Thammasat University’s EECmd in Pattaya Campus: A Leading Innopolis Campus
The future goal for Thammasat university, Pattaya campus, is to become Thailand’s first Medical Hub and become Smart City, Smart Campus, Smart Sport, and Digital Hospital using AI to perform digital tasks and be an i-Campus @Pattaya. The services to be created includes the smart bus stops, smart trash cans with sensor system, electric vehicles (EV) as public transportation, pure energy from solar roof and float solar cells, and finally, a paperless campus.
EECmd of Thammasat University, Pattaya, is projected to be Thailand’s first medical hub, where the area would offer complete healthcare and medical services. EECmd aims to elevate Thailand’s health services and equip the country for the expansion of its aging population. The development of EECMd ticks all the boxes, receiving attention from investors all around the world. The project attracts even more investors as Thailand has one of the most comprehensive healthcare systems and is among the most successful in controlling the spreading of coronavirus. Thailand is known to have a lot of skilled doctors and medical professions, medical schools training professions to work with researches, and studies in science and technology in connection with the health innovation and health care industry.
Medical Service Hub and Learning Resources Center
Thammasat University Hospital, Pattaya campus, is located in EECmd, Thammasat University, Pattaya Campus”. Our goal is to be a digital hospital and use software such as patient application, Telecare, electronic medical record, Beacon system @ Wifi with queuing system and patient service system. The hospital will adopt IOT (Internet of Things) and medical AI like robotics to give patient service instead of non-skill labors. In the future, we plan to establish a Medical Robot training center to support diploma courses from Chulabhorn International College of Medicine. The overall plan for the Service Hub and Learning Resources Center is to be a center for activities promoting modern medical innovation. The hospital will focus on public benefit and building medical specialists and research for Thai people’s health by proposing two solutions.
Firstly, the “Community Based Healthcare Solution” is to increase the competency of sub district hospitals in terms of disease screening by increasing the competency of digital equipment. There will be an increase of heart wave detecting machines, breath tests, mobile ultrasound for the better potential of treatment and digital health promotion.
Secondly, “Hospital Based Healthcare Solution” is to link all medical information in terms of medical record, basic screening tools, instrumental medical search, investigation units, laboratory information, and radiography information system together to make it more efficient for medical services. This will also effectively improve the HMIS program (Hospital Management Information System) and maximize potential of support work by using Medical logistic (AGV Robot) which can reduce expenses in the longer term.
Academic Hub
Academic Hub provides education to support the growth of EEC. The teaching section will focus on Advance Digital Learning Environment and providing international courses and bilingual courses in Medical Science, Engineering, and Science and Technology. The variety of opening courses is to produce efficient personnel into the labor market in accordance with being “EECmd Thammasat University Pattaya campus”. The opening 6 faculties are as follows:
1). Faculty of Allied Health Sciences (short program) for normal citizens on elementary physical therapy and exercise to promote healthy lifestyle. The program includes both theory and practice. Course duration is about one to three months.
2). Faculty of Pharmacy offers 1 Bachelor’s degree program, which is the Science Program in Cosmetic, Sciences and Natural Products.
3). Faculty of Engineering offers 3 Bachelor’s degree programs, which are Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and V-TECH.
4). Chulabhorn International College of Medicine offers 4 Bachelor’s degree programs, which are Radiological Technology (new track), Radiological Technology (high school graduated), Optometry, and Thai Traditional Medicine (integration).
5). Faculty of Public Health offers 1 Bachelor’s degree program, which is Bachelor of Science Program in Occupational Health and Safety (updated course from Occupational Health and Safety 2018).
6). Faculty of Dentistry plans to open graduate courses in specialized dental clinics, including Orthodontics, dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, oral surgery, and digital dentistry.
For the internships, Thammasat University will send students for internships in organizations and agencies in the Eastern region. Moreover, it was planned to establish Thammasat University, Pattaya campus, to be a regional examination center for various examinations by cooperating with 5 organizations as follows.
- Thammasat Competency Testing Center organizes SMART for Graduate Level or Smart II, measuring the level of knowledge in property valuation, Next Generation Leadership Competency Test (GREATS), and Academic Competency Test (GSAT).
- Language Institute Thammasat University organizes TU-GET exam.
- Chulabhorn International College of Medicine organizes BMAT, Chinese Test, and CPSQ Test.
- School of Global Studies organizes the IELTS exam.
- The Faculty of Liberal Arts organizes Japanese Test.
Research and Excellent Hub
The purpose is to produce research work and innovation to support the growth of EEC and Thai society in the future. Currently, there are collaborations with organizations such as Department of Health Support Service, Department of Thai Traditional and Alternatives Medicine, The Federation of Thai Industries, Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), and Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA). GISTDA is cooperation on short-term course development, knowledge sharing, curriculum development, teaching and technology transfer, research and innovation that aim to develop manpower in the form of Re-skill, Up-skill and New-Skill in response to the EEC. DEPPA is for establishing a digital human development institute. Moreover, there are other private organizations that seek to be our partner, including ENGIE Co.Ltd., CT Asia Robotics Co.Ltd., and TKK Corporation Co.Ltd.
EECmd vision 2024 by Thammasat University is to focus on supporting and aligning with development policies for EEC area. EECmd is a prototype for the future development of technology and innovation for Thailand.