On 8 June 2022 at 2:00 PM Thailand time, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phudit Tejativaddhana, M.D., Director of the ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University was invited to be one of the plenary speakers for DAY 2 for the session on “Universal Health Care and Primary Health Care: Bridging Teaching and Practice - A Thai ASEAN Perspective.”, which was a part of the 54th Annual Convention with the theme “Reimagining the Future of Philippine Medical Education: Preparing Graduates to Address Global and Local Health Priorities in the Post-COVID World.” hosted by the Association of Philippine Medical Colleges (APMC). The convention is done virtually with the St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine William H. Quasha Memorial from Quezon City as the host school.
The session’s objective was to prepare Graduates to address global and local health priorities in the Post-pandemic world by sharing knowledge and experience from Thailand’s Universal Health Care and Primary Health Care system in coping with many challenges posted by the pandemic. The topics discussed in the plenary session also included: “Health System Perspective: UHC and Primary Health Care by” Dr. Beverly Lorraine C. Ho, the concurrent Director IV for the Health Promotion Bureau and Disease Prevention and Control Bureau at the Department of Health, Philippines, and “Patient Perspective: UHC and Primary Health Care” by Ms. Maria Fatima Garcia-Lorenzo, the President of the Philippine Alliance of Patient Organization.
