College of Allied Medical Professions
Padre Faura corner Ma. Orosa Streets
Ermita, Manila
Philippines 1000
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Proposed Physical Facility (New CAMP Building)

New site on Pedro Gil St.

During the groundbreaking

According to World Health Organization (WHO), about 10% of the Philippine population are considered disabled, with conditions that affect not only the person with a disability but his entire family, his school and/ or work environment and society.  To this cause, our college is committed to training allied medical professionals and to bringing in the latest technology for their rehabilitation.  The College has pioneered the offering of a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy, in Physical Therapy, in Speech Pathology and a Masters degree in Rehabilitation Science.  These academic programs train future therapists in the prevention and rehabilitation of disabilities in adults, children with special needs, the elderly, injured workers and those with psychosocial dysfunctions, with the goal of enabling them to lead independent and productive lives.  The College has graduated a total of 1,322 students equipped to provide and develop services for Filipinos with disabilities.

As an essential institution of the University, the College has a responsibility to the Filipino people to serve as a model of excellence and a venue for providing world class professional training, innovative and responsive research and community services in allied health and rehabilitation.  To accomplish this vision and these goals, the College would require expanded and upgraded physical infrastructure and facilities to:

a.      Expand the area allotted for its community and extension services through its Clinic for Therapy Services  to cater to more patients (both charity and private) and offer more responsive services such pre-vocational training, the development of functional independent living skills, and the assessment and management of injured workers, among others;

b.     Serve as center for training of trainors for Community Based Rehabilitation in the Philippines and ASEAN countries;

c.      Conduct researches towards providing a more efficient and cost-effective delivery of rehabilitation services to the Filipino community;

d.     Expand its undergraduate program to accommodate additional students to answer the need for more manpower to manage persons with disability in the Philippines;

e.      Provide a physical environment conducive to effective teaching and learning in both didactic and practical skills training;

f.       Promote better intercollegiate cooperation and multidisciplinary endeavors through physical proximity to other UPM units at the Academic Site in Pedro Gil St.;

g.     Allocate space for its alumni office to foster closer relations with our graduates and thus generate valuable feedback or professional inputs for improving the academic, research and teaching capability of the college;

h.     Allocate space for the expansion of its graduate programme; and

i.        Allocate space for student organizations.

Indeed, construction of this physical facility enhances our ability to contribute to the implementation of the Magna Carta of the Disabled which incorporates BP 344 (Accessibility Law) and is consonant with the impetus provided by Philippine participation in the Asia-Pacific Declaration of the Decade for Disabled Persons (1993 – 2002) as confirmed by President Fidel V. Ramos in a recent presidential decree.

The College has not had a permanent site since it was established in 1962 at one wing of the Philippine Orthopedic Center (formerly National Orthopedic Hospital).  It was relocated tot he Philippine General Hospital compound in the 70’s and is presently domiciled at the former NEDA Bldg.  on Padre Faura, Manila.  We are most hopeful that with your assistance, the College will finally be able to construct its permanent building on Pedro Gil St., where the other medical-related academic colleges of the University are already located.

While the College may boast of innovative high-standard programs, CAMP presently pales in comparison with its Asian counterparts, in terms of physical and laboratory facilities.  There is therefore an urgent need to modernize our educational facilities in order to cope with the impact of globalization in the education of allied medical professions.