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General Practice Residency Training Program in Thailand : Past, Present, and Future
Prueksaritanond S 
,
Tuchinda P
,
Tuchinda P The General Practice was approved by the Thai Medical Council as a specialty in 1969.
The residency training programs were revised in 1992. The first three -year rotating postgraduate
residency training program was started in 1973 with a total of 9 programs by the late 1980s. Seven
were in Bangkok, and the other 2 were in the North. The programs contained curricula objectives,
clinical rotation in various disciplines including a general practice block in provincial or community
hospitals. The weakness of the programs was the lack of a general practice department, a general
practice trainer or preceptor and a general practice course organizer. Finally, the General Practi-
tioners Association played a little role in the postgraduate general practice residency.
After the revision, the general practice residency was changed to family medicine resi-
dency training in 1999. The College of Family Physicians of Thailand was established to take a
central role in postgraduate education.
Key word
: General Practice, Family Medicine, Residency Training Program
PRUEKSARIT ANOND
The residency training programs were revised in 1992. The first three -year rotating postgraduate
residency training program was started in 1973 with a total of 9 programs by the late 1980s. Seven
were in Bangkok, and the other 2 were in the North. The programs contained curricula objectives,
clinical rotation in various disciplines including a general practice block in provincial or community
hospitals. The weakness of the programs was the lack of a general practice department, a general
practice trainer or preceptor and a general practice course organizer. Finally, the General Practi-
tioners Association played a little role in the postgraduate general practice residency.
After the revision, the general practice residency was changed to family medicine resi-
dency training in 1999. The College of Family Physicians of Thailand was established to take a
central role in postgraduate education.
Key word
: General Practice, Family Medicine, Residency Training Program
PRUEKSARIT ANOND
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