[MJ.04] Physician Licensure Exam and Post Graduate Medical Training and Medical Specialties V2.1.pdf

Republic Act 7722 (RA 7722)

What established the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)?

To promote quality education, ensure accessibility, and ensure academic freedom

What are the mandates of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)?

Regulatory authority over medical education

What is CHED's role in medical education?

CHED

Which agency authorizes Higher Education Institutions to operate medical education programs?

Private School Non-Sectarian (PN), Private School Sectarian (PS), and Government School (GS)

What are the three classifications of medical colleges?

St. Luke’s College of Medicine

Give an example of a Private School Non-Sectarian medical college.

University of Sto. Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery or ASMPH

Give an example of a Private School Sectarian medical college.

University of the Philippines (Manila)

Give an example of a Government School medical college.

Association of Philippine Medical Colleges (APMC)

What organization ensures that member colleges offer quality medical education and administers the Medical Intern Matching Program?

Bachelor’s Degree in Science or Arts (BS or AB)

What is the minimum degree requirement for admission to a medical college?

National Medical Admission Test (NMAT)

What admission test is required for medical school admission?

The score must be above the percentile cut-off set by the medical college

What criterion must the NMAT score meet for medical school admission?

A university or college

Who issues the Certificate of Eligibility required for medical school admission?

Birth Certificate

What required document for the Certificate of Eligibility relates to personal identification?

Certificate of Good Moral Character from two college professors

What character document is required for the Certificate of Eligibility?

Official Transcript of Records showing completion of a degree course

What academic record is required for the Certificate of Eligibility?

TOR validated by special order of CHED

What additional requirement applies to the Official Transcript of Records for private school graduates?

TOR diploma or Certificate of Completion

What must public school graduates present as proof of completion?

Certified True Copy of NMAT Score

What specific format of the NMAT Score is required for the Certificate of Eligibility?

Certificate of Honorable Dismissal from previous school

What additional requirement applies to transfer students?

The final two academic years

How much of the medical course must transfer students complete in the school that issues the medical degree?

Yes, the Medical Act of 1959 does not prohibit medical colleges from setting additional requirements

Can medical schools add requirements beyond the minimum set by law?

Not having been convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction of any offense involving moral turpitude

What is the primary character requirement for a student seeking admission to the first-year medical class, according to the Medical Act of 1959, Section 7?

A certificate showing completion of a standard high school course

What high school record must be presented for medical school admission according to the Medical Act of 1959?

A record showing completion of a standard preparatory medical course

What preparatory course record must be presented for medical school admission according to the Medical Act of 1959?

A certificate of registration as a medical student

What type of registration certificate is required for medical school admission according to the Medical Act of 1959?

Birth certificate and marriage certificate, if any

What vital records must be presented for medical school admission according to the Medical Act of 1959?

State’s power to regulate those who may be admitted to medical education institutions

What government power is the National Medical Admission Test (NMAT) an exercise of?

DECS vs. San Diego (1989)

What is the key Supreme Court case cited regarding the NMAT's constitutionality and the "three-flunk rule"?

Roberto Rey C. San Diego

Who was the private respondent who challenged the rule limiting NMAT attempts in the DECS vs. San Diego case?

Department of Education, Culture, and Sports (DECS) and Director of Center for Educational Measurement (CEM)

Who were the petitioners in the DECS vs. San Diego case?

He had failed the NMAT three times

What was the reason the petitioner rejected San Diego's application to take the NMAT again?

Constitutional rights to academic freedom and quality education

What initial constitutional rights did San Diego invoke in his first petition?

The rule limiting students to three chances to take the NMAT

What rule did San Diego challenge in his amended petition?

The trial court, presided over by Judge Teresita Dizon-Capulong

Which court initially ruled in favor of San Diego, declaring the NMAT rule invalid?

The Supreme Court

Which court ultimately reversed the trial court's decision in the San Diego case?

Tablarin V. Gutierrez case

What earlier case did the Supreme Court cite to uphold the constitutionality of the NMAT?

To regulate admission to medical schools to ensure the quality of medical professionals

What justification did the Supreme Court find for the NMAT in the Tablarin case?

Police power of the State

What inherent power of the State justifies imposing reasonable admission requirements, such as the NMAT and the three-flunk rule, to protect the public?

A person does not have an absolute constitutional right to become a doctor

What constitutional right does the Supreme Court deny exists regarding the medical profession?

Lack of aptitude for medical studies

What did the Court conclude that San Diego, having failed the NMAT multiple times, had demonstrated?

Direct impact of the medical profession on people’s lives

What justification did the Court give for regulating medical students more strictly than other students (upholding the equal protection clause)?

General Register Case No. 89572, dated December 21, 1989

What is the docket number and date of the final ruling in the DECS vs. San Diego case?

MECS Order No. 12, Series of 1972

What is the title of the order containing the "Three Flunk Rule" challenged by San Diego?

Type 1 (MD degree awarded prior to internship) and Type 2 (MD degree awarded after internship)

What are the two types of Medical School Curriculum mentioned?

Type 2

Which type of MD degree is awarded after the internship (5th year)?

Type 1

In which curriculum type is the 4th Year dedicated to Clerkship and the MD degree awarded before internship?

