Welcome Message
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite you to join the
3rd Asia-Pacific Joint Conference
on Problem-Based Learning
(APJC-PBL), which will be
organized and hosted by the
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of
Songkla University, Thailand.
It is the great honor for our faculty to hold this conference
for the second time. The first one, named the 4th
Asia-Pacific Conference on PBL, was held 10 years ago.
The general goal of the 3rd APJC-PBL is to become an
international meeting point for PBL educators in the
Asia-Pacific region with the aim of facilitating the reflection
upon and the exchange of ideas and experiences related
to the research and support of PBL educational development
i n d i ff e re n t d i s c i p l i n e s a n d b a s e d o n d i ff e re n t
backgrounds. As you all may agree, we still encounter
various difficulties in implementing PBL in the schools and
institutions of this region. The theme of the 3rd APJC-PBL
will be, PBL: Past, Present and Prospect, which will focus
on the evolution of PBL over time, updates on the PBL
situation in the Asia-Pacific context, and the destination
and prospects of PBL. The sharing of practices related
to PBL from different contexts will be most valuable for
the rethinking of the quality of learning and teaching based
on this educational strategy. The conference program comprises: keynote addresses,
symposia, parallel sessions of oral presentations/short
communications, thematic poster and E-poster sessions,
debate sessions, and pre-conference workshops. Widely known as a world-leading tourist attraction, Phuket
offers a large variety of world class facilities and a wealth
of natural beauty that includes white sandy beaches and
the turquoise blue sea of the Andaman coast, as well as
an inspiring culture. We are looking forward to meeting
you in Phuket in December 2014
Associate Professor Sutham Pinjareon
President, 3rd APJC-PBL
Dean, Faculty of Medicine,
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
International Advisory Board
Emeritus Advisor
Tadahiko Kozu
Members
Japan
Chiu-Yin David Kwan
Arnuparp Lekhakula
Greg Tan Bao-Zhi Sun
Liu Ye
Lu Yingqing
Li-Chong Chan
Adrianta Surjadhana
Osamu Matsuo
Yasuyuki Suzuki
Debra Si Mui Sim
Nemuel Fajutagana
Oon-Seng Tan
Bong Hyun Chang
Kuo-Inn Tsou
Francis Ifejika Achike
Leslie Q Tam
Taiwan (Chair)
Thailand (Vice-Chair)
Australia
China
China
China
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Japan
Japan
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
USA
USA
Local Organizing Committee
Advisory Board
Chusak Limsakul
Avudh Srisukri
Vicharn Panich
Kamjorn Tatiyakavee
Maitri Inthusuth
Somjai Suwansupana
Kajohnsak Kaewjarus
Jessada Chungpaibulpatana
Uthit Limsakul
Sutham Pinjaroen Chitkasem Suwanrath
Arnuparp Lekhakula
Ounjai Kor-anontakul
Kanyika Chamniprasas
Somchai Suntornlohanakul
Somchit Jaruratanasirikul
Sittichoke Anuntaseree
Thitima Suntharasaj
Nipat Aui-aree
Wiwattana Thanomkeat
President
Vice President
Secretary
Academic Program
Treasurer
Registrar
Publication
Information
Technology
Ceremony
Hospitality and
Social Events
Public Relations
Registration Fee
Regular
Student
Early Bird
€350
Standard
€400
On Site
€400
€300
Pre-conference
Workshop
€60/half-day workshop
€100/2 workshops
Accompanying
person
€200
Pre-Conference Workshops
4 December 2014
09:00 am - 12:00 pm Pre-conference workshops
WS1-1 : The challenges in adopting, managing
and sustaining PBL
Facilitators: F.I. Achike and O. Matsuo
WS2-1 :Curriculum mapping of PBL
Facilitators: LeslieTam and
Arnuparp Lekhakula
WS3-1 : Facilitating PBL, face to face
Facilitators: Debra Sim,
Kanthimathi MS and Choo Hock Tan
WS4-1 :PBL as a platform of outcome-based
