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Objective1. To establish and develop personality in order to promote good leadership and remember the essential merit and that correlate to the social needs of students.2. To build up and create appropriate values in Thai society among the students themselves especially in terms of unity, affection and a sense of belonging to each other and to the Academic Institute.3. To develop the student in terms of Social, Emotional \& Moral behaviour so that they can adapt to the new society.4. Build up the sensitivity and responsibility of students to society and to the country after graduation5. To promote in Medical students and supervisors a better relationship which will lead to trust and consultationMethods: The students were asked to attend the camp and advisers encouraged to understand their role so that they had ability to extend group relations. After this the students attended a 2 day and 2 night camp with various activities. Each group had 1-2 supervisors for group relationship activities using games as a medium by which to present social situations and human behavioral analysis. There was a video show about development, community life, leadership and human relations. There were group planning conferences, project planning activities, self and family development group presentations and other activities. Assessment by collective observation and the use of questionnaires showed that the target objectives were achieved. As a result of the course students personalities were developed to produce good leaders as well as producing good team member of society. Good ethical beliefs were fostered as was the aim of being a worthy member of society. The right values of affection, good person to person relations a pride in the institute, adaptation to the school environment and to colleagues were achieved. A feeling of responsibility to society and to the Nation together with the promotion of relationships both to students and supervisors was established. The recommendation from students and participating supervisors is that it should be extended from 2 days and 2 nights to be 3 says and 2 nights by using a weekday and weekend or only the former which means doing the course after the students finish their exam. The location should be nor too far away from University. It should have a wide-enough conference room that suits various activities, a yard or sports ground that is suitable for physical or moral exercise of the students and nearby accommodation with an adequate restroom. Food should be arranged for everyone. This could be used by 3 rd year medical students so that they could prepare themselves for the clinical year. The assessment should be carries out regularly so as to improve weak points and become Faculty’s policy in the following academic year by training the 1st or 3rs year medical student and applying the formula that has been practiced by the 2 nd year medical student for the 2 st year medical student. Furthermore, the formula arranged for clinical year students to be demonstrates in the 3 rd year to medical students before they start their 4 th year. Subsequently it should be distributes so as to be part of the University plan.
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In 1990 a study tour for medical students to eight community hospitals where the medical alumni of Khon Kaen University are selected the “ Annual Outstanding Physicians” This program had the following objectives ; 1. To make the students familiar with the Work environment, especially planning and administration of primary health care services and social medicdine.2. To give the students a good model for developing their work in the future.3. To provide learning opportunities through the use of instructional media for the students who have never had a chance to see the real life situation. 4. To let the students learn about the work of the outstanding alumni doctors in the community hospitals and promote the reputation of Khon Kane University. Evaluation by the students showed that the directors of the community hospitals and the faculty lecturers have provided the learning experiences successfully and nearly me the set objective. The students experienced the real situation, especially in the areas of hospital administration and administration of primary health care programs and social medicine. Nevertheless, in terms of the structure of planning, the students did not gain enough knowledge and experience. The students did, however, learned a very good pattern from the senior medical professionals for developing their future careers. A video recording was prepared to teach ethics to the second – year medical students and or students who did not join the tour group. Also, this video recording can be used to encourage the alumni of the faculty of Medicine of Khon Kaen University to set good examples for students and younger doctors. This project is sill stimulating all the personnel involved in the community hospitals to be alert and active in their routine jobs, which will effect better service for all the patients who are in need of medical care.
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The objectives of the 5th year medical students’ 1991 observations of basic health care, the activity of community Health Officers, and the rural development of local philosophers are as follows: 1. The acknowledgement of basic health care work, including its obstacles in each province in the northeast. 2. The acknowledgement of the District’s public health activity, including the obstacles-encountered, in order to allow a better understanding and cooperation for students in the future. 3. The acknowledgement of rural development Problems including interesting community leader’s development methods. 4. To be an educational medium for the other students who do not have the opportunity to observe the activities in the area. The result of evaluation of students, provincial health officer, community health officer, local philosopher and the instructors who joined this observation has shown that the objectives were achieved. Moreover the students could see the real situation of medical practice and the new track of rural development based on Benefit Minimum Health Needs, which is used to estimate by the workers in the Community. They also had an opportunity to observe the basic health care working system at the district level by observing a Community Health Team. The acknowledgement of the problems and the genuine practitioners in each area where there were different problems and various solving methods were seen. The instructors also had the opportunity to learn about the new rural development system, so that it could be an inspiration in arranging educational programmes for the students of each year. In addition, there was a linkage of knowledge among provincial health officers, community health officers, the directors of community hospitals, the staff of sub-districts health officer and local philosophers. This will help promote close collaboration between these community institutes.
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Background: The objective of this research was to evaluate the progressive behavior development of fourth and fifth year medical students based on their first to third year attendance at the seminars, “How to develop good personality qualities and ethics.” The research focused on: 1. Behavioral differences between trained versus previous groups of students who had not been trained. 2. Whether and how the training actually affected student behavior. 3. Development of recommendations for future course.Method: This was prospective cohort behavioral study. The data were elicited from fourth and fifth year medical students using questionnaires, direct observations, and informal interviews. They were compared with the collective subjective judgement of faculty members regarding former students who did not undergo the same training.Results: Students who passed all of the training sessions had good relationships with teachers, colleagues patients, and family. The tone of their conversation was positive. Their behavior (manners and responsiveness to patients) and ethics (capacity to use appropriate medical techniques) were judged to be better than those students who had not been trained. We concluded that since the first three years of training are formative (with eagerness and newness), training in behavior and ethics at this time is well-received; allowing students to prepare themselves for the following more interactive clinical phase of medical education. Notwithstanding, the wholly subjective nature of the comparison of trained versus untrained students, all (100%) of the department heads and head nurses agreed that medical students should attend training in ethics and personal behavior development. Similarly, 92% of the fourth and fifth year students were of the opinion that behavior and ethics training, both in class and at camp, should continue because they learned about economizing, psychology, manners, appropriate attire, public conduct, and respectfulness toward teachers, colleagues, seniors and juniorsKey words: Medical Students, Personality, Ethics