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center has four academic units, the College of Medicine, Nursing, Physical
Therapy and Graduate Program, in the order they were founded - each of
which has carved a great name for itself in the Philippines educational
landscape.
College
of Medicine
The centerpiece of the UERM Memorial Medical Center is the College of
Medicine. From the time the UERM College of Medicine produced its first
graduates, it immediately established itself as one of the finest medical
schools inthe country. Soon, it was acknowledged as one of the best three
schools of medicine, mentioned in the same breath as University of the
Philippines and University of Santo Thomas.
All the Medicine graduates of 1996 passed the MEdical Licensure Examination
given last February 1997. The Professional Regulation Commission awarded
the Center a plaque in recognition of the feat, the fifth time for the
center since 1993.
College
of Nursing
The College is included in the list of 20 top performing Nursing schools
released by the Commission on Higher Education covering a 5-year period.
For the five year covered in the ranking, the CHED listed the UERM College
of Nursing with a the rating of 93.08% passing percentage.
College
of Physical Therapy
The youngest of the colleges in the Center, the College of Physical Therapy,
in its seven years of existence has produced, so far, only three batches
of graduates. And yet, it has already established itself as on of the
best schools of Physical Therapy in the country, the two others being
the University of the Philippines (UP) and University of Santo Thomas
(UST).
The main objective of Physical therapy education is to provide the country
with physical therapists who are scientifically competent to deliver the
full spectrum of physical therapy services required in modern health care.The
college offers a five year curriculum program, as approved by the Department
of Education Culture and sports (DECS) and by the Philippine board of
Physical and Occupational therapy. It has gained such respect and prestige
that other schools of Physical Therapy are now asking to be allowed to
observe its setup and methodology. Another manifestation of this respect
is the tremedous growth in its enrollment in the last three years.
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