Citizens Charter

Citizens Charter
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University of the Philippines Manila
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Main Campus, Palo, Leyte

VISION:

A global center of excellence and leader in sustainable transformative health professions education directed at achieving health equity and improving the quality of life of the underserved and marginalized communities in the Philippines and countries similarly situated.

MISSION:

• SHS commits itself to relevant and innovative health professions education, work collaboratively with development partners to produce competent, innovative, and qualified health professionals, pursue health and health-related researches and engage in community service endeavors.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To produce a broad range of health manpower that will serve the depressed and other underserved communities.

2. To design and test program models for health manpower development that would be replicable in various parts of the country and, hopefully in other countries similarly situated as the Philippines.

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORK DEPARTMENT

VISION:

Center of excellence for transformative education in midwifery, research and public service directed towards the improvement of health outcomes and attainment of a better quality of life of mothers, newborn and children in underserved and marginalized populations and communities in the Philippines.

MISSION:

1. To develop clinically competent and socially accountable midwives who will provide quality health and midwifery services in underserved and marginalized communities of the Philippines.
2. To lead in the design and testing of innovative undergraduate and graduate programs/curricula for the training of clinically competent and socially accountable midwives.
3. To generate relevant research and publication to contribute to the improvement of maternal, newborn and child health and the knowledge and practice of midwifery.

NURSING DEPARTMENT

VISION:

The Nursing Department as a relevant center of excellence for innovative health human resource development for the attainment of health for the marginalized Filipinos in the context of providing leadership and excellence in nursing development in the global community.

MISSION:

Develop outstanding and committed nurses who will stay and serve the Philippines through excellent community-based, competency based, community oriented education directed towards service in depressed and underserved areas of the countries.

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

Vision

Be the center of excellence in community oriented medical education where the graduates are guided by moral, ethical and professional standards.

Mission

Produce excellent and relevant physicians who can influence the health care system; matched by their sense of commitment in the attainment of health of the Filipino people in any setting.