Introduction
The College of Medicine offers a friendly,
caring and supportive environment. Its course
of study aims to develop a student both as
a person and as a practitioner, committed
to serving his/her community. Considerable
emphasis is placed on the preparation of medical
professionals who recognize and seek to satisfy
their responsibilities to their society as
a whole as well as to those individuals whom
they meet in their daily clinical practice.
The
facilities provided by the College of Medicine
are comparable to the best in the Philippines.
Its information technology infrastructure
and laboratory equipment prepare its students
for global competitiveness. Its Faculty and
staff are dedicated and highly competent.
Brief
Background to the DMSF and the College.
The
Davao Medical School Foundation (DMSF) was
established in July 1976 in response to
the recognition of the lack of doctors serving
rural communities and lack of specialist
in urban centers of Mindanao. Its College
of Medicine was thus the first such college
to be set up in Mindanao and is dedicated
to providing medical education and training
of the highest order, leading to the provision
of effective medical care in both rural
and urban communities.
A
consortium, the members of which are the
Ateneo de Davao University, Brokenshire
Memorial Hospital, the Development of Peoples’
Foundation, San Pedro Hospital and San Pedro
College, operates the Foundation. It is
registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) as a non-stock, non-profit
organization and is approved by the Commission
on Higher Education (CHED). In addition
to the College of Medicine, DMSF operates
a College of Dentistry, an Institute of
Primary Health Care (IPHC) and a Center
for Education, Research and Development
in Health (CERDH).
The
College of Medicine is located on a 2.5
hectare site close to the center of Davao
City, which boasts of a stable climate,
both in terms of its weather and its politics.
There are five universities within the boundaries
of the City as well as several schools and
colleges. Students are affiliated to the
Davao Medical Center, the Davao Doctors
Hospitals , San Pedro Hospital and Brokenshire
Memorial Hospital for their clinical rotations
in the third and fourth years of their courses.
There
are some 125 Faculty members drawn from
a wide range of medical specialties and
the total student population of all four
years of students is usually around 300.
Its
unique geographic location, the peace and
order, and political stability of Davao
City and Region XI has made DMSF an attractive
option of foreign medical students. To date
there are some 20 foreign medical students
at various years of schooling.
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