumatology
    30. Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
    31. Endocrinology and Metabolism
    32. Nephrology
    33. Gastroenterology
    34. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
    35. Cardiology
    36. Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
    37. Retina and Vitreous
    38. Hand and Microsurgery
    39. Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
    40. Retina and Vitreous
    41. Glaucoma

Opening programs during academic year 2014

    1. Critical Care
    2. Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia
    3. Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

    In addition, our unit is responsible for the graduate studies program management under the responsibility of the Faculty’s subcommittee for Graduate Studies. We coordinate with the departments and other units holding the graduate studies level program examination. The main duty is to be a central unit for coordinating regarding:
   - Graduate students recruitment
   - Graduate Studies program management
   - The approval of the programs
   - Program improvement and closure
   - Graduate students’ research following
   - The Faculty of Medicine’s scholarship for Graduate students support
   - Submitting and reporting the subjects’ grades via the website
   - Enrollment
   - Educational calendar
   - Thesis and minor thesis following

Post-Graduate Education Unit

    Post-Graduate Education Unit will follow and control the program to meet the national higher education standards framework. Currently,
the Faculty of Medicine offers 9 Graduate Studies programs.
   Graduate Diploma level
    1. Graduate Diploma Program in Nurse Anesthetist

   Master’s Degree level
    1. Master of Science Program in Epidemiology
    2. Master of Science Program in Occupational Medicine
    3. Master of Science Program in Biomedical Sciences
    4. Master of Science Program in Biomedical Engineering

   Higher Graduate Diploma level
    1. Higher Graduate Diploma Program in Clinical Sciences

   Doctor’s Degree level
    1. Doctor of Philosophy Program in Epidemiology
    2. Doctor of Philosophy Program in Biomedical Sciences
    3. Doctor of Philosophy Program in Biomedical Engineering

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION UNIT

FACULTY OF MEDICINE, PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY