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  Hello everyone, welcome to AbalaTips,  Its such been a long time since I wrote a blog, now for pre-medical students, let us write a blog on the difference of between Pre-Medical and Medical students, take note this will also serve as an introductory guide on what to expect on things on how you can cope up to your medical school journey here in the Philippines. Take note that this there may be personality difference which could make our perception differ, but let us discuss the difference between Pre-medical and Medical School Setting Parameters Pre-medical school Medical School No. of hours per subject Usually pre-medical school setting, it usually takes 1 to 2 hours per subject and also may be adjusted meaning the load can be decreased since the professor may decide to either prolong, or simplify the topics Usually in medical school it is usually 2 hours and can be adjusted also, however the topic must be ...

Hello again mga ka-Abalahin, welcome to Chika Abalahin Minute, this time as I relate from my experience and new workmates, I have dervied this from my work which is, will Medical School attended will matter on how you become a licensed MD, in terms of training will it matter? Disclaimer:  This post may become a controversial post but our opinions may differ, this may contain some factual and opinion words in the post ahead As a first step in become a licensed Philippine Medical Doctor, medical school will mold the students in terms of their how they teach the students, their pattern of examining how much the student knows via long test, SGDs, etc,  The knowing of the ability will depend on how the professor or the school handle the students as these will be reflected in the board rating when it comes out. But also it will depend on the student on what study did he do, active learning will come in into play in this matter. That's why I wrote those post on the blogger, since thi...

  Good day mga ka-Abalahin, welcome to AbalaTips 101 ni Coach Abalahin, this time I will jump forward ahead to Do's and Dont's in Philippine Physician Licensure exam  Scope and Limitations: this will focus on what to do or what to avoid during Physician Licensure Exam, this will neither focus on study tips, nor testmanship skills, nor how to apply for PRC since me and my idol PPCMD2 with permission, already did previous blogs regarding this for the exams By Me 1. Active Learning in Philippine Medical School 2. Visual Learning in Medical School 3. Test-taking strategies by Dok Juan Abalahin 4. Avoid Distractions in Philippine Medical Schools and PLE By PPCMD2, my idol 1. Way of Studying to Medical School as an Average Medical Student 2. How to Apply for PRC Credits to PPCMD2 and his colleagues for granting me permission not just to share but also to give insight on what to do during the exams Let me focus on some of the things that are not present in the blogs above, let us use...

Hello mga ka-Abalahin, welcome sa AbalaTips, this time we will tackle about the principles of Active Learning in terms of doing a Physical Examination Scope and Limitation:  - This blog will only focus on the principles of Active Learning in Doing a History and Physical Examination of both adult and child patient, this will not include the discussion of the topic itself, for discussion, I would like you to read and do Active Learning on the books which I will write below. - This blog will also list what you will need in your Physical Examination subject and where to buy them and suggestions before buying the materials Adult History and Physical Examination 1. Bates Guide to Physical Examination 2. DeGowin Diagnostic Examination 3. Harrison Principles of Internal Medicine (Chapter 2) Pediatric History and Physical Examination 1. Pediatric Physical Examination- Illustrated Handbook (the Bates of Pediatrics) 2. Nelson Symptom Based Diagnosis (like the official textbook but very less p...

  Good day mga dokie ka-Abalahin, maligayang pagdating sa AbalaTips, as of today we will discuss Active Learning strategies for Philippine Medical Jurisprudence and Legal Medicine, as these two subject are somewhat related to each other. Disclaimers:   A, This AbalaTip is not intended to invalidate or to mention that your learning method is wrong, but rather this is a guide and to emphasize the advantages of active learning in medical school B. Take note this will involve the correlation of two topics of my blog which is Visual Learning, Analytical skills and Active Learning, however those two will only be applied to this blog and other subjects discussed individually as well. If you do not read those blogs, I would suggest you read those two blogs first before reading those since it will give you a hands-on application of blog. Pls click the title on the post below to read more about those blogs 1.  Visual Learning sa Philippine Medical Schools- ni Dok Juan Abalahin ...

  Good day Everyone, Maligayang pagdating at pagbabasa sa Chika Abalahin Minute, today we will tackle a question, which based from feedback from those I knew who took the PLE last 2020-March 2023 which can raise a question, is there a "Minor Subject" in medical school?  Disclaimer: This blog, others may find this a controversial blog ahead, but perceptions may differ from med school to med school Arbitrarily there may or may be no designation of "minor subjects", however there are some subjects that may be "not focused well" or "sacrificed" because of the more focused or should we say more difficult subjects, these are the following subjects which may or may not fall depending on what medical school you are studying Psychiatry Legal Med/ Medical Jurisprudence Applied Nutrition Surgical Pathology Research Dermatology  Rehabilitation Medicine Surgical Anesthesia Minor Surgery Family and Community Medicine group Ophthalmology ENT Some students say t...

  Good day mga ka Abalahin, welcome to AbalaTips, this time we will discuss on how did I approach the subject of Biochemistry and Physiology which is part of introductory subject a medical student must undertake to learn about the normal mechanisms of the human body.  Disclaimers: A, This AbalaTip is not intended to invalidate or to mention that your learning method is wrong, but rather this is a guide and to emphasize the advantages of active learning in medical school B. Take note this will involve the correlation of two topics of my blog which is Visual Learning and Active Learning, however those two will only be applied to this blog and other subjects discussed individually as well. If you do not read those blogs, I would suggest you read those two blogs first before reading those since it will give you a hands-on application of blog. Pls click the title on the post below to read more about those blogs 1.  Visual Learning sa Philippine Medical Schools- ni Dok Juan Aba...

Good day everyone, welcome sa AbalaTips, now I will discuss how to approach the subject of Family and Community Medicine, this usually involve the following topics  Introduction to Medicine Family Medicine and Community Medicine I, II, III Research Bioethics, Ethics, Clinical Bioethics Biostatistics Evidence Based Medicine **Everything that will be discussed here will be about the all subjects in particular since on ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACH, they will have the same denominator in terms of how to approach this subject  A, This AbalaTip is not intended to invalidate or to mention that your learning method is wrong, but rather this is a guide and to emphasize the advantages of active learning in medical school B. Take note this will involve the correlation of two topics of my blog which is Visual Learning and Active Learning, however those two will only be applied to this blog and other subjects discussed individually as well. If you do not read those blogs, I would suggest you r...

  Hello again mga dokie na ka Abalahin, welcome sa AbalaTips: now we will discuss on how we can approach these difficult related subjects in medical school which is General and Systemic Pathology, Surgical Pathology, and Clinical Pathology Disclaimer:  A, This AbalaTip is not intended to invalidate or to mention that your learning method is wrong, but rather this is a guide and to emphasize the advantages of active learning in medical school B. Take note this will involve the correlation of two topics of my blog which is Visual Learning and Active Learning, however those two will only be applied to this blog. If you do not read those blog, I would suggest you read those two blogs first before reading those since it will give you a hands-on application of blog. Pls click the title on the post below to read more about those blogs 1.  Visual Learning sa Philippine Medical Schools- ni Dok Juan Abalahin     2.  AbalaTips 101: Active Learning Strategies in Philip...

  Good day mga kaAbalaTips mga dokie, its nice to be back blogging again now let us tackle on how to do active learning in some of the subjects which will apply what we had learned in our basic subjects, these are called clinical subjects,  Disclaimer: This AbalaTip is not intended to invalidate or to mention that your learning method is wrong, but rather this is a guide and to emphasize the advantages of active learning in medical school Lets get another active learning meaning ACTIVE LEARNING- according to the definition by Professor T. Kirkland of University of Washington, " Active learning is an instructional approach in which students actively participate in the learning process, as opposed to sitting quietly and listening. Active learning builds on constructivist learning theory, which posits that people learn by by connecting new ideas and experiences to what they already know " Lets us recall the Modified NTL Institute Pyramid for Active Learning **Take note in this...