Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University

Faculty of Medicine
Vajira Hospital,
Navamindradhiraj University
Former names
 BMA Medical College & Vajira Hospital
Type Public
Established 1985
Dean Chaiwan Chareanchoketavee, MD
Administrative staff
 3,005
Students 624 (481 medical, 143 postgrad)
Location

Samsen road, Dusit District, Bangkok, Thailand

13°46′50″N 100°30′33″E / 13.78056°N 100.50917°E / 13.78056; 100.50917Coordinates: 13°46′50″N 100°30′33″E / 13.78056°N 100.50917°E / 13.78056; 100.50917
Campus Dusit Campus (urban)
Nong Chok Campus (under development)
Journal Vajira Medical Journal
Colors Blue
Affiliations Vajira Hospital
Website www.vajira.ac.th
www.vajira.ac.th/eng

The Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital (Thai: คณะแพทยศาสตร์วชิรพยาบาล) is a Medical School located in Bangkok, Thailand. The Faculty has its origin as a medical college, previously known as BMA Medical College & Vajira Hospital (วิทยาลัยแพทยศาสตร์กรุงเทพมหานครและวชิรพยาบาล). The school is run in collaboration with Vajira Hospital, Mahidol University and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Medical Department. The Faculty has become a part of the newly established Navamindradhiraj University (formerly University of Bangkok Metropolis).

History

Vajira Hospital in the 1920s; Wachiranusorn building, now used as a museum

Vajira Hospital is the fourth public hospital built in Siam, founded in 1912 by H.M. the King Vajiravudh. It is one of the first hospitals to employ modern medicine and practices. Vajira Hospital intends to provide the people of Bangkok with efficient primary health care. It was named by the King Vajiravudh, who came to open the hospital on January 2, 1912. Its earliest buildings are located on Samsen road, in present-day Dusit District, Bangkok.

Vajira Hospital established a medical school in 1985, the 8th in Thailand, in cooperation with Srinakharinwirot University, as the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Srinakharinwirot University. The Faculty was organized by Vajira Hospital and was funded by the University. A few years later Bangkok Metropolitan Administration planned to start their own medical program, established as BMA Medical College. This became an affiliated institution with Mahidol University, as the 3rd medical school of Mahidol University. In 1993, the college began opening admission process for students.

In 1998, BMA Medical College was merged with Vajira Hospital into a single organization under the name BMA Medical College & Vajira Hospital to form a union of medical education and healthcare services.

In 2010, BMA Medical College & Vajira Hospital, along with Kuakarun College of Nursing, joined to form University of Bangkok Metropolis (มหาวิทยาลัยกรุงเทพมหานคร), with the medical school's name changed to Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, University of Bangkok Metropolis. It was officially declared in the Royal Thai Government Gazette on November 12, 2010. On June 3, 2011 H.M. the King Bhumibol Adulyadej presented the university with a new formal name, Navamindradhiraj University (มหาวิทยาลัยนวมินทราธิราช).

Medical education

Vajira Hospital provides medical programs for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. Vajira accepts about 80 students each year, and also offers various residency and fellowship programs.

Vajira runs its medical program in cooperation with Mahidol University. Medical students attend their pre-clinical studies at Mahidol University with their first year at its main campus in Salaya. In their first year, the students study basic general studies, including subjects such as Biology Chemistry, Calculus, Statistics, and Physics. Students spend their second and third year at the Faculty of Science, Mahidol University at Mahidol University's Phayathai campus, studying pre-clinic studies and basic medicine. Clinical training, starting in the second semester of the 3rd year, is provided at the Faculty's campus at Vajira Hospital.

Vajira is one of the country's leading medical schools in terms of medical science, clinical training and urban medication. Doctors graduated from Vajira are not only highly qualified and well trained, but also ethical and moral. Students are well trained in areas of public service, teaching as well as research.

Departments

Vajira Medical School's headquarters at Vajira Hospital

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