July 30, 2016 — Graduates of three health colleges of UP Manila once again made the UP Manila proud by their exemplary performance in their respective licensure examinations.
All eight examinees from the UP Manila College of Dentistry passed both the Written (May 2016) and Practical Phases (June 2016) of the Dentist Licensure Examination given by the Board of Dentistry of the Professional Regulation Commission. Four of the examinees garnered top 10 places in the Practical Phase: Ernest Joie Tactacan Guzman (4th place / 82.90%); Fidel Jacob Iran Katalbas and Saada Mariz Burahan Sarappudin (8th place / 82.63%); and Franz Kevin Francisco Agustin (10th place / 82.36).
Meanwhile, all three UP College of Pharmacy examinees passed the June 2016 Pharmacist Licensure Examination, with one landing in the Top 10: Anlorenze Mae Baura Conde (10th, 90.82%). The other two passers were Sheila Marie P. Aniñon; and Norman Rae T. Villarete.
Not to be outperformed, graduates from the College of Allied Medical Professions passed the OTPT August 2016 licensure exams with Occupational Therapy (OT) graduates posting an 80% (4/5) passing rate, while the Physical Therapy (PT) graduates had an 85.71% (6/7) passing rate.
Three were in the top 10: Hans Dofiles Togonon (2nd, 81.40%) and Daryl Patrick Gamboa Yao (3rd, 81.00%) in the OT exam and Maureen Angela Dionson Codilla (2nd, 89.35%) in the PT exam. (Compiled by Fedellyn M. Jemena).
