Japan joins forces with Thailand to produce rural doctors

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Japan joins forces with Thailand to produce rural doctors
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BANGKOK, July 1 -- The Thai Ministry of Public Health and Japan's Kyoto University have developed a curriculum to produce rural doctors in Thailand.

More than 4,000 doctors have so far graduated under the curriculum.

The ministry and the Center for Medical Education of Kyoto University signed an agreement for the joint project of rural doctor production at the ministry today.

Under the agreement that officially takes effect on July 1, 2014, Thailand and Japan will enhance the capabilities of programmes which produce rural doctors, exchange experts on medical research and teaching, and exchange information, experiences and researches on medical education.

In the project, the capability enhancement training will take place at the mediical education centers of 37 hospitals under the Ministry of Public Health.

Dr Songyot Chaichana, deputy permanent secretary for public health, presided over the signing, saying the Ministry of Public Health started its project to increase rural doctors in 1995 and medical students studying the project numbered 10,240 persons last year.

At present, 4,164 graduates work in their native provinces and 5,903 others are still studying.

He also said that Japan was experienced in producing local doctors that met health demands, especially those taking health care services to the elderly. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-07-01

[Costas2008]

How do you produce doctors?

Does that require a production line?

God, help the people in their hands!

[bigbamboo]

How do you produce doctors?

Does that require a production line?

God, help the people in their hands!

I was wondering that too. Maybe get Japanese and Thai doctors to 'mate' in a field and let nature do the rest.

[chainarong]

Another line on the cheap, anything Thailand dose has to be done cheap, they can't do a job without short cuts, it's as though they are searching for something, as far as doctors go the better the qualified the better the service and diagnostic skills , how high are the qualifications for rural doctors and what is the difference between rural and city, there should not be any.

[ChrisY1]

Crazy headlines......4000 graduates so far...what is the course....6 weeks at a general hospital??

[Tywais]

Crazy headlines......4000 graduates so far...what is the course....6 weeks at a general hospital??

Take the time to actually read the OP. The program started in 1995.

[bluebluewater]

I went into my local hospital today for a round of wound dressing. Usually a pretty straight forward event except TODAY the staff was handing out CAKE there in the emergency room to all the rest of the staff.

Everyone and everything else went begging. They didn't even offer me any . . .

[UbonRatch]

Crazy headlines......4000 graduates so far...what is the course....6 weeks at a general hospital??

Take the time to actually read the OP. The program started in 1995.

Thus, the title should have been, "Japan joined forces with Thailand to produce rural doctors 19 years ago" ??

[jaltsc]

"At present, 4,164 graduates work in their native provinces and 5,903 others are still studying."

Perhaps the 4,164 graduates need to get back to studying. I went to my local rural hospital after I fractured my ulna near the elbow. It was caused by being driven off the road by a pick up truck, while I was on my bicycle (That's another story about being qualified for the activity one is performing),

Anyway, I had to point out the fracture on the x-ray to the doctor and technician. The doctor set my cast, which crumbled in 2 days. I came back and mentioned that perhaps she needed to put more padding around my arm to absorb the moisture and thus keep the plaster dry. She told me that it wasn't the fault of the cast, but that.....Ready for this folks....farang arms are different than Asian arms and I needed a special type of plaster and would have to go to the closest big city hospital.

I went to another doctor in the hospital and he added the extra padding and the cast lasted for the 6 week duration it took for the fracture to heal.

Hopefully, the next headline will read: "Qualified Doctors Are Graduating And Providing Adequate Care in Rural Areas".

[Local Drunk]

I'm dumbfounded by the stupidity of most of these comments.

[Local Drunk]

"At present, 4,164 graduates work in their native provinces and 5,903 others are still studying."

