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

July 25th, 2007

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 be of interest to medical students, and practicing physicians who must take recertifying exams.

2. Get good reviewers and focus on one study material per subject area. This way, you can concentrate more and it won’t take more of your time. Of course you will still need the “big” text books for clarification of some points you can’t understand while taking the review.

3. To attend to review center or not? Some successful passers do not advocate attending review center while others do. It would depend on the person’s preference.
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Did you know: A Law for Compulsory Immunization

December 15th, 2006

Did you know that in the Philippine Constitution, there’s actually a law that compels all the people to an immunization procedure?

Presidential Decree No. 996, Sec. 2 provides for compulsory basic immunization for infants and children below eight years of age. The basic immunization services shall include: (a) BCG Vaccination against tuberculosis; (b) Inoculation against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis; (c) Oral poliomyelitis immunization; (d) Protection against measles; (e) Immunization against rubella; and (f) such other basic immunization services for infants and children below eight yeas of age which the Council for the Welfare of Children may recommend to the Secretary of Health. – Medical Jurisprudence, Solis.

Any violation or refusal to submit to vaccination is punishable by law through imprisonment or by means of a fine.
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