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

Published February 22, 2013 5:21am

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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