A Family Physician Providing Quality Care For Every Filipino Family
The Southern Philippines Medical Center – Department of Family & Community Medicine strives to improve the health of Filipinos by promoting high standard medical education and care in family practice.
The mission of the department is further defined in terms of service, training and research
The Department of Family and Community Medicine is committed to:
The delivery of optimum and holistic health care in the context of family and community
The empowerment of patients and their families to be guardians of health and environment
The Department of Family and Community Medicine is committed to:
To uphold high standards of Family and Community education and to provide a milieu for academic excellence
To establish an identity which is distinct to every family physician in parallel with other medical specialties, both in hospital and community setting
To promote the principles of professionalism
To develop God-centered, competent, and compassionate family physicians with the five-star family physician roles of health provider, counselor, educator, manager, and researcher
The Department of Family and Community Medicine is committed to ensure continuous quality improvement through research and staff development