Cebu Institute of Medicine grad tops medical board exam

MANILA, Philippines - Eighty-three percent or 1,834 out of 2,211 examinees passed this year's Physician Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Tuesday.

Blake Warren Coloma Ang from the Cebu Institute of Medicine (CIM) topped this year's board exam, with an 89.42-percent rating.

He was followed by Daniel Yenko Guevarra and Abdelsimar Tan Omar II from the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila who both garnered an 88.75-percent rating.

Other topnotchers include:

3. Ruth Divine Daguro Agustin, Ateneo de Manila University School of Medicine and Public Health (ADMU SMPH) - 88.67 percent

4. Timothy Lee Tang Lee Say, University of Santo Tomas (UST)  - 88.5 percent

5. Abegail Chan Ceralde, De La Salle Health Sciences Institute (DLS-HSI) and Co-Neil Rebanal Relato, University of the East- Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (UERMMMC) - 88.3 percent

6. Jason Sta. Ana Arboleda, UP Manila - 88.25 percent

7. Donn Romell Marcelo Bernabe, UST and Alvin Christian Caminade Borbon, CIM - 88.17 percent

8.Karen Joyce Go Chua, UP Manila - 88.08 percent

9. Pamela Marie Blanco Imperial, ADMU SMPH - 87.92 percent

10. Paul Anthony Orencia Alad, UP Manila - 87.83 percent

Four schools- UP Manila, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, ADMU SMPH and CIM shared the top spot among the best performing schools with a 100-percent passing rate.

The schools were followed by UST (99.53 percent), UERMMMC (98.26 percent), West Visayas State University-La Paz (97.14 percent), Far Eastern University- Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation (94 percent), Saint Louis University (93.94 percent), Davao Medical School Foundation (90.32 percent) and DLS-HSI (89.53 percent).

PRC said the venue and date of the oathtaking ceremony will be announced later.

Registration for the issuance of the professional identification card and certificate of registration will be on Sept. 2 and 3, 2013, PRC said. 

It added that those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), one piece passport size picture (colored with white background and complete name tag), two sets of metered documentary stamps and one short brown envelope with name and profession and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2013-2016.