Ourlad Tantengco
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🇵🇠Physician-Scientist interested in OBGyn, MFM, and perinatal surgery | Health blogger
Manila, Philippines
Joined December 2015
How to be a doctor in this fucked up health system?. How to be a lawyer in this fucked up justice sysyem?. Paano maging Pilipino sa panahon na ito? Im sure hindi namatay ang mga bayaning Pilipino for us to be where we are right now. Lungkot.
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Minsan parang yung "follow your passion instead of the money" ay applicable lang sa mayayaman.
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Bago na daw ang requirement ng mga inaanak kapag mamamasko sa ninong at ninang. No bakuna, no aginaldo. Bring baby booklet as proof. :). Vaccines work. Vaccines protect. Vaccines save lives!.
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Wash your hands with soap and water. Protect yourself and others from disease. Pics (c) Jaralee Metcalf
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Para sa mga walang generational wealth, lalo na siguro doon sa mga may pamilya pang kailangang tustusan, ang hirap-hirap laging piliin ng "para sa bayan" at "to serve the underserved".
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Pag graduate mo, hindi tatanungin ng pasyente ano grades mo sa med school. Mas mahalaga sa kanila na ramdam nila na may care ka for them.
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Bachelor in Forensic Science offered in University of Cordilleras. Okay to ahh
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Brought this with me in the US. Daily reminder that there's a university and hospital waiting for me. Honestly, everyday I become more and more attracted to have a career in the US. But I cant turn my back to the Filipino taxpayers who funded my college and med education.
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Maraming med students ang hindi pumapasok sa romantic relationship because they know that med school is a terrible mistress. Hindi lahat kayang pagsabayin ang lovelife at med life.
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Sa mga nagtatanong ng list ng med books na pwede niyo aralin. Ito na. Kung stellar kayo niyo basahin before med.
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My BS Bio thesis student works as micro lab analyst & earns 13K+/mo. She asked for help to find a research job. Talked to my academe friends & got her an SRA job w/ salary of 30K+/mo. Good student! Submitted 2 papers to intl journals & working on 3 more papers from her thesis.
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I survived BS Biology in UP Diliman because of DOST scholarship and Angelo King Foundation Inc scholarship. I live with 5,300 per month from my scholarship. Libre tuition fee naman. Nairaos. Kaya makatapos ng pag aaral.
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Usually, as early as 15 mins after blood transfusion, we can already request for repeat CBC - Dr. Gauiran. No need to wait for 4-6hrs after transfusion to get accurate results. 😆.
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Med students here in our campus are surprised we have >24hr-duties in PH. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? How do you function?, they asked. Dunno. Basta kinakaya cause that's the way it is. Other doctors didnt have >24hr duties but they still get the skills & become competent doctors.
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Bakit laging viral kapag doctor shaming? Anong ginawa ng mga doktor para kagalitan at alipustahin ng karamihan? Bakit every time may opportunity na iattack ang doctors, patok sa naraming tao?.
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Isang nakakaantig na tula mula kay John Kimuel Gaytano. Mayroon siyang chronic kidney disease stage 5 sumasailalim sa hemodialysis 4x a week. "Paano ba magpaalam?.Maraming salamat sa buhay at pagmamahal .Walang paalam kung hindi hanggang sa muli pong pagkikita"
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Dear med students, remember that as we take care of our patients, let us not forget to take care of our own health also. Lets walk the talk.
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Sana kapag ready na ako na ipursue ka, available ka pa. Kahit gustung gusto ko na, hindi muna, kasi may mga kailangