By: Stephen Ranie Belascuain and Everild Dominique Camique
Photos by: Everild Dominique Camique
Medical students from Roxas Hall showcased their unrivaled academic prowess and cemented their status as one the leading medical school in the region by bagging four out of five categories in academic competitions in this year’s Regional APMC Convention, held at the Diversion 21 Hotel and Iloilo Convention Center last February 9-11, 2023.
This year’s theme was “LARGA” with a paraw sail that centers on the ebbs and flows of our medical journey. This convention was spearheaded by Paolo P. Guisado of Central Philippine University along with other representatives and student leaders from various medical schools in the region including our very own Medical Student Council and APMC representatives Andrea Philline Barros and Wendellyn Bragat, with Academic Competition Head, Marc Christian Sausa and Mr. and Ms. APMC head, Kenneth Ynchausti.
“𝘚𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳… 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 ‘𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘺’ 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴” Ms. Barros said in an interview.
𝑪𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒐-𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆
Despite being the last to present, the WVSU-CPC team, comprised of Shaun Andre Tan as Team Captain, Rogelio RR Tariman as their speaker, along with Joshua Tomas and Lee Iverson Buelis, was crowned Champions and awarded with Best Presentation, and Mr. Tariman as Best Presenter.
“𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑠, 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝐷𝑟. 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑟. 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠-𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐷𝑟. 𝐽𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑟. 𝐴𝑚𝑠𝑢𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑛, 𝐽𝑜𝑠ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑒𝑒, 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑒𝑡, 𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎, 𝐺𝑒𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚’𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠” Mr. Tariman said in an interview with the VS staff.
After the presentation, the team was praised by the panel of judges for exceptional demonstration, well-crafted slides, and an on-point breakdown of the case. They were also able to answer with ease the questions and inquiries of the panel due to the excellent mentoring of their coaches, Dr. Ansarie Salpin and Dr. Noe Bataga.
Since this is his last CPC along with his teammate Joshua Tomas, Shaun Andre Tan, the Team Captain says that he is very happy that they were able to successfully defend the title and for the chance to compete in the National Conference.
“𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝐶𝑃𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 – 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐿𝑖𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑒𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑘𝑠. 𝑊𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠, 𝐷𝑟. 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑟. 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑎. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡. 𝑀𝑦 𝑗𝑜𝑏 𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟; 𝐿𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑎 𝑝𝑎 𝑡𝑜 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠!” Tan further said.
𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
With a resounding win, the WVSU-HCI team was hailed champions against three other excellent entries with their auspicious “Project: Ready, Prep, Go!”. The team includes Mark Arnel Gacho, Anavie Clarise Sia, Christine Joy Susana, and Parvane Mae Lagon, all of whom are third-year medical students.
“𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒. 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.” Ms. Susana said
The project takes inspiration from patients suffering from HIV and AIDs and those who succumb to the disease. Its main objective is the education of the masses, especially those in far-flung areas about the disease and its prevention strategies with an emphasis on Pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP.
“𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡, 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑝𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠.” Ms. Lagon said
This project has three phases namely: Ready, PrEP, and Go! (1) The READY phase aims to increase knowledge regarding HIV and AIDS in grassroots communities. (2) The PREP phase corresponds to the project’s main objective, which is to increase the use of PreP among high-risk individuals in the community. (3) The GO phase, or “re-echoing” phase, aims to encourage the newly-registered PrEP user to encourage other members of the community to do the same.
“𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 3-𝑃𝑒𝑎𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒. 𝐵𝑦 𝐺𝑜𝑑’𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑡𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐻𝐶𝐼 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝.” Ms. Sia said
𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉: 𝑪𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒚
Further displaying the prowess of the college in the academic field, the WVSU-COM Research team, composed of Alyssa Feb Sanchez, Raychel Arriesgado, Justine Dela Riarte, and Ely Roy Melizo Jr., also gained the title of Champion in the Research Presentation for the Clinical and Community Category and Best Poster Award for their study, “Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Toward COVID-19 of Residents Aged 18-59 in Iloilo City and Iloilo Province.”
With its conceptualization last 2021, The study focused on the finding out the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Ilonggos regarding COVID during the introduction of vaccines and the gradual decrease of restrictions. It took almost two years to complete, and it got delayed by the pandemic, along with conducting the research itself, and gathering participants for the survey, was a challenge for the researchers.
“𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑃𝑀𝐶, 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝐴𝑚𝑜 𝑛𝑎 𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑘𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑔 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛,” said Alyssa Feb Sanchez, the leader of the research team, “𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑 33-ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠.” Ms. Sanchez said
Sanchez further stated that the difficulty of balancing their clerkship rotation and completing the submissions for the research competition took a toll on the whole research team; but what kept her going was the thought of the study’s results would go to waste, if it wasn’t shared with the academic community.
“𝘐’𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.” said Sanchez.
𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔
Facing against teams from the Cebu Institute of Medicine (CIM), Matias H. Aznar Memorial College of Medicine Inc. (MHAM), and the University of Cebu School of Medicine (UCSM), the WVSU-COM Debate team emerged victorious, garnering the title of Champions in the Interscholastic Medical Debate, with CIM as the 1st Runner-up, and coming in with a tie for 2nd Runner Up was MHAM and UCSM.
“𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 (𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯). 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦,” said Cyril Jay Villanueva, one of the debate team participants.
Along with Villanueva from Batch ASP, the team was composed of Josh Oliver Branal and Maio Vendell Sabidong from Batch Dagitab, Swing Member Hannan Andrea Sagsagat, and their coach Atty. Roberto Villanueva, MD, with Cyril Villanueva and Josh Oliver Branal awarded as the Third Best Speakers of the competition.
“𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘. 𝐼𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟-𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦, 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑢𝑛. 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒. 𝐼𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔.” said Villanueva.
These teams from each category will represent the Visayas Region in the upcoming APMC National Convention in Cebu this March.