Perhaps the 4,164 graduates need to get back to studying. I went to my local rural hospital after I fractured my ulna near the elbow. It was caused by being driven off the road by a pick up truck, while I was on my bicycle (That's another story about being qualified for the activity one is performing),

Anyway, I had to point out the fracture on the x-ray to the doctor and technician. The doctor set my cast, which crumbled in 2 days. I came back and mentioned that perhaps she needed to put more padding around my arm to absorb the moisture and thus keep the plaster dry. She told me that it wasn't the fault of the cast, but that.....Ready for this folks....farang arms are different than Asian arms and I needed a special type of plaster and would have to go to the closest big city hospital.

I went to another doctor in the hospital and he added the extra padding and the cast lasted for the 6 week duration it took for the fracture to heal.

Hopefully, the next headline will read: "Qualified Doctors Are Graduating And Providing Adequate Care in Rural Areas".

Was you doctor part of this program? I doubt it very seriously. Shut yer wingeing yap and go pay western prices if you dare.

[DoctorG]

"At present, 4,164 graduates work in their native provinces and 5,903 others are still studying."

Perhaps the 4,164 graduates need to get back to studying. I went to my local rural hospital after I fractured my ulna near the elbow. It was caused by being driven off the road by a pick up truck, while I was on my bicycle (That's another story about being qualified for the activity one is performing),

Anyway, I had to point out the fracture on the x-ray to the doctor and technician. The doctor set my cast, which crumbled in 2 days. I came back and mentioned that perhaps she needed to put more padding around my arm to absorb the moisture and thus keep the plaster dry. She told me that it wasn't the fault of the cast, but that.....Ready for this folks....farang arms are different than Asian arms and I needed a special type of plaster and would have to go to the closest big city hospital.

I went to another doctor in the hospital and he added the extra padding and the cast lasted for the 6 week duration it took for the fracture to heal.

Hopefully, the next headline will read: "Qualified Doctors Are Graduating And Providing Adequate Care in Rural Areas".

Was you doctor part of this program? I doubt it very seriously. Shut yer wingeing yap and go pay western prices if you dare.

Why are you being so offensive?

[Benmart]

I'm dumbfounded by the stupidity of most of these comments.

It seems that each new thread is an opportunity for some circles to sharpen their tongues and share their bigotry, hate and intolerance.

Live and Let Live

[Benmart]

"At present, 4,164 graduates work in their native provinces and 5,903 others are still studying."

Perhaps the 4,164 graduates need to get back to studying. I went to my local rural hospital after I fractured my ulna near the elbow. It was caused by being driven off the road by a pick up truck, while I was on my bicycle (That's another story about being qualified for the activity one is performing),

Anyway, I had to point out the fracture on the x-ray to the doctor and technician. The doctor set my cast, which crumbled in 2 days. I came back and mentioned that perhaps she needed to put more padding around my arm to absorb the moisture and thus keep the plaster dry. She told me that it wasn't the fault of the cast, but that.....Ready for this folks....farang arms are different than Asian arms and I needed a special type of plaster and would have to go to the closest big city hospital.

I went to another doctor in the hospital and he added the extra padding and the cast lasted for the 6 week duration it took for the fracture to heal.

Hopefully, the next headline will read: "Qualified Doctors Are Graduating And Providing Adequate Care in Rural Areas".

Was you doctor part of this program? I doubt it very seriously. Shut yer wingeing yap and go pay western prices if you dare.

While I agree, I prefer to use less inflammatory words.

[sustento]

"At present, 4,164 graduates work in their native provinces and 5,903 others are still studying."

Perhaps the 4,164 graduates need to get back to studying. I went to my local rural hospital after I fractured my ulna near the elbow. It was caused by being driven off the road by a pick up truck, while I was on my bicycle (That's another story about being qualified for the activity one is performing),

Anyway, I had to point out the fracture on the x-ray to the doctor and technician. The doctor set my cast, which crumbled in 2 days. I came back and mentioned that perhaps she needed to put more padding around my arm to absorb the moisture and thus keep the plaster dry. She told me that it wasn't the fault of the cast, but that.....Ready for this folks....farang arms are different than Asian arms and I needed a special type of plaster and would have to go to the closest big city hospital.

