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CHED to 'actively work' with stakeholders to produce qualified, globally competitive human resources for health

Published Sep 28, 2023 01:28 pm

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) expressed a willingness to work with other agencies and other stakeholders to ensure that the country will be able to produce competitive and qualified Human Resources for Health (HRH).

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CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera (Photo courtesy of CHED)

“The Commission commits to working with other government agencies and PSAC [Private Sector Advisory Council] to implement all the other strategic interventions that the President approved in a whole-of-government and whole-of-nation approach,” CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera said in a statement issued Thursday, Sept. 28.

CHED said that it will actively work with the Department of Health (DOH), PSAC, and other stakeholders in “producing qualified and globally competitive” Human Resources for Health (HRH) that will contribute to the attainment of Universal Health Care.

Customized Nursing Review Program

Meanwhile, CHED said that Philippine higher education institutions (HEIs) and hospital groups will put together an innovative and customized review program to help underboard nursing graduates and current Clinical Care Associates (CCAs) employed in hospitals to develop skills and proficiency necessary to pass the Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE).

This is after representatives from 19 HEIs, four groups of private hospitals including Healthway Philippines, Metro Pacific Hospitals, Mt. Grace Hospitals and Private Hospital Association of the Philippines and seven public hospitals signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the implementation of Joint CHED-DOH Administrative Order 2023-0001.

De Vera, Health Undersecretary Kenneth Ronquillo, PSAC Healthcare Lead Paolo Maximo F. Borromeo, and Private Hospital Association of the Philippines (PHAP) President Dr. Jose Rene De Grano also signed the MOU as witnesses.

“Today we mark the next milestone in the realization of President Marcos’ directive to address the continuing need to improve the health manpower needed for the implementation of the Universal Health Care law,” said De Vera.

The ceremonial signing was also attended by the Members of the PSAC for the Healthcare Sector, Presidents, and Heads of the Delivering HEIs, DOH Hospitals, and Private Hospital Associations of the Philippines.

Under the JAO, underboard nursing graduates will undergo an upskilling program that will capacitate them to serve as CCAs in public and private hospitals, complement the current number of registered nurses, and also help them pass the Nurse Licensure Examination NLE.

CHED noted that the MOU signing will “jumpstart” the upskilling of current CCAs and underboard nursing graduates through a comprehensive nursing review program that will be delivered by the premiere HEIs.

“The selected HEIs will be organizing and putting together an innovative and customized review program that will be responsive to the needs of the CCAs from various hospitals who will undergo the reskilling process,” CHED said.

“This strategic initiative is among the the short-term, medium-term and long-term solutions undertaken, as instructed in the SONA [State of the Nation Address] report of President Marcos, to address healthcare workforce concerns of the country,” it added.

Meanwhile, CHED noted that President Marcos is also “taking a look” at other health professions that also need attention and intervention such as Medical Technologists, Pharmacists, Radiologic Technologist, and Physical Therapists.

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