Region IX medical courses’ deans hold seminar in Dipolog

Region IX medical courses’ deans hold seminar in Dipolog
June 5, 2010


Working hand in hand to hold a workshop that is designed to recognize the need to continually improve teaching, learning and caring for students, the Council of Deans for Health Related Courses in Region 9 held a Teaching-Learning Process and Team Building Seminar last May 12 to 13 at the Mibang Hotel in Dipolog City.

The training is focused on the reassessment of the teaching-learning process and classroom resources of various schools with medical courses all over region 9.

The seminar also featured a team-building for participating deans to enforce solidarity in working together to train and educate competent and caring health care professionals in their respective schools.

Facilitating the two-day activity was Council of Deans president, Dr. Milabel Ho with Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Region 9 director, Dr. Emmylou Yanga giving the participants a short inspirational message. Also present to give CHED Memo updates was CHED Education Supervisor II Vivian Rubares.

More than 50 deans of schools from all over the region participated in the seminar including six department heads from the DMC College Foundation, namely; Nursing dean, Dr. Grace Gurdiel; Allied Medical Courses Vice Dean Rose Turno; BSN Coordinators Jennifer Jarantilla, Joanne Borbon and Clarissa Darcera; and Midwifery Principal Maria Teresa Paquibot.

The two-day congregation was not all about the training though. On the evening of the first day, host schools of Dipolog held a Cultural Night Presentation for visitors from all over region 9. The host schools include DMC, Andres Bonifacio College, Dipolog City Institute of Technology and the Jose Rizal Memorial State University.

On the second day, the visitors were toured to Gloria de Dapitan and to the DMC College Foundation campus.

“I’m very proud to say that after their visit here in DMC, all the deans from region 9 said that they were impressed with our facilities in the school,” DMC BSN Dean Gurdiel said. “It is very satisfying to have your peers from various schools voice their appreciation and high regard for DMC.”

Among the participating schools are those from Zamboanga City like the University of Zamboanga, Western Mindanao State University, BRENT, ADZU, MEIN, Pilar College and STI; those from Isabela, Basilan like the Alano Midwifery School, Basilan State College; those from Ipil, Zamboanga del Sur like the Josefina Cerrilles College and Medina College; those from Pagadian City like Mendero College and Medina College; Jolo City’s Notre Dame of Jolo; Sulu City’s Sulu State College; Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur’s Blancia Carreon College; and Sindangan’s Philippine Advent College.