I went to another doctor in the hospital and he added the extra padding and the cast lasted for the 6 week duration it took for the fracture to heal.

Hopefully, the next headline will read: "Qualified Doctors Are Graduating And Providing Adequate Care in Rural Areas".

Was you doctor part of this program? I doubt it very seriously. Shut yer wingeing yap and go pay western prices if you dare.

Why are you being so offensive?

Don't you think it's all the posters who didn't actually bother to read the article but simply proceeded to insult both Thailand and its Doctors almost as a matter of instinct who are being offensive?

[wabothai]

Thai visa might organize a workshop about thainess and anti-thainess.

My opinion after 2 years of reading posts of all kinds.

[BSJ]

Well, some doctors don't seem as well trained as others. My wife cut her finger in the kitchen in our house in Pattaya. A couple of days later we went up to the village and her finger was getting worse not better. We had been putting dettol on the wound and bandaging it. We went to the village clinic and the doctor had the nurse cut off the dead skin, cleaned it, bandaged it and prescribed panadol. Two daYS later from the pain she was suffering I took her to Phi Chit hospital and 2 hours after that she was in the theatre getting the gangrenous skin cut from her finger!

[Stradavarius37]

Only degenerate TV posters could find fault with a thread topic like this. Back to the barstools with all of you!

Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app

[atyclb]

I'm dumbfounded by the stupidity of most of these comments.

It seems that each new thread is an opportunity for some circles to sharpen their tongues and share their bigotry, hate and intolerance.

Live and Let Live

"I'm dumbfounded by the stupidity of most of these comments. "

My take on it was rather witty sarcastic humor and clearly "pun intended" and nothing to do with bigotry, hate, intolerance, and I am a high school graduate no less.

[atyclb]

"At present, 4,164 graduates work in their native provinces and 5,903 others are still studying."

Perhaps the 4,164 graduates need to get back to studying. I went to my local rural hospital after I fractured my ulna near the elbow. It was caused by being driven off the road by a pick up truck, while I was on my bicycle (That's another story about being qualified for the activity one is performing),

Anyway, I had to point out the fracture on the x-ray to the doctor and technician. The doctor set my cast, which crumbled in 2 days. I came back and mentioned that perhaps she needed to put more padding around my arm to absorb the moisture and thus keep the plaster dry. She told me that it wasn't the fault of the cast, but that.....Ready for this folks....farang arms are different than Asian arms and I needed a special type of plaster and would have to go to the closest big city hospital.

I went to another doctor in the hospital and he added the extra padding and the cast lasted for the 6 week duration it took for the fracture to heal.

Hopefully, the next headline will read: "Qualified Doctors Are Graduating And Providing Adequate Care in Rural Areas".

Was you doctor part of this program? I doubt it very seriously. Shut yer wingeing yap and go pay western prices if you dare.

Why are you being so offensive?

Don't you think it's all the posters who didn't actually bother to read the article but simply proceeded to insult both Thailand and its Doctors almost as a matter of instinct who are being offensive?

perhaps an even more alarming thought is that they "do read the entire article(s)

[ravip]

Reading some comment one feels that there is a huge language problem somewhere.

So Japanese = Thai

They do cheap stuff too.

Edit

No one does anything better than at home... but I dont want to stay home (or home does not want me)

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[atyclb]

Well, some doctors don't seem as well trained as others. My wife cut her finger in the kitchen in our house in Pattaya. A couple of days later we went up to the village and her finger was getting worse not better. We had been putting dettol on the wound and bandaging it. We went to the village clinic and the doctor had the nurse cut off the dead skin, cleaned it, bandaged it and prescribed panadol. Two daYS later from the pain she was suffering I took her to Phi Chit hospital and 2 hours after that she was in the theatre getting the gangrenous skin cut from her finger!

