Phanuwich Kaewkamjornchai, M.D.
Health policy and systems researcher
Health systems science lecturer
Ramathibodi Medical School, Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine
Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Samut Prakarn, Thailand 10540
E-mail: phanuwich.kae@mahidol.ac.th
Phanuwich received his MD degree from the Faculty of Medicine at Ramathibodi Hospital in 2015. His inspiration to delve deeper into health policy and systems research stemmed from his experiences as acting director and deputy director of a community hospital. During this time, he encountered numerous complex challenges within healthcare systems at both the meso- and macro-levels of national policy. This ignited his passion for pursuing research aimed at improving universal health coverage.
Since 2018, he has been working at Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, where he has utilized systems thinking concepts and tools in his role as a research assistant and systems thinking facilitator for both public and private sectors. his journey has evolved, and he has taken on the role of principal investigator in several research projects dedicated to advancing universal health coverage in Thailand. His research particularly focuses on intermediate care, emergency care, and care for migrant populations.
From 2020 to 2023, he served as the assistant dean for student affairs at Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, where he facilitated the establishment of the Ramathibodi Medical Student Councils. These councils became leaders in student engagement at both national and international levels, receiving the 'Aspire for Excellence' award for student engagement at the AMEE international conference in 2022. He has also been a speaker on student engagement for several medical schools and at numerous national and international conferences.
In addition to his research, he is deeply committed to health systems science education and research for medical students. he currently teaches a patient experience course and a patient safety and quality course, each attended by 200 medical students annually. Moreover, he mentors medical students who are interested in health policy and systems research as well as research on complexity science. Many of their works have been accepted for presentation at global academic conferences, with up to 20 pieces of work presented, and some have been selected for publication in Q1 scientific journals.
His work aims to integrate health systems science into medical education, fostering a new generation of medical professionals who are well-equipped to tackle the challenges of healthcare systems and contribute to the advancement of universal health coverage.
Featured publications:
- Reddy, T., Kapoor, N. R., Kubota, S., Doubova, S. V., Asai, D., Mariam, D. H., Ayele, W., Mebratie, A. D., Thermidor, R., Sapag, J. C., Bedregal, P., Passi-Solar, A., Gordon-Strachan, G., Dulal, M., Gadeka, D. D., Mehata, S., Margozzini, P., Leerapan, B., Rittiphairoj, T., Kaewkamjornchai, P., … Arsenault, C. (2023). Associations between the stringency of COVID-19 containment policies and health service disruptions in 10 countries. BMC health services research, 23(1), 363 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09363-1
- Turcotte-Tremblay, A. M., Leerapan, B., Akweongo, P., Amponsah, F., Aryal, A., Asai, D., Awoonor-Williams, J. K., Ayele, W., Bauhoff, S., Doubova, S. V., Gadeka, D. D., Dulal, M., Gage, A., Gordon-Strachan, G., Haile-Mariam, D., Joseph, J. P., Kaewkamjornchai, P., Kapoor, N. R., Gelaw, S. K., Kim, M. K., … Arsenault, C. (2023). Tracking health system performance in times of crisis using routine health data: lessons learned from a multicountry consortium. Health research policy and systems, 21(1), 14 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00956-6
- Arsenault, C., Gage, A., Kim, M. K., Kapoor, N. R., Akweongo, P., Amponsah, F., Aryal, A., Asai, D., Awoonor-Williams, J. K., Ayele, W., Bedregal, P., Doubova, S. V., Dulal, M., Gadeka, D. D., Gordon-Strachan, G., Mariam, D. H., Hensman, D., Joseph, J. P., Kaewkamjornchai, P., Eshetu, M. K., … Kruk, M. E. (2022). COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries. Nature medicine, 28(6), 1314–1324. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01750-1
- Jarukasemkit, S., Kaewkamjornchai, P., & Tam, K. M. (2022). System dynamics modeling to understand mental model of public humiliation in medical education. Medical teacher, 44(8), 872–877. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2022.2041587
- Leerapan, B., Kaewkamjornchai, P., Atun, R., & Jalali, M. S. (2022). How systems respond to policies: intended and unintended consequences of COVID-19 lockdown policies in Thailand. Health policy and planning, 37(2), 292–293. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab103
- Aekplakorn, W., Suriyawongpaisal, P., Srithamrongsawadi, S., & Kaewkamjonchai, P. (2021). Assessing a national policy on strengthening chronic care in primary care settings of a middle-income country using patients' perspectives. BMC health services research, 21(1), 223. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06220-x
Research projects of medical students and junior researchers under the supervision selected for presentation at international academic conferences.
