Last Monday, I listened to a talk on, 'Future and Adaptability: Through the Twists and Turns of Medical Schools', given by Khun Tonson Santitarn Sathirathai at a training on leadership for seniors of medical schools and their affiliates. It was concise and very interesting throughout.
Here is what I learned ka:
1. I liked it when Khun Tonson said from the start that his sharing was from the perspective of a practitioner who is future oriented, not from textbooks.
In this AI era, I think more and more people value even less what's said in many textbooks as many have already been outdated. Recent and current experiences have increased their value.
2. Four major changes we need to follow closely are:
- Demographics which give pressure on our younger to care even more for the elders in many aspects, from health to family and overall economy
- Geopolitical Twists ....from the two superpowers, China and the US. For Trump in particular, his mercurial mood is evident and we are challenged by tariff, his transaction with higher education institutions like Harvard which drains talents from the US.
While China's cooperation with ASEAN and within ASEAN itself seem to be more crucial, Thailand is unfortunately left distant from the other more developed ASEAN countries.
3. Thailand's strengths that need to be further supported are:
- Healthcare as we excel in both 'health' and 'care' while Singapore has the latter much less.'
- Site neutral --Thailand is more or less neutral and research conducted with us won't ignite too many conflicts from either China or US.
- Using AI as automation and augmentation will help make our healthcare more prompt, inclusive, and accessible....even naturally, the use of AI comes with some risks like safety/reliability, privacy/security, bias/ethical risks, and disruptions/jobs.
4. Medical doctors must go in depth in their specializations while being able to use AI appropriately and having empathy and humanistic qualities.
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5. Life should be like these three liquids:
- Milk -- knowledge which has its expiry date and so we need to keep learning
- Whisky -- skills like communication, leadership, and creativity with learning mindset that can grow further, the more we sharpen them
- Water -- self awareness for us to look within and understand our own self
The participants were extremely engaged with really good questions ka. One happy learning for me and all.
Any observations or comments mai ka?
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