ADZU-School of Medicine

20/03/2024

Thank you ZCMC HEMS - Operation Center

20/06/2023

Reflecting the Philippines Health Realities and
Disparities through the eyes
of a 4th year medical student

I am now in my 4th year of medical studies and currently deployed in a rural municipality for our community exposure. As I am nearing the end of my fourth year in medical school, I often get caught with the question “Is this really what I want to do for the rest of my life?”

Last year, our class of 48 student doctors completed our clinical clerkship rotation. The 6-months hospital clinical exposure in a public hospital was not the smoothest easiest one. No matter how much a government medical institution strives to provide the best healthcare there is for its patients, it is constrained to the reality of inadequate budget allocation for health, from the government. I grew upset with the things I couldn't alter, like the status of our nation's healthcare system.
To become a doctor does not only mean treating patients, it also means providing healthcare to the communities and the nation.

This scares me as I do not know exactly what the future holds. I do not know if I will be able to bring in significant change to already deficient and defective healthcare system in our country.

In November 2022 immediately after our clerkship rotation, we were deployed in a far-flung area of a municipality here in Mindanao for our 10 months community exposure. The longer I stayed in this community, the more I see how people suffer.

I was distraught knowing some people die not being able to have themselves seen by a doctor. I see malnourished mothers with malnourished children.
I hear stories of hypertensive individuals treating their nape pain with a bottle of b**r. People not only deserve health care but also health education.

I reassessed myself “do I really want this?” Or rather “Can I really do this?” I know I am not brave enough, nor smart enough or good enough to solve this glaring health reality. What I know then was that I can’t just sit back and wait for circumstances to unfold. The least I can do to bridge the disparity is to help.

Closing in to the end of our community exposure, I, together with my classmates, have been able to accomplish a lot for the people in our adopted community. Aside from rendering health services, we have been able to deliver countless of health education engagements addressing the roots of our community's major healthcare problems.

I am not the one to stand defeated, I will not abandon this fight and commitment to public health.

I would rather choose to do small but meaningful contributions than wait for what happens next.

Knowing that the Ateneo de Zamboanga University School of Medicine and my benefactor are behind this journey, assures me that the contributions I made however small will go a long way for the under served, underrepresented and marginalized population in our country.

With this thought in mind, I bring forward the mission and vision of our school which is to help solve the health problems of Southwestern Mindanao and beyond.
(Written and contributed by Level 4 med student Andrea Bonife R Ibanez MD-MPH Class of 2024)

28/04/2023

Social Accountability is defined by World Health Organization as the "obligation of medical schools to direct their education, research and service activities towards addressing the priority health concerns of the community, region and/or the nation".

The Ateneo de Zamboanga University School of Medicine was designed as a health development project for the region, to improve the health status of the people, to improve availability of health resources, and the well-being of the community that we serve.

Let us take you with us to this journey.

Application for School Year 2023-2024 is on-going. Deadline for submission of requirements is on June 30, 2023.

First Semester Classes open on September 11, 2023.

Video credit to Level 1's Team Baskog nga Dumalogdog. Video footages were taken during their first recently concluded community rotation in Dumalogdog, Sindangan Zamboanga del Norte.
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21/03/2023

"As we discover the doctor we aim to be, slowly we understand that it is not our coats that define us, but our commitment to serve with humility and accountability."

ADZU-SOM Class of 2018

Sharing the video we made for the graduating class of ADZU SOM 2018.Collab w/ Lawrence Agustin.SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW! IG: .andri https://www.instagram.com...

21/03/2023

Application for SY 2023-2024 is on-going.

Visit us now to apply!

21/03/2023

ANUNCIO ATENISTA | The AdZU School of Medicine is Now Accepting Applicants for SY 2023-2024

“Where Social Accountability is translated into Health Actions."

Be part of a new breed of medical vanguards driven by the call to serve and fueled by the blue flame of animo.

Let the AdZU School of Medicine take you to greater heights in medical and health care expertise. With more than 27 years of responsive, top-notch, and trusted approach to instruction and training, your dream of becoming an Ignatian doctor is RIGHT within your reach.

Choose excellence and experience the joy of immersion and volunteerism through community-centered programs. Join the AdZU SOM now!

Mark your calendars for the AdZU SOM Testing Dates:
- MAY 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2023
- JUNE 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2023
- JULY 7 and 14, 2023

Submit your requirements at the AdZU SOM Registrar Office, 4th Floor, Fr Ernesto A Carretero, SJ Building, Salvador Campus, La Pursima.

The AdZU SOM is eager to welcome you in their ranks. Be an agent of change in the city, the region, and the nation as an Ignatian doctor!

25/02/2023

Level 1's Emergency Med. Procedures.

Big thanks to the HEMS-ZCMC. Photo credits to Doc Geronimo