Front Page

Established in 1975, the West Visayas State University College of Medicine is the pioneer medical school in Western Visayas and the 2nd state-owned medical school in the country. It is situated in the district of La Paz in Iloilo City in the Philippines. It has produced thousands of graduates, majority of whom are serving throughout the entire archipelago. Today, the graduates are into community work as primary health care physicians, teaching, research and clinical practice in various fields of specialization, in the Philippines and abroad.


Photo courtesy: Errol Casiano

The West Visayas State University College of Medicine occupies the two-story Roxas Hall located inside the
...

Curious what's been updated since your last visit? Just click on What's New (navigation bar) and it will list the new postings you haven't read, from Forums to Blogs to Articles, including comments. So no need to browse the site for new stuff, although you're always welcome to.

...

First to Third Year Levels – per semester

Filipino Students
Tuition Fee --------- PhP 14,000.00
Mat. Fee --------- 130.00
Library Fee --------- 1,500 .00
Med. / Dental --------- 100.00
Athletics --------- 140.00
...

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 420 out of 863 passed the Physician (Complete) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila and Cebu this February 2013.

The members of the Board of Medicine who gave the licensure examination are
Dr. Edgardo T. Fernando, Chairman; Dr. Jose Y. Cueto, Jr., Dr. Restituto C. De Ocampo, Dr. Florentino C. Doble, Dr. Miguel L. Noche Jr.and Dr. Mildred N. Pareja, Members.

The results were released in three (3) working days from the last day of examination.

Registration ...

Responding to the challenges of medical education, the College of Medicine embarked on a new strategy, the Problem Based Learning approach. This is an innovative approach in which students tackle problems in small groups under the supervision of a tutor. Once presented with a problem, the student is expected to undergo the following processes: hypothesis generation, inquiry, data analysis and decision-making. By observing a
scientific process of reasoning, the student will learn in context and integrate the subject matter around professionally relevant problems. Being student-centered, this ...

Another training workshop on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines was held on 31 January at the West Visayas State University Medical Center as an initiative of the Department of Surgery (through Dr. Victorino Salcedo III, Chair of the Department of Surgery Research Committee) in cooperation with the Quality Assurance Committee headed by Dr. Aretha Ann Liwag.

Dr. Liwag gave the opening remarks. This was followed by presentations and exercises on the GCP guidelines. Dr. Noel Binayas, Chair of the Department of Surgery, delivered the closing remarks.

The training was ...