learning
Facilitators: David Kwan and
Z.F. Zhang
WS5-1 :E-learning in PBL
Facilitator: Chua Bee Leng and
Greg Tan
WS6-1 : How to bring in reflection on students
PBL collaboration
Facilitators: Anette Kolmos and
Prarthana Coffin
01:00 - 04:00 pm
Pre-conference workshops
WS1-2 :The challenges in adopting, managing
and sustaining PBL
Facilitators: F.I. Achike and O. Matsuo
WS2-2 : Curriculum mapping of PBL
Facilitators: LeslieTam and
Arnuparp Lekhakula
WS3-2 :Perspectives on PBL Tutoring for the
Asian classroom
Facilitator: Virginie Servant
WS4-2 :PBL as a platform of outcome-based
learning
Facilitators: Berhannudin Mohd Salleh
and Hussain Othman
WS5-2 :PBL for General Education
Facilitators: David Kwan and
Dena H.C. Hsin
WS6-2 :How to bring in reflection on students
PBL collaboration
Facilitators: Anette Kolmos and
Prarthana Coffin
06:00 - 08:00 pm
Welcome party
01:30 - 03:00 pm
Simultaneous session I
03:00 - 03:30 pm
Afternoon Break
03:30 - 05:00 pm
Symposium II :
Modification of Practices in PBL
Moderator - Professor Leslie Tam
PBL hybrids : Pros and Cons – Leslie Tam
Tutorless PBL - Debra Sim
Bong-Hyun Chang
E-PBL – Chua Bee Leng
06:00 - 08:00 pm
IAB Business meeting
08:00 - 09:00 pm
APA-PHS General meeting
6 December 2014
08:30 - 09:15 am
Keynote Address III :
Using PBL in Inter-professional Education
Professor David Kwan
09:15 - 10:00 am
Keynote Address IV :
Strategies for Change to PBL at Course and
Institutional Level
Professor Anette Kolmos
10:00 - 10:30 am Morning Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Symposium III :
PBL beyond Health Sciences
Moderator : Arnuparp Lekhakula
Anette Kolmos / Aalborg Center for PBL in
Engineering & Sciences in Denmark
Dena H.C. Hsin / The application of PBL
to General Education and Ethics in a
Taiwanes University
L.C. Chan / Core curriculum of General
Education in Hong Kong
Berhannudin Mohd Salleh / English Education
in Malaysia
Chua Bee Leng / Teacher Education in
Singapore
12:30 - 01:30 pm
Lunch
01:30 - 03:00 pm
Simultaneous session II
03:00 - 03:30 pm
Afternoon Break
03:30 - 05:00 pm
Debate Sessions
03:30 - 04:15 pm
Debate session I : TBL vs PBL
Moderator – Professor L.C. Chan
TBL - David Kwan and Leslie Tam
PBL - Nafeeza Mohd Ismail and
Willaim KS Lim
04:15 - 05:00 pm
Debate session II : e-PBL vs f-PBL
Moderator – Adrianta
e-PBL - Yasuyuki Suzuki and Greg Tan
f-PBL - Francis Achike and Kanthimathi MS
07:00 - 10:00 pm
Conference Banquet at Phuket Fantasea
Conference Program
5 December 2014
08:00 - 08:30 am
Welcome and Opening Address
08:30 - 09:15 am
Keynote Address I :
PBL as Transformative Learning
Professor Vicharn Panich
09:15 - 10:00 am
Keynote Address II :
Perspectives via Observations and Interviews
- PBL in Asia Virginie Servant
10:00 - 10:30 am Photographic session and Morning Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Symposium I :
Advancing PBL in the Asia-Pacific
Region - The journey so far
Moderator – Professor Francis Achike
Greg Tan /Australia
Zhongfang Zhang /China
Nancy Margarita Rehatta/Indonesia
Hussain Othman/Malaysia
Nemuel Fajutagana /Philippines
Kuo-Inn Tsou/ Taiwan
Arnuparp Lekhakula/Thailand
12:30 - 01:30 pm
Lunch
7 December 2014
08:30 - 09:30 am
Keynote Address V :
PBL and the WFME Standards in the Coming
Decade
Professor Ducksun Ahn
09:30 - 10:00 am
Introducing the next host of 4th APJC-PBL 2016
10:00 - 10:30 am Morning Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pm PBL Clinic : Expert Consultation
Moderator – Professor David Kwan
Anette Kolmos
Leslie Tam
Adrianta
Debra Sim
Francis Achike
Osamu Matsuo
Zhongfang Zhang
12:30 - 01:00 pm
Closing ceremony
Key speakers
Professor Vicharn Panich
Basically, Vicharn Panich is a
Professor in Human Genetics.
