Communitas 2010 Issue for PDF File.pmd - University of San Agustin

June 2010 NEWS
Communitas
Med tech students win best oral paper in microbio
A TEAM of four Medical
Technology students won the Best
Oral Paper Presentation in the
undergraduate category during the
17 th Annual Convention and
Regional Scientific Meeting of the
Philippine Society for
Microbiology, Inc., Visayas
Regional Chapter, on 23-24
October 2009 at the Punta Villa
Resort in Iloilo City.
The research team was declared
best among seven groups coming
from three competing schools:
three from the University of the
Philippines Visayas, two from the
Riverside College and two from the
University of San Agustin. The
Augustinian team members were
Serren Lor Gallinero, Ellen Mae
THE first of its kind in the
island of Panay, the Virtual
Laboratory in the College of
Nursing commenced its operations
on 11 January 2010.
The initiative to construct a
Virtual Laboratory was brought
about by the college’s adoption of
a new B.S. in Nursing curriculum
embodied under Memorandum
Order #14 of the Commission on
Higher Education. Article VI,
Section 13.5 clearly states that
“higher education institutions are
encouraged to put up virtual skills
laboratory to supplement and
complement the related learning
experiences prior to actual
experience.”
Thus, the College of Nursing,
in partnership with Healthcare
Advantage Institute (HCAI), built
Cerena, Diane Lorraine Loreña and
Rachelle Ann Sayomac.
The group’s research was on
“Parasite Larvae in Soil Samples
from Brgy. Calaparan, Arevalo,
Iloilo City.” The members
defended their study in front of a
panel composed of microbiologists
coming from within and outside
the country.
The contest had three
categories: high school,
undergraduate, and graduate levels.
Each contesting group was given
ten minutes to present its study
and to defend the same in an open
forum – where the panelists, other
contestants and other research
advisers were allowed to critique
the study and ask questions.
CN opens first virtual lab in Panay
a Virtual Laboratory utilizing NAL
B and C at the Gamboa Hall.
The curricula of the courses
offered by HCAI are based on the
Joint Commission International
(JCI) standards. JCI is a subsidiary
of Joint Commission
“I think what is best in our
study is that it is new – we have
used a modified Baermann
technique for the experiment;
and it has greater benefit to the
public: there is still hope for
parasitism incidence in Iloilo to
be controlled or lowered now
that we have found out the
reason why this is so,” Gallinero
stressed.
The group had three months
(June-August 2009) to finish the
study as part of the
requirements of the research
subject under Professors
Christine Villanueva and Lerma
Paris, who also served as the
group advisers. (The Augustinian/
UCRP)
Virtual Laboratory ICU set up Bed 1 (Suction machine, Cardiac monitor, Defibrillator,
Emergency Cart and Geri Mannequin
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Accreditation of Hospitals
Organization (JCAHO) which is
renowned globally in the field of
healthcare delivery accreditation.
With this upgrade, the
students enrolled in the college are
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