Fourth Symposium of the Asian Medical Education Association
October 23-26, 2007
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

PowerPoint Presentations

Pre-congress Workshop

1. Workshop on Conducting Self-Assessment
   Dorte Kristoffersen, Deputy Executive Director, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
2. Knowledge Management in Medical Education
   Professor H. Thomas Aretz, Harvard Medical International, USA

Plenary Lectures

1. Medicine Beyond Frontiers
   Professor Charas Suwanwela, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
   
2. Medical Education in a Changing World of Health Care
   Professor H. Thomas Aretz, Harvard Medical International, USA
3. Choosing Appropriate Indicators in Quality Accreditation
   Dr Luis Maria R. Calingo, Dominican University of California, USA
4. Quality Accreditation: Cross-Discipline Benchmarking
   Professor Richard Lewis, Past President of the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE)
5. Resource Management for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
   Professor Khunying Suchada Kiranandana, President, Chulalongkorn University
6. Assessing Quality for Postgraduate Studies
   Dr Kris Chatamra, The Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer, Fellow of the Royal Institute of Thailand
7. Teaching of Medical Professionalism: Issues Challenges Outcomes
   Professor Matthew CE Gwee, Medical Education Unit & Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 

Symposia

1. Quality Accreditation – The role of international organizations
   Dr PT Jayawickramarajah, WHO Representative to Thailand
2. Quality Accreditation: ALERT!
   Ms Porntip Kanjananiyot, Thailand-U.S. Educational Foundation
3. Quality Accreditation: The Roles of International Organisations
   WFME Global Standards Programme – Essential Developments
   Dr Hans Karle, President, World Federation for Medical Education, Denmark
4. QA Systems: National Experiences
   Ms. Dorte Kristoffersen, Deputy Executive Director, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
5. Quality Assurance System for Accreditation in Medical Education
   Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, National Professor of Pharmacology, Chairman of Postgraduate Medical Education Committee of India

Debates

1. Are there any win-win situations in medical school ranking game?
   Professor Peter Dieter, Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine, University of Technology Dresden, Germany
2. Quality Accreditation: Graduate vs School Accreditation
   Professor Somsak Lolekha, President, Medical Council of Thailand
3. Quality Accreditation: Graduate vs School Accreditation
   Professor Grace Tang, The University of Hong Kong & Hong Kong Academy of Medicine 

Panel Discussions

1. Quality Accreditation: Ethical Concerns
   Associate Professor Nantana Sirisup, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
2. Quality Accreditation: Ethical Concerns
   Dr Hans Karle, President, World Federation for Medical Education, Denmark