His research areas were in
enzyme G6PD deficiency and
thalassemia. His management
career began as Chairman of
the Department of Pathology,
Vice President of theuniversity
and Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla
University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand. He was interested
in problem-based lear ning and there it has been
implemented as pedagogical strategy for medical
students learning. He also served as founding director of
the Thailand Research Fund where he established a good
research management systems for the country, and
Knowledge Management Institute with partners in to move
Thailand into “Learning Society”. He was assigned for
Chairman of the Higher Education Commission and has
experiences of being members of many university councils.
Now he is Chairman of the University Council of Mahidol
University and member of other two university councils.
He served as board member of Health Systems Research
Institute. Currently he serves as board member of
Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand and chairman
or board member of 10 foundations.
Ginie Servant
Ginie Servant specializes in the
study of the history, philosophy
and practice of problem-based
learning, from its roots in Canada,
Denmark and the Netherlands
to its modern expansion in Asia.
Methodologically, Ginie is a
qualitative researcher, versed in
diverse qualitative methods such as Interpretive
Phenomenological Analysis, Oral History, and Focus
Group Interviews. She is now studying a PhD in Education
Psychology at Erasmus University (Netherlands) under
the supervision of Professor Henk Schmidt, which is
scheduled for completion in September 2015. After a
working on higher education teaching & learning and Ed
Tech research with the Singapore-based institute “The
HEAD Foundation” for two years, she founded Promethea
Education, a higher education educational research and
consultancy organization. She conducted in-depth
research into problem-based pedagogy in Asian
universities. This research led to the “PBL in Asia series”,
the first comprehensive Pan-Asian overview of PBL.
Professor David C.Y. Kwan
David Kwan is a Professor at the
China Medical University,Taiwan.
He is the Director at the Faculty
Development and Educational
Assessment, Shantou University,
China. He is trained in the field
of Physical and Biological
Chemistry and has a special
i n t e re s t e d i n m e d i c a l e d u c a t i o n . H e h a s a l o n g
association with McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada:
the birthplace of problem-based learning, since 1976 as
a Research fellow and was subsequently appointed
Professor Emeritus in 2008. He has been actively involved
in promoting PBL and is a renowned figure in this area.
This is reflected through the numerous honors and awards
he received over the years. He has been a visiting professor
in many medical schools in many counties in Asia and
Central America. He has been published over 400 articles
and papers and also books in biomedical sciences and
medical education. Currently, he serves as the Chair of
APJC-PBL.
Professor Anette Kolmos
Anette Kolmos is a Professor in
Engineering Education and PBL,
Director for the UNESCO cat2
Centre: Aalborg Centre for
Problem Based Learning in
Engineering Science and
Sustainability. Chair holder for
UNESCO in Problem Based
Learning in Engineering Education, Aalborg University,
Denmark. Guest professor at KTH Royal Institute of
Technology and Guest Professor at UTM University
Technology Malaysia 2011-2013. President of SEFI
2009–2011 (European Society for Engineering Education).
Founding Chair of the SEFI-working group on Engineering
Education Research. Was awarded the IFEES Global
Award for Excellence in Engineering Education, 2013.
During the last 20 years, Dr. Kolmos has researched the
following areas, primarily within Engineering Education:
development and evaluation of project based and problem
based curriculum, change from traditional to project
organized and problem based curriculum, development
of transferable skills in PBL and project work, and methods
for staff development. She is Associate Editor for the
European Journal of Engineering Education and was
Associated Editor for Journal of Engineering Education
(ASEE). Involved in supervision of 13 PhD projects and
published around 200 publications. Member of several
organizations and committees within EER, national
government bodies, and committees in the EU.
Professor Ducksun Ahn
Ducksun Ahn graduated from
Korea University Medical College
(KUMC) and received clinical
training in Plastic Surgery at the
University of Toronto. Upon his
return to Korea, he created the
Medical Education Department
at Korea Univ. College of Medicine.
He also holds a Master’s degree in bioethics (Catholic
University of Leuven, Belgium). As a fellow of the ECFMG
program for international medical education at UCLA
(University of California in Los Angeles), his main interest
is in medical education. He was the vice dean of the
medical school and the president of Korean Society of
Medical Education, He has been heavily involved in
accreditation for basic medical education, and he is
currently the president of the Korean Institute of Medical
Education and Evaluation (accrediting body of Korea),
and the Association for Medical Education in the Western
Pacific Region (AMEWPR).