Velez College has topnotchers in the July 2010 PT-OT Board Exam

Amy Fritzie Chiu Yee of Velez College in Cebu City got the number 2 spot among Occupational Therapy Board exam takers with a rating of 80.60 while Keziah Loren Pascual Shan was number 8 in the Physical Therapy Board Exam with a rating of 84.45. The exams were held just this month of July 2010.

Congratulations to these 2 topnotchers from Cebu PT-OT schools, Velez College in particular, and all the examinees. By the way, 434 out of 938 passed the Physical and Occupational Therapists Licensure Examination.

The oathtaking ceremony of the successful examinees in the said examinations will be held on Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 1:00 PM at the Manila Hotel, One Rizal Park, Manila.

Below is the roll of successful PT examinees:

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Below is the roll of successful OT examinees:

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Download Philippine National Ethical Guidelines for Health Research

Sometimes when the internet connection is slow, it is very difficult to download pdf files from Philippine government websites. Since many health students and professionals need to know these ethical guidelines when doing health research locally, I decided to have an alternate site for download through my blog.

These guidelines are not the product of my work. These are from the Philippine National Health Research system. I am just sharing this to disseminate the information regarding the importance of ethical considerations in health research. I am just assuming it is OK to share this document (to help disseminate the information) since it is being shared anyway by the Philippine Department of Science and Technology. I will be willing to remove this said document from my blog, should sharing through blogs is not allowed.

So here it is...

Philippine National Ethical Guidelines

Postgraduate Course on Health Promotion and Education on October 25-29, 2010

The Department of Health Promotion and Education, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila will conduct a postgraduate course on Octobers 25-29, 2010 at the Press Room of the College of Public Health, UP-Manila.

The course aims to deepen the participants' knowledge on the basics of health promotion and enhance their skills in using the different strategies in promoting health.

Opportunities like this should be grabbed especially for those doing health education activities in the local government units and non-governmental organizations. The trainings are designed for them as well as for those faculty handling subjects like Strategies in Health Education, Community and Public Health or anyone who may be interested to work in the field of health education in the future.

For more details, contact Prof. Ernesto R. Gregorio, Jr., MPH, course coordinator at (02) 5260811 or email at junr.gregorio@yahoo.com

Proper Way of Inserting Nasogastric Tube (NGT)

Skills development is sometimes being overlooked. One example is NGT or nasogastric tube insertion. Here is a video courtesy of Clinisnips in Youtube which shows the proper way of inserting a nasogastric tube. I would like to emphasize though...one has to wear gloves in doing this procedure.