The UP-PGH Department of Family and Community Medicine will have its 33rd Postgraduate Course this November 22-24, 2012 at the Hyatt Hotel Manila. Theme for this year is Multidisciplinary Approaches and Skills in Family Practice.
You may now register online at http://docarl.wix.com/uppghdfcm
Getting to Know You: Chief Res Shiel Mejia-Samonte
by Michelle Merca, M.D.
After three years of training as FCM resident, Shiel has emerged to be one of the best residents in the department. She now joins the roster of highly competent FCM residents who went on as Chief to lead the Depart…
By Alex J. B. Alip, Jr., M.D.
“Multidisciplinary Approach: Working and Caring Together.” This was the theme of the 32nd Post-graduate course of the Department of Family and Community Medicine. The 2011 course was held 16 – 18 November at the Hyatt Hotel Manila. The theme was chosen to st…
The Department of Family and Community Medicine once again showcased its best and brightest by garnering practically all the major awards during the Golden Anniversary and Annual Convention of the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians, the specialty society which represents family doctors all over…
Jardine Sta. Ana, 2009 Residency Training graduate of the Department ranked number one among 220 examinees in the recently concluded Philippine Academy of Family Physicians Diplomate Board exams. He was consistently on the Dean’s List, both for his pre-medicine (Physical Therapy) and Medicine course…
The World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. The theme for World Day 2010, which was held last October 9, is "Sharing the care". This day is for people to engage in events and activities to raise awareness…
Resident physician trainees of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Philippine General Hospital, UP Manila, romped away with all the awards in the Residents’ Research Contest, both Analytical and Descriptive Categories, held during the Annual Convention of the Philippine Academy of Famil…
