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PBRI Roadshow Expands Health Sciences Education Opportunities across Health Region 10

12 September 2025 0 views
On 12 September 2025, Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Sanpasithiprasong and Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Ubon Ratchathani organized the Praboromarajchanok Institute Roadshow for academic year 2026 and an academic cooperation memorandum of understanding signing ceremony with secondary schools in Health Region 10, covering Ubon Ratchathani, Sisaket, Yasothon, Amnat Charoen, and Mukdahan. Prof. Vichai Tienthavorn, M.D., Ph.D., President of PBRI, presided. Second Lieutenant Soramongkhon Mangkhalasiri, Deputy Governor of Ubon Ratchathani; PBRI vice presidents; the directors of the two colleges; representatives of provincial administrative organizations from the five provinces; secondary educational service area office directors; and school directors joined the ceremony at Triam Udom Suksa Phatthanakan Ubon Ratchathani School. The project creates opportunities for students in all areas, particularly remote communities, to pursue higher education in health sciences and meet national health workforce needs. It also prepares graduates to return to their home communities to work in primary healthcare. For 2026, PBRI expanded plans under the ‘Nine Health Professions’ initiative supporting family medicine and primary healthcare nationwide. It covers physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, nursing assistants, public health technical officers, public health assistants, emergency medical personnel, and Thai traditional medicine practitioners. The ten-year plan, covering 2025–2034, aims to produce 62,000 health personnel to work at Health Centers Commemorating the 60th Birthday of Queen Sirikit and subdistrict health promoting hospitals nationwide. Reported by the college’s Corporate Communications and Public Relations Unit.