Student Volunteering Activities

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Center of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine has provided a four-year curriculum leading to a bachelor’s degree in Applied Thai Traditional Medicine for their students. To become a qualified Thai traditional medicine practitioner, a study in a classroom is not enough, in addition, students must develop other skills such as leadership, collaboration both inside and outside Siriraj, immediate problem solving, volunteering spirits for those in need, etc. The students should apply these skills to developing our society in the future.

The project set up around November – April of each academic year under the objectives to encourage students to apply their knowledge and skills for the benefit of others or serve the public good and to develop collaboration skills to work with others by having Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom School for the Deaf, Nakhon Pathom Province, Bangpu nature Education Center Commemorate 72nd Anniversary her Majesty Queen Sirikit, Samut Prakan Province, and Chaloem Phrakiat Thai Prachan National Park, Ratchaburi Province as stakeholders and co-organizers.

Activities performed

  1. Organize activities to educate the hearing-loss students about Thai Traditional Medicine.
  2. Organize activities for students to participate in the preservation of nature and environment, including being aware of the importance of the ecosystem.
  3. Organize the donation activities for those in need.

Target Group

High school student

Students of all curriculum in Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital

Participants

  1. 40 students of Nakhon Pathom School for the Deaf
  2. Students of all curriculum in Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital such as Doctor of Medicine Program students, Applied Thai Traditional Medicine students, Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics students, Bachelor of Technology Program in Medical Education Technology students, and Certificate of Nurse Assistant students

The outcomes of the Project

  1. Disseminate the knowledge in Applied Thai Traditional Medicine to be widely known in Thai society.
  2. Increasing learning opportunities for underprivileged students
  3. Raising awareness of being a contributor/volunteer to students.
  4. Increasing collaboration skills with others including immediate problems solving