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Jul
30th

Good news: Student loans may soon be granted

Author: Jam | Files under Current Events, Education, Social Issues

The Commission on Higher Education will be increasing its funding for student loans to P4 billion from P215 million, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reports. Due to this, student loans may soon be available from the government of as much as P30,000 per year to finance their education. This will serve as financial aid to less […]


Jul
25th

How to Prepare for the August 2007 Philippine Licensure Exam for Physicians

Author: Jam | Files under Education, Health, Medicine, Tips

The August 2007 Philippine Licensure Exam for Physicians is fast approaching. How do you prepare for it? Here are few tips you can follow:

1. Follow these tips from The House Officer’s Survival Guide: Rules, Laws, Lists and Other Medical Musings, by Lawrence Martin, M.D for It is written for doctors in training, but will also […]


Jul
25th

Nursing exam flunkers as practical nurses

Author: Jam | Files under Current Events, Education, Health, In the News

The June 2007 nursing licesure exam results will be released in the middle of August 2007. Only half of the 78,000 board takers are predicted to pass.
For some people, not passing the board exam may mean a closed door for opportunities for being full nurses. Good thing that the Department of Labor and Employment […]


Jul
23rd

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in Braille Edition

Author: Jam | Files under Education, In the News, Literature

The National Braille Press had a special exclusive agreement with Scholastic Press, the publisher of Harry Potter book series (in the US), released a special braille edition of the Harry Potter and the Deathly WHallows, the last of the series. It is 1000 pages long in 10 volumes, weighing about 12 pounds, and standing more […]


Jul
18th

Blogging and Time Management

Author: Jam | Files under Blogging, Education, Internet, Personal

An interesting post over PinoyBlogero, entitled “Student Bloggers: Juggling Studies and Blogging” has put me into deep thoughts on how I manage to blog and study at the same time.
I am a fourth year medical student, currently on my clerkship and hospital rotations, and if compared to an average student, perhaps I face bigger […]


Jul
17th

Videos: Different graphical multiplication tricks

Author: Jam | Files under Education, Science, Tips

…for beginners?! Aside from the classical method of multiplication, there are interesting ways to solve a multiplication problem.
The Easy Mental Trick