HSR 2024: The Eighth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (Nagasaki, Japan)
- The analysis of Value-Based Health Care policy and implementation in Wales and the synthesis of policy recommendation for Thailand: Pharanyoo Osotthanakorn et al.
- Ensuring Equity in Medical Specialist Distribution: Evidence for Effective Postgraduate Education Management in a Low-Resource Setting Country: Peerasit Sitthirat et al.
- Integrating Rural Health Systems into Medical Education: A Collaborative Approach for Knowledge Translation to Future Physicians: Piwat Suppawittaya et al.
AMEE 2024 (Basel, Switzerland)
- Towards Personalized Mental Health Interventions: a Network Analysis of Three Mental Disorders in a Thai Medical School: Maylin Wongjarupun et al.
- OKRs Champion Team: Maximizing OKRs Potential in an OKRs-driven Student Organization to Form Unity with Diversity: Watcharapong Timklaypachara et al.
- Decolonizing global health through introducing global health to undergraduate medical students in middle-income country context: Warattra Singkarin et al.
- "True Success for Mankind": The Prince Mahidol Award Youth Programme (PMA-YP) fosters Thai medical graduates to tackle global health challenges: Pharanyoo Osotthanakorn et al.
- Systems Archetypes: Exploring Patterns of Wicked Challenges in Health Professions Education Systems and Learning How to Fix it?: Peerasit Sitthirat et al.
AMEE 2023 (Glasgow, UK)
- Comparative study of palliative care education and service performance among SEA countries: Piwat Suppawittaya et al.
- Identify geriatric competencies in Thailand: multi-perspective (A qualitative study): Pariyakorn Chuensuwonkul et al.
- Breaking down organization silos with a liberating structure (WINFY): Supicha Hanputpakdikul et al.
- Research initiation in medical study, a case study from 3rd year medical student from Thailand (2023 cohort): Settanan Plangsiri et al.
- Researchers never walk alone: a social network analysis of an undergraduate medical research community: Seksan Yodsanit et al.
- Soft skills enhancement of preclinical year medical student via extracurricular activity: a case study: Pat Ngamdachakij et al.
- OKRs: A tool to unite student organizations and breaks silo: Pasit Komonsuwan et al.
- Impact of quality improvement research (QIR) on systems thinking habits - a pilot study in Thai medical students: Peerapass Sukkrasanti et al.
- Introduction to systems thinking concept and tools for health professions educators: from theory to practice: Peerasit Sitthirat et al.
HSR 2022: The Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (Bogota, Colombia)
- Enhancing health systems competency of the workforce by introducing systems thinking to the medical student: a case study from Thailand: Krittin Venunan
- Type II Diabetic Care in Rural Context of Middle-income Country during the Crisis of COVID-19 Pandemics: A Case Study from Lomkao district of Thailand: Peerasit Sitthirat
- Value-based Care for Post-stroke Patients: A Model of Community-based Care Team in Rural Area of Thailand: Peerasit Sitthirat
AMEE 2022 (Lyon, France)
- Community-based course enhances habits of systems thinker in pre-clinical year medical students: Krittin Venunan
- The Development of Incoming Medical Student’ Leadership Skills through Pre-medical school project: A Case Study: Supicha et al.
- Against the bureaucracy barrier: An attempt to reform the way medical student organization work: Sarute Chawvavanich
- Defining The Future of Medical School: Process of Vision and Strategies Establishment from Multi-stakeholders’ Perspectives: Peerasit Sitthirat et al.
- Barriers of Medical and Dental Admission Involving BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) In Thailand: Siri Pornsiriprasert et al.
- Exploring Mistreatment in Medical School: How mistreated students feel, the consequences, and the solution: Innara Srisatidnarakul
- Introduction to OKRs for managing student organization effectively (Conference workshop): Peerasit Sitthirat et al.