Volume 15 Number 2 - Mahidol University

Conferences/Training CoursesInternational Training Course onManagement of MalariaThe Faculty of Tropical Medicine, MahidolUniversity, in collaboration with the World Health OrganizationRegional Office for South East Asia Region, New Delhi, India,and the Mekong Malaria Program, co-organized theInternational Training Course on Management of Malaria from1-5 September. The objectives of the course were to teach theparticipants in the management of severe and uncomplicatedmalaria both in well-equipped hospitals and places with limitedfacilities; to be updated with anti-malarial drugs in the treatmentof severe malaria; to review and train participants in thelaboratory diagnosis of malaria; and to understand the recentpathogenesis of malaria. This one week long intensive andinteractive course consisted of lectures, discussion, laboratorypractices and demonstrations, bedside ward rounds. Theessential topics in the course included Pathophysiology ofmalaria and severe malaria; Malaria global epidemiology andcurrent situation; Malaria diagnosis and treatment at field level;Malaria control program; Diagnosis and management severeand uncomplicated malaria; Pathology: gross, light andelectron microscopy of falciparum malaria; Guideline fordiagnosis and assessment of severe malaria; Immunology ofsevere malaria; Anti-malarial drug treatment; Management ofcerebral malaria; Management of renal failure, metabolic andelectrolyte disturbance; Management of pulmonary edema;Management of other malaria complications; Laboratorymalaria for diagnosis; Management of severe malaria inpregnancy and children; Malaria in endemic community;Management of severe malaria in areas with limited facilities;Participants had an opportunity to share their experience withother participants in management of malaria in their countries.On completion of this course, the participants could implementtheir knowledge, skills and expertise gained when they returnto their place of work.Seminar on ‘Universal Design for Learningin Higher Education’ at Ratchasuda CollegeOn 4 August, Prof. Napatawn Banchuin, MU’s VicePresident, officially opened a seminar on ‘Universal Designfor Learning in Higher Education’ at Ratchasuda College.The Seminar was organized in compliance with the 4 strategiesof the Commission of Higher Education, Ministry of Education,regarding the educational services plan for students withdisabilities, which included ‘Providing educational opportunity’,‘Developing educational services’, ‘Providing personaldevelopment’, and ‘Promoting employment of graduates withdisabilities’. Speakers from the University of NorthernColorado were invited to share their knowledge andexperiences on universal design for learning, accommodationfor students with disabilities and assistive technology. Theuniversal design for learning could be applied to products,environment and education, and its concept would minimizethe barrier for students with disabilities in achieving theireducational goals.Workshop and Live Demonstration onSingle-Balloon EnteroscopyOn 2 May, the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital,organized a Workshop and Live demonstration on Single-Balloon Enteroscopy at the Siriraj GI Endoscopy Center, thefirst center in Thailand acquiring this procedure. Theworkshop’s objective was to enhance surgeons to understandand gain basic principles and techniques in Single-BalloonEnteroscopy which will benefit future patients. The Centerinvited Prof. Kazuo Ohtsuka(second from left) from theDigestive Disease Center in Japan, a pioneer in research inthis field, to share his experience in the hands-on workshopintegrated with lecture and practice on patients.May - August 2008SPECTRUM 7