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Medicine board exam: UST alumnus reigns supreme, Fatima has 6 topnotchers


Chicco Xerxes de Leon Pangan of the University of Santo Tomas topped the February 2013 Physician Licensure Examination of the Professional Regulation Commission and the Board of Medicine.
 
Pangan was the lone UST alumnus among the topnotchers as the Catholic university garnered a passing rate of 91.30 percent as 21 of its 23 examinees fulfilled their ambitions to become doctors.
 
The Our Lady of Fatima University (Valenzuela campus) had six topnotchers, but only 77 of its 180 examinees hurdled the exam, resulting in a passing rate of 42.78 percent.
 
In contrast, Far Eastern University fielded 90 examinees and 74 of them passed—for a success rate of 82.22 percent.
 
Most of the 38 medical schools on the PRC list had less than 10 examinees.
 
The University of the East had only 19 takers and 17 passed. The University of the Philippines, which has its medical school in its Manila campus, had just four examinees and all of them passed. West Visayas State University likewise earned a 100 percent passing rate as all its seven examinees came through.
 
The Cebu Institute of Medicine also had a 100 percent passing rate as all its 15 examinees passed. The Cebu Doctors University garnered a passing rate of 91.67 percent as 11 of its 12 examinees hurdled the exam.
 
De La Salle University's Health Sciences Institute saw 16 of its 23 examinees pass for a success rate of 69.57 percent while Ateneo de Zamboanga did better as 24 of its 31 examinees passed.

RANK          

NAME
  SCHOOL
RATING(%)

 

1          

CHICCO XERXES DE LEON PANGAN  

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS          

86.33          

2          

DENVER FRANCISCO SAPO        

OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA          

86.25          

3          

KRISTINA ANNE BALCE CO          

OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA          

86.00          

4          

FRANCIA VICTORIA ABARCAR DE LOS REYES          

UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM MEDICAL CTR          

85.00          

           

MARIE ANGELIE FERNANDEZ SO          

SAN BEDA COLLEGE          

85.00          

5          

JENA ANGELA TANDUYAN PERANO          

OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA          

84.92          

6          

ALEXANDREA CASTILLO BULANDOS          

OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA          

84.50          

           

HAZEL KAREN NOVIDO RAZ          

FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY-NICANOR REYES MEDICAL FOUNDATION          

84.50          

7          

HAROLD PABILLAR ITURRALDE          

OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA          

84.42          

           

JAN PAOLO ISAIS SANTOS          

UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP SYSTEM-LAGUNA          

84.42          

8          

LITO JAY PANGAN MACARAIG          

MANILA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY-CALOOCAN CITY          

84.17          

9          

RANDELL SANTOS ARIAS          

FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY-NICANOR REYES MEDICAL FOUNDATION          

83.67          

           

VANESSA MARIE VIOLAGO CALABIA          

OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA          

83.67          

           

MICHELLE JAY GONZALES FRANCISCO          

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF MEDICINE          

83.67          

10          

MARJAN ORATA HEIDARI          

FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY-NICANOR REYES MEDICAL FOUNDATION          

83.58          

   — ELR, GMA News        

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