Training program implemented in a training hospital with a minimum capacity of 100 beds

What is a key requirement for the Clinical Clerkship training program regarding the facility?

Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics-Gynecology, and Surgery

What four clinical departments must be functioning in the training hospital?

At least 1 full-time board-certified faculty

What faculty requirement must be met for each of the four clinical departments?

50 patients per day

What is the minimum required outpatient services load for clinical materials?

At least 1 occupied hospital bed per clerk

What is the minimum required inpatient load for clinical materials?

At least 10 maternity cases followed to delivery

What is the minimum requirement for OB-GYN cases for each clerk?

Actual charge of maternity cases under the supervision of a clinical preceptor

What specific role must the clerk take in OB-GYN cases?

1:100

What is the maximum teacher-student ratio for lectures?

1:25

What is the maximum teacher-student ratio for laboratory sessions?

1:15

What is the maximum teacher-student ratio for small group discussions?

1:10

What is the Problem-Based Learning facilitator-student ratio?

Medical Internship

What training program by a recent graduate is a requirement before taking the Physician Licensure Exam?

A calendar year of technical training known as internship

What is required by RA No. 5946 Sec. 9 (6) of Medical Act of 1959 regarding training before the PLE?

Republic Act No. 2382

What is the other name for the Medical Act of 1959?

June 20, 1959

When was the Medical Act of 1959 approved?

RA No. 4224 and RA No. 5946

What Republic Acts amended the Medical Act of 1959 (RA 2382)?

The standardization and regulation of medical education, the examination for registration of physicians, and the supervision, control, and regulation of the practice of medicine in the Philippines

What are the three objectives provided for and governed by the Medical Act of 1959?

Board of Medical Education and Board of Medical Examiners

What two agencies were created to enforce the Medical Act of 1959 (Section 2)?

Department of Education

Where was the Board of Medical Education placed under upon its creation?

Commissioner of Civil Service

Where was the Board of Medical Examiners placed under upon its creation?

The Secretary of Education

Who serves as the chairman of the Board of Medical Education (BME)?

Secretary of Health

Who is one of the members of the Board of Medical Education besides the chairman?

Director of the Bureau of Private Schools

Who is one of the members of the Board of Medical Education related to private institutions?

Chairman of the Board of Medical Examiners

Who is one of the members of the Board of Medical Education related to physician examination?

A representative of private practitioners recommended by an acknowledged medical association

Who represents private practitioners in the BME?

A representative chosen by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities

Who represents the colleges and universities in the BME?

During their incumbency in their respective positions

How long do the officials acting as chairman and members of the Board of Medical Education hold office?

They are not entitled to any compensation except for traveling expenses

What compensation do the chairman and members of the BME receive?

To determine and prescribe minimum requirements for admission into a recognized college of medicine

What is one function of the BME regarding admission?

To determine and prescribe requirements for minimum physical facilities of colleges of medicine

What is one function of the BME regarding infrastructure?

To determine and prescribe the minimum number and the minimum qualifications of teaching personnel, including student-teacher ratio and curriculum

What is one function of the BME regarding faculty and curriculum?

To determine and prescribe the number of students who should be allowed to take up the preparatory course

What is one function of the BME regarding enrollment capacity?

To select, determine, and approve hospitals or some departments of hospitals for training

What is one function of the BME regarding training sites?

To promulgate, prescribe, and enforce necessary rules and regulations for the proper implementation of its functions

What is one function of the BME regarding regulatory power?

Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree or their equivalent

What is the minimum degree required for students seeking admission to the medical course, according to Section 6?

12 units

What is the minimum required number of units for English?

3 units

What is the minimum required number of units for Latin?

9 units

What is the minimum required number of units for Mathematics, including Accounting and Statistics?

12 units

What is the minimum required number of units for Philosophy, including Psychology and Logic?

15 units

What is the minimum required number of units for Zoology and Botany?

8 units

What is the minimum required number of units for Physics?

21 units

What is the minimum required number of units for Chemistry?

1 unit

What is the minimum required number of units for Library Science?

12 units

What is the minimum required number of units for Humanities and Social Sciences?

12 units of Spanish (pursuant to RA 709)

What additional language unit was required commencing with the academic year 1960 to 1961?

24 units of Spanish (pursuant to RA 1881)

What was the requirement for Spanish units commencing with the academic year 1960 to 1961 for cultural, social, and nationalistic studies?

Three academic years and the intervening summer sessions

In how many years may a student whose general average is below 85% but without any grade of failure or condition be permitted to finish the preparatory medical course?

Automatically revert to the four-year category

What happens if a student pursuing the preparatory course in three years (average below 85%) gets any grade of failure or condition?

Three academic years

In how many years may a student whose general average is 85% or over be permitted to finish the preparatory medical course?

Failure to maintain the general average of 85%

What causes a student in the accelerated program (85% average) to revert to the category of students whose general average is below 85% (but without failure)?

At least 5 years

What is the minimum duration of the medical course?

Not less than 11 rotating internships in an approved hospital

What specific internship requirement is included in the medical course minimum duration?

Legal Medicine, including Medical Jurisprudence and Ethics

What specific subject related to law and ethics is included in the medical course subjects?