Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, arranged “The First ASEAN Deans’ Summit: Connecting ASEAN Medical Schools Towards One Community” during September 17 – 19, 2012 at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. The ASEAN Deans’ Summit was arranged with the objectives to promote the collaboration among leading medical schools in the ASEAN region, to leverage medical education and health system towards international excellence and prepared to work as one community in 2015.
The ASEAN Deans’ Summit is the first time in the history of ASEAN whereby the medical education leaders (Deans and Rectors) from 10 nations, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Brunei convened at Siriraj to share their visions and ideas on how to collaborate among one another for the benefits of 600 million ASEAN people. Moreover, 12 medical schools in ASEAN (PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam; Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Cambodia; International University, Cambodia; Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Lao PDR; Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia; University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar; University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar; University of Philippines College of Medicine; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam) attended such historic summit at Siriraj. The structure of the ASEAN Medical Schools Network consists of four working groups:
A Chronological Order of ASEAN Deans’ Summit
2012: 1st ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
2013: 2nd ASEAN Deans Summit @ Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
2014: 3rd ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ National University of Singapore
2015: 4th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ University of Philippines College of Medicine
2016: 5th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia
2017: 6th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar
2018: 7th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
2019: 8th ASEAN Deans’ Summit @ PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Brunei Darussalam
