Central Philippine University College of Medicine


The Central Philippine University College of Medicine is the medical school of Central Philippine University. Established in 2003 with its first dean, Dr. Glenn A. M. Catedral, it is one of the youngest colleges and academic unit of the university. Currently, the College temporarily sits at the fourth floor of the Loreto D. Tupaz Hall, with a separate Anatomy Building behind the CPU Church or University Church and the Fine Arts Building of Central.
The college offers undergraduate bachelor of science degrees in Respiratory Therapy and Lifestyle and Fitness management and the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Although the medical school was founded in 2003, the idea of establishing a medical school at Central Philippine University was conceived in the 1930s. The CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital serves as the base hospital and partner institution of the college for its students clinical training.
The medical school produced its first topnotcher since its founding in 2003 when its graduate Jomari Rieza Biñas ranked number three in the March 2016 Physician Licensure Examination in whole Philippines.

Academic programs

The CPU College of Medicine confers undergraduate degrees in Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy and Bachelor of Science and Health, Fitness and Lifestyle Management, the first of its kind in the Philippines.
In the level of professional studies, it offers the Doctor of Medicine degree modeled on a traditional medicine with Christian curriculum academic program, the only of its kind in Panay island.
Part of the college's curriculum in all of its academic offerings, is the clinical training at the university's hospital, the CPU-Iloilo Mission Hospital.

Facilities

The college is based in the Loreto D. Tupaz Hall of the Central Philippine University College of Nursing with a separate Anatomy Building at the back of the CPU Church.
Off campus, the 3 hectare CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital, the university hospital of CPU, has an adequate medical facilities for the clinical training immersion of the college's students. The hospital has a two storey CPU–IMH Medical Education Training Center built by the CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital management for the further advance clinical medical education of CPU College of Medicine's Doctor of Medicine students.
Plans are also in the pipeline of Central Philippine University under the presidency of Teodoro Robles, to build a 4-5 storey integrated structure that will house the CPU College of Medicine and the CPU Research Center for Medicine, Food Security and Agriculture.