SPMC, UPMin partner for new medical school

SPMC, UPMin partner for new medical school
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THE Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the University of the Philippines-Mindanao (UP-Mindanao) to establish a medical school, with SPMC serving as its base hospital.

Dr. Ricardo Audan, SPMC Medical Center Chief, shared the news during the Kapehan sa Dabaw on December 16, 2024, at SM City Davao. He confirmed that the medical school is set to open by August or October 2024.

The MOA was signed on November 13, 2024, by UP Mindanao Chancellor Lyre Anne Murao and witnessed by UP Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Leo Cubillan, as well as SPMC Chief Training Officer Dr. Maria Elinore Alba-Concha.

The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the University of the Philippines-Mindanao (UP-Mindanao) to establish a medical school, with SPMC serving as its base hospital.
The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the University of the Philippines-Mindanao (UP-Mindanao) to establish a medical school, with SPMC serving as its base hospital.SPMC

The initiative follows UP President Angelo Jimenez's April 2023 announcement about establishing Mindanao's first medical school. The new medical school will complement a hospital being built at the UP Mindanao Mintal campus, located on a 3.28-hectare plot.

Jimenez noted that the School of Medicine at UP Mindanao aims to address the region’s low doctor-to-population ratio. 

Although improvements have been made, Davao City’s Health Office reported in 2022 that there is still one doctor for every 50,000 people in some health districts—far lower than Metro Manila's 1:15,300 ratio.

The new medical school will offer a full range of courses, similar to other major universities in Mindanao. 

UP-Mindanao’s Mintal campus also offers various undergraduate programs in Biology, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Food Technology, Agribusiness Economics, Anthropology, and Communication Arts. RGP

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