Seems like antibiotics would have been reasonable from first visit in addition to panadol

[sustento]

Don't you think it's all the posters who didn't actually bother to read the article but simply proceeded to insult both Thailand and its Doctors almost as a matter of instinct who are being offensive?

perhaps an even more alarming thought is that they "do read the entire article(s)

I refer you to posts 5 & 6.

[tomyummer]

Japan has one of the worst healthcare and dental care systems. Which medical students dream of being rural doctors in Thailand?! Don't trust the Japanese doctors. They just want the research and test subjects from Thailand because they cannot conduct the experiments on their own soil.

[rametindallas]

Another line on the cheap, anything Thailand dose has to be done cheap, they can't do a job without short cuts, it's as though they are searching for something, as far as doctors go the better the qualified the better the service and diagnostic skills , how high are the qualifications for rural doctors and what is the difference between rural and city, there should not be any.

As I'm reading the OP, the program is to enhance the training of basic-level doctors who, because they have less training, will work for less and/or work in a rural area. (If doctors are too expensive, there will be fewer available to the poor because, really, what doctor wants to live in the 'sticks' and treat poor people? No fine dining with friends, shopping at the malls for the wifey, etc.) Any enhancement of the training program will generally lead to an improvement in medical care. The rural poor often don't have access to transportation and if they can see a local doctor for most complaints, then, all the better. If the patient's problem is beyond the capabilities of the local doctor, they can be sent to a more advanced facility. As it is, all are being sent to an advanced facility and those facilities are overwhelmed. Have you ever waited (or waited with someone) for treatment at a public hospital. I have, and the waits are very long.

The surprising thing about this article is that the Thai are willing to learn from outsiders. The Japanese have experience in training for what is needed, including elder care. Basic medical training is not brain surgery and, certainly, a brain surgeon will not work in the provinces (not enough business). In any case, the OP clearly says the program is to enhance the basic training program that already exists. The vast majority of medical problems can be taken care by less trained physicians and, under this program, the doctors will be better trained. I'm wondering why all the negativity to this program. Rural medical services will always suffer when compared to city medical services because the limited population density will not support a (very expensive) modern hospital, fully equipped with all the modern technology, and full staffed with highly trained medical personnel.

[rlopes]

"At present, 4,164 graduates work in their native provinces and 5,903 others are still studying."

Perhaps the 4,164 graduates need to get back to studying. I went to my local rural hospital after I fractured my ulna near the elbow. It was caused by being driven off the road by a pick up truck, while I was on my bicycle (That's another story about being qualified for the activity one is performing),

Anyway, I had to point out the fracture on the x-ray to the doctor and technician. The doctor set my cast, which crumbled in 2 days. I came back and mentioned that perhaps she needed to put more padding around my arm to absorb the moisture and thus keep the plaster dry. She told me that it wasn't the fault of the cast, but that.....Ready for this folks....farang arms are different than Asian arms and I needed a special type of plaster and would have to go to the closest big city hospital.

I went to another doctor in the hospital and he added the extra padding and the cast lasted for the 6 week duration it took for the fracture to heal.

Hopefully, the next headline will read: "Qualified Doctors Are Graduating And Providing Adequate Care in Rural Areas".

Was you doctor part of this program? I doubt it very seriously. Shut yer wingeing yap and go pay western prices if you dare.

There is no point in being so hateful replying the guy.

[taony]

A native English speaker needs to read articles like these 6 times and then fill in the blanks with their own assumptions in order to get them to make the slightest sense on any level, hence disparate comments coming out each time. There is never any summary body and conclusion to any of these articles, just jumbled sentences thrown out haphazard. Of course there is a confusion. This is before even considering if what they are saying is correct.

and in good basic journalism, you wouldn't need to read the entire article to get the basic premise of what is happening or a basic fact like 'what is it that we are talking about?" - a program that started in 1995 or something that happened yesterday?