Monday, June 16, 2008 Southwestern University links with international hospital
SOUTHWESTERN University (SWU) Matias H. Aznar Memorial College of Medicine (MHAMCM) forged a partnership with Yanhee International Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in Asia located in Bangkok, Thailand.
The agreement is for MHAMCM medical interns to be accomodated in Yanhee International Hospital during their elective rotation.
This is seen to enhance the practical experience of the medical students and allow them to benefit from current and future advances implemented in the international standard level hospital which has biggest plastic surgery department in Asia.
Yanhee International Hospital, established in 1984, has a modern 10-storey building with 400 beds capacity and equipped with modern facilities to serve in-patients and at least 2,000 out-patients daily for both medical and beauty services.
Dr. Peter Aznar, dean of the MHAMCM, welcomed the partnership.
He said that this formal linkage with an international hospital is a very important step as they geared to improve the quality of education they offer and with their aim to be the number one College of Medicine in the country.
“We will not stop here. We plan to also establish linkage with a US-based hospital in the near future,” he added.
The partnership with Yanhee International Hospital is the first international hospital linkage of SWU MHAMCM.
“We are happy and proud with this development. I have always believed that the strength of SWU is in the medical and paramedical courses though we are also passionate about other courses and lately about maritime also,” SWU president Dr. Eldegario Gonzales.
Gonzales added that the SWU has preceded Commission on Higher Education memorandum order on transnational education with its formal linkages with universities in Taiwan, Korea and Japan for other courses.
This is also for their objective of making SWU as a hub for international education.
Foreign students
Aznar also announced that they have the most number of foreign students this school year.
They have admitted 36 foreign students in MHAMCM and there are now more than 200 foreigners enrolled in SWU. They have students from Thailand, Nepal, United States, Canada, Korea and Africa.
Aznar attributes the increase of foreign students to their new website (www.mhamedu.org) which accepts online application.
MHAMCM also admitted some 12 honor graduates from different schools in the country.
