Congratulations to the NTTCHP Class of 2025!

The National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions (NTTCHP) proudly congratulates its 21 graduates from the following programs: Doctor of Health Professions Education (DrHPEd), Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences by Research (PhD by Research), Master of Arts in Health Professions Education (MAHPEd), Master of Health Professions Education (MHPEd - old program), and Master in Health Professions Education  (MHPEd - Professional Track).

Their degrees were officially conferred during the 116th Commencement Exercises of the University of the Philippines Manila, held on July 22, 2025, at the World Trade Center.

The celebration continued on July 23, 2025, with NTTCHP’s 10th Recognition Ceremony at the Manila Prince Hotel, featuring Prof. Erlyn A. Sana as Guest Speaker and Corazon Paulino Gonzalez Memorial Lecturer.

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The National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions (NTTCHP) is proud of its Academic Excellence Awardees for 2025:  Maria Teresita B. Dalusong (DrHPEd),  Janice Jill K. Lao (MAHPEd), Marie Arlene Christine T. Valerio (MHPEd – old program), and Ellen M. Palomares (MHPEd – Professional Track)

Your hard work and dedication have paid off. Go forth and make NTTCHP proud!

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The NTTCHP Faculty actively participated in the "UP Manila Faculty Conference 2025: Transforming Paradigm in the 21st Century" held on March 20-21, 2025, at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Pasay City, Philippines.

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The classes of HPEd 322 and HP 222 of the National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions, University of the Philippines Manila cordially invite you to the Webinar on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice on 28 November 2024, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM via Zoom.

About this Webinar

The need for a safe, comprehensive, inclusive, and efficient delivery of healthcare services has never been so critical with the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape. Integrating interprofessional education in the curricula to provide a platform for future collaborative practice is a global consensus mainly thrust into mitigating the global health workforce crisis.

The World Health Organization crafted the Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice to provide innovative strategies that policy-makers can adopt to implement elements of interprofessional education and collaborative practice that are appropriate and beneficial in various contexts (World Health Organization, 2010). However, after over a decade, IPE/C remains an ideal concept that has yet to be fully realized in the Philippines.

This webinar aims to present the state of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice in the Philippine Health and Education Systems and offer practicable, context-specific, best strategies for institutionalizing and operationalizing IPE/C.

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Thank you.

Dean Maria Elizabeth M. Grageda together with Dr.Nemencio A. Nicodemus Jr., Dr. Leilanie Nicodemus and Dr. Socorro Martinez attended the AMEE August 24-28, 2024 at the Messe Congress Centre, Basel, Switzerland.

Group picture with Dr.Harden(left) Dean Maria Elizabeth M. Grageda and Dr.Martinez (right)

On April 30,2024 The NTTCHP Faculty and Staff proudly gathered at the Philippine International Convention Center to honor a momentous occasion "TUGON" The investiture of Dr. Michael L. Tee as the 10th Chancellor of UP Manila

Interprofessional Education/Collaboration: Strategies and Applications

It's official! Dr. Monica H. Walet on her oath taking as Faculty of NTTCHP with the UP Manila Chancellor Carmencita D. Padilla after the flag ceremony program last May 8, 2023.

“Planning for Technology-Enhanced Teaching” was the continuation of the first in the series last January 30, 2023, by Dr. Erlyn A. Sana entitled: “The Development of Open Educational Resources.” It was also an overview of the succeeding topic on May 29, 2023, “Integrating Technology in the Classroom and Laboratory.” There was a total of 208 zoom participants who attended the online activity. Majority came from the University of the Philippines Manila, Adamson University, Cebu Technological University, University of the East, Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Center, Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, DMMC Institute of Health Sciences, Far Eastern University – Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, and St. Luke’s Medical Center.

 
Dr. Nemuel S. Fajutagana started with the Why and How perspectives of designing an instruction using technology-enhanced teaching in order to ensure the achievement of intended outcomes. With the onset of Covid-19, transitions in teaching and learning were geared towards blended learning. There was an increased utilization of innovative teaching and assessment methods which require technology particularly flipped classroom, team-based learning, case-based learning and computer-assisted learning.

In preparing to teach using educational technology, two major points were discussed: (1) Planning using TPACK framework and (2) Selecting media using ASSURE model. TPACK means technological, pedagogical and content knowledge. Teachers may be content experts but they need to be equipped with at least the basic pedagogical knowledge and strategies to ensure appropriate delivery of content. To make the pedagogy more effective, technology can be used to further achieve the learning outcomes. The ASSURE model include the following principles: A – Analyze the learners, S – State the Objectives, S – Select media and resources, U – Utilize media and materials, R – Require learner participation, E – Evaluate and revise. Another model for planning technology-enhanced teaching is the Gagne model with 9 general steps of instruction for learning: (1) Gain attention, (2) Describe the goal, (3) Stimulate the recall of prior knowledge, (4) Present the material to be learned, (5) Provide guidance for learning, (6) Elicit performance, (7) Provide informative feedback, (8) Assess performance, and (9) Enhance retention and transfer. 

The Q & A towards the end of the session was engaging with queries about a variety of issues, a from what technology-based teaching would students prefer, should students be required to turn on their videos the entire duration of a synchronous session, to students’ motivation to submit their outputs if they will not be graded, and other issues. Dr. Fajutagana emphasized the following points in response to these queries: simple instructional videos can be made interactive with frequent pauses to ask questions, which students should answer; teachers should also design their classes to ensure students’ participation because the instructional events are not about the teachers but the learners; and more than the grades, formative feedback from teachers are more important for students to learn. He further reiterated about the students’ learning context so that they will be motivated by the Why’s to ensure that the How’s are done.

-Written by Niña F. Yanilla, PTRP, LPT, MHPEd