Given its Level II Reaccreditation status by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), an external body that checks the quality standards of universities, the college continues to provide world-class, advanced, and safe quality education. From the traditional ways of examining the cadavers to using a high technology 3D dissection table called the Anatomage, specifically acquired to ensure the safety of students in the new normal without sacrificing the teaching and learning quality.
The university has its own hospital where all clinical clerkships are conducted. Our students will have the opportunity to experience being trained in an actual tertiary hospital before they face the real world of being a physician.
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Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Your path to saving lives starts here; become a holistic doctor through our Doctor of Medicine program. One of the seven pioneer medical schools in the Philippines, with an extensive alumni network and full support and exposure from our own partner tertiary hospital, the College of Medicine, will make you an exceptional doctor.
Community exposure is an experience-based strategy to run for four (4) weeks, wherein students in the health professions will have an opportunity to experience the way of life in the community, engage with the people, and discover the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats encountered by the community. These will allow the student to understand better the dynamics of community life, and the realization of the different community concerns through exposure to actual life situations, specifically in the deprived, depressed, and underprivileged community of Maysilo, Malabon City, and apply knowledge and skills to benefit the partner community. Community exposure is also one way of teaching students that developing trust with their patients “requires some understanding of the social, economic, psychological and cultural issues” these people face.
Applications must be received at least eight (8) months before the start of your selected elective. Please read the application procedure before applying.
Community Immersion is a two-week orientation under the Department of Family and Community Medicine that deals with Primary Health Care (PHC) principles, health promotion, and disease prevention. Students will participate in community diagnosis, prioritization, program planning, community organization, and social mobilization. Students (Clinical Clerks) encourage community participation, which includes participatory action research and training of barangay health workers, promoting sharing of responsibility to maintain the people's health between the Community and the Institution.
Maria Lilybeth R. Tanchoco, MD, MBAH, FPSA, DPBPM, FPSO, FPSPDean, College of Medicine
Rosalie Remedios B. Ramirez, MD, MMHA, PhD, FPSO-HNSCollege Secretary
Arthur T. Magboo, MD, PhD, MHPEd, DMD, FPSO-HNSHead, Medical Education Unit
Anna Karenina V. Causapin, MD, MHPEd, FPSP, FPPSHead, Curriculum and Instruction
Romana Donabel B. BarengPediatrics
Christine Marie C. BucadObstetrics and Gynecology // Sub-specialty: Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy
Anna Karenina V. CausapinPediatrics
Boris Jruing J. De GuzmanInternal Medicine
Janice D. De LeonFamily Medicine
Jemma Ma. Irene V. EchiverriInternal Medicine
Edornie Elizabeth V. GarciaPediatrics
Charisse P. GuerreroObstetrics and Gynecology; OB-GYN Ultrasound
Cynthia P. KapangyarihanGeneral Surgery
Edgardo C. LazaroENT HNS
Mary Ann V. LehFamily Medicine
Arthur T. MagbooENT HNS
Anamarie S. MananganPediatrics
Marissa V. NuallaObstetrics and Gynecology OB-GYN Ultrasound
Erwin D. PalisocOphthalmology Subspecialty: Neuro-Ophthalmology; Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Dante Noel P. PerezOphthalmology
Maria Leonora B. RabocFamily Medicine
Rosalie Remedios B. RamirezOtolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
Ma. Geraldine R. RamosObstetrics and Gynecology and OB GYN Ultrasound
Marie Clare V. RoblesPediatrics
Evelyn Sta. CruzPediatric Neurology
Maria Lilybeth R. TanchocoAnesthesiology,Pain Medicine
Gary Genedel J. UsonInternal Medicine
Ruth T. VillanuevaNeurology and Psychiatry
Marie Lucille A. AnicietePediatrics
Suzuette S. ArminFamily Medicine
Celeste A. AsiloPediatrics
Eric Sherwin T. BasuilRehabilitation Medicine
Maria Imelda B. BatarPsychiatry
John Paul A. BenitezAnesthesia
Rosalinda Cosmas R. BenitezPathology
April Grace D. BerbosoPediatrics
Ma. Rosario E. BonaguaFamily Medicine
Jane Eflyn L. BunyiFamily Medicine
Judith G. CabanelaObstetrics and Gynecology Oncology
Cathleen Camille N. CabreraOphthalmology
Merlina L. CabreraAnesthesia, Pain Medicine
Lily Ann H. CabulingFamily Medicine
Katherine B. CamusPsychiatry
Bea Barbara C. CarrascalInternal Medicine
Ulga Luisa V. CasiñoAnaesthesiology
Emmanuel Tadeus S. CruzENT HNS
Hecil A. CruzPsychiatry
Rodney M. Del RioUrology
Rowell Anthony B. Dela CruzOphthalmology
Dwight Joseph A. DomingoInternal Medicine
Francine Beatriz Lu EchiverriInternal Medicine
Marivic M. EsguerraPediatric Cardiology
Rafael Angelo S. FernandezThoracic and Vascular Surgery
Jiffy Jones R. GarciaPediatrics
Norman S. GarciaGeneral Surgery
Dominador, III A. GarduñoENT-HNS
Catherine G. GironellaGeneral Pediatrician
Fatima Cherry A. GomezNone-General Practitioner
Michael B. GuerreroGeneral Surgery
Nellie D. GundaoPediatrics
Cesar B. IsidroGeneral Surgery
Carolina Caryl J. JaviniarInternal Medicine
Richard C. JordiasObstetrics and Gynecology Maternal and Fetal
Aubhugn T. LabianoOphthalmology
Esmarliza T. LuzonOB GYN Venereology
Ma. Luisa L. MalabananPediatrics
Andrea Kristina G. MalvarRehabilitation Medicine
Josefina B. MarbellaRadiology
Sarie C. MarcialOphthalmology
Alvin G. MarianoPediatrics
Cecille P. MataNeurology
Jerome B. MondalaRadiology
Niño Carlo M. NaidasOphthalmology
Nepthalie R. OrdoñezPediatrics
Mirasol Q. PahutanRadiology
Minnette A. PanganibanOphthalmology
Herbert G. PascualPathology
Ildefonso V. Peczon, Jr.Ophthalmology
Keithley Bryan A. PerezENT Head and Neck Surgery
Carlo Gene M. PoaRehabilitation Medicine
Benjamin Jose C. QuitoInternal Medicine
Maremel C. QuitoObstetrics and Gynecology
John Kenneth C. RamosPediatrician
Arthur Dessi E. RomanInternal Medicine, Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine
Maria Jorquiza S. SalvadorInternal Medicine
Marjorie I. SantosObstetrics and Gynecology
Dindohope B. SerranoGeneral Surgery
Annabelle M. SinlaoAnesthesiology
Estela Marie C. TanchocoClinical Pathology
Elizar C. TaplacSurgical Endoscopy, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Valerie Anne T. TesoroPathology
Janette S. TolentinoClinical Pathology
Monica Y. TolentinoAnatomic Pathology
Enrico E. TuyInternal Medicine
Emmanuel P. UnayGeneral Surgery
Grace V. VillanuevaFamily Medicine
Manuel Leon F. VillanuevaPediatrics
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This program is under the supervision of the Department of Family and Community Medicine wherein the student shall be assigned to join the Filipino clinical clerks as they are expected to initiate community-based interventions by encouraging community participation, which includes participatory action in research and training of barangay health workers, promoting sharing of responsibility to maintain the health of the people between the community and the Institution.