Dr. Rhodora D. Valenzona
Executive Training Officer
Presently the department has the most number of residents in UPH-DJGTMC (Binan). The Department of Internal Medicine has filled 8 of the 9 slots allotted for its residents. This comes at a time when most other hospitals with a residency training program are facing a “crisis” in terms of applicants for residency training.
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, it is not only the “numbers” that we are proud of, our present crop of residents are among the “cream of the crop” in terms of academic standing during their years as medical students.
The rising phoenix, which is our department, has made its presence felt by reaping awards in the Interdepartmental Residents Research Paper presentation for the last two years. We have in fat started testing the waters outside our institution by joining interhospital competitions – warming up for that big win.(!)
Our goal after achieving full accreditation – residents’ passing the PCP Board exam! Done every Wednesday (hopefully!). a consultant moderates each fora with the residents giving a synopsis of assigned chapters of
IM ICU LINE and IM WARD LINE
Better communication to achieve better interaction between residents and consultants with the ultimate goal of better patient care and monitoring. It is with this in mind that the department now has two cellphone lines for the residents. One for use in the ICU and one in the wards. The IM ICU line is 0917-8592286 and the IM Ward Line is 0917-8592285. Consultants are encouraged to use these lines for faster communication with the residents. The IM ICU line is always with the ICU Officer-on-duty while the IM Ward line is always with the ward resident-on-duty. For concerns with the ER IM resident-on-duty, consultants are requested to use the landline number of UPHMC.
