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Partnering with Communities to Bring Primary Health Care to the Peripheries

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One cannot simply teach Primary health care to medical students. The students have to learn it by doing. Every year I handle the Primary Health care subject/discussion with the third year medical students. And of course after discussing the theories, they get to immerse themselves with their chosen partner communities to see how they can bring Primary health care to them. So, every where, the third year medical students of the University of Saint La Salle would brainstorm projects that they can collaborate with their partner communities that not only would provide them the experience that would help them understand Primary health care but will actually bring PHC to their partner communities. They are expected to collaborate, work with all kinds of stakeholders, be conscious of different factors that need to be addressed in order to solve or confront a medical problem, and engage the community helping them realize their own empowerment. Instead of a written monthly progress report, th...
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Applying Primary Health Care Principles with Millenial Medical Students

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I have been teaching the concept of Primary Health Care to medical students and traditionally I would ask them to partner with a selected community where they can apply what they have learned. This year is unique because instead of asking them to submit written reports of their progress, I asked them to produce a youtube channel instead where they submit their progress reports in the form of vlogs. Here are just some of the selected vlogs. You can subscribe to them so you too can follow their journey. You can subscribe to Project Kabo here . You can subscribe to the Dengurls and Kulamboys Vlog here Follow the Head PoLice Here . Learn more about Project Aspire here .   Follow the story of the LarryBirds here .  Like it? Share it. Get the Share on Facebook widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox ! Not seeing a widget? ( More info )Like it.
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Cinemedicine 2020

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Every year, I always challenge my first year medical students in my Family and Community Medicine class to apply what they have learned in our discussion on Illness trajectories and how families and even communities deal with these illnesses. Of course, they do it in a form of a mini-film. Almost 10 years ago, the #Cinemedicine was born and for #Cinemedicine2020, the following are the entries of the MD-1 of USLS College of Medicine Entries to the Cinemedicine2020 Kung Tani Pa, Ma, Landong Losing Breath Pa-uli Unattended I Made It, Ma Quick survey maker Don't forget to use the hashtag #cinemedicine2020 if you want to share the link to this page. Like it? Share it. Get the Share on Facebook widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox ! Not seeing a widget? ( More info )Like it.
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Foodpanda vs GrabFood

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I used to love Foodpanda. The first time I learned about the concept I was so sold with it. Imagine accessing different restaurants without having to leave your house. You can look at their menus and decide from the comforts of your home. And once you have made your choice you can make your order and it will be delivered to you in no time. I have been utilizing this app for a long time and believe me it is not a perfect app and it has yet to really improve on its services. There are delays at times but most of the time it is not the fault of Foodpanda. I had other worse experiences with Foodpanda. The last time when the rider did not deliver a complete delivery. So I had to wait for my complete meal to be delivered and it took more than an hour to make the full and complete delivery. It was definitely frustrating, not only the delay but how the problem was handled by Foodpanda.  Because of that, I deleted the app and decided not to use it again. Until yesterday when I decide...
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Cinemedicine 2018

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It is that time of the year when my First year med students in my Family and Community Medicine class submit entries for bragging rights in my traditional Cinemedicine Project. The aim of the project is for the med students to highlight specific illnesses and portray its impact on the individual and the family and if possible to the community as well. This year majority of the entries dealt with mental health and social illnesses. As a viewer you can choose which one of them is the best by answering the poll below. Each team has corresponding points depending on the results of the poll. WARNING: some of the entries deal with very sensitive topics for matured audiences only.
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Japanese Encephalitis

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Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is the inflammation of the brain due to a the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). This virus is related to Dengue Virus and just like the Dengue virus it is also spread through mosquitoes. According to the World Health Organization  the case-fatality rate among those with encephalitis can be as high as 30%. Permanent neurologic damage or    psychiatric sequelae can occur in 30%–50% of those with encephalitis. As of this moment, there is still no cure for this disease. So, it is better to avoid getting this disease.  Since it is vector-borne, which means, it requires an insect or another animal (vector) to transmit the disease, the best way to avoid or even eliminate the disease is to do vector control or eradication. If communities can be helped to improve sanitation to destroy breeding places of these mosquitoes that can carry the virus or establish protective barriers against mosquitoes such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets in eve...
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Everyone Need Vaccines

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Since its discovery when Edward Jenner made the first inoculation of cowpox in 1796, vaccines have come a long way. It has been regarded as still the cheapest most effective way of health prevention especially against "immunizable" infectious diseases. Many lives have been saved because of vaccines. However, as our understanding of medicine and health continue to evolve, production of vaccines and access to them continue to be confronted with a lot of challenges. There are still some parts of the world where we have failed to eradicate some "immunizable" diseases. And the erroneous claims that vaccines lead to development of autism did not help either. In developing countries, access to vaccines continue to be a challenge and a priority. Under the Expanded Program of Immunization of the World Health Organization, every child before he/she reaches the age of 1 year old must receive a prescribe set of vaccines that can help prevent the acquiring of common infectious d...
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