The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) emerged as the top-performing school in the October Physician Licensure Examination, posting a 98.6 percent passing rate, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Thursday, Nov. 11.
Meanwhile, the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila and Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH) posted 96.30 percent and 96 percent passing rates, respectively.
PRC also announced that 1,677 out of 2,302 passed the licensure exam given by the Board of Medicine in Manila and Tuguegarao.
Ian Gabriel Alparaque Juyad of UP Manila topped PLE with a rating of 87.50 percent.
Two UP Manila students, Jian Kenzo Ong Leal and Geremiah Edison Daniel Cosia Llanes, meanwhile, vied for the second spot, exhibiting 87.42 passing rates.
Completing the top then and their respective ratings are:
3. Alyssa May Bringas Madriaga of the University of Santo Tomas (87.33 percent)
4. Rae Erica Dumol Samontina of ASMPH (87.8 percent)
5. Vienne Ducusin Pinlac of PLM (87 percent)
6. Michael Brian Del Barrio Alvarez of UP Manila (86.92 percent)
Marie Bernadine Dela Cruz Caballes of UP Manila (86.92 percent)
Emmanuel Luis Santos Mangahas of UST (89.92 percent)
7. Ivan Gabriel Lalic Simpauco of UST (86.83 percent)
8. Miguel Luis Onate Arkoncel of UST (86.58 percent)
9. Monina Mica Biscocho Castillo of Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela (86.58 percent)
Stephen Dann Velasco Del Rosario of the Mariano Marcos State University-Batac (86.58 percent)
10. Aldric Mikhail Niu Aw of UST (86.50 percent)
Johnvert Fulgar Batara of UST (86.50 percent)
Lawrence Raymond Villaflor Mariano of UST (86.50 percent)
James Michael Gomez Suarez of ASMPH (86.50)
The results were released seven working days from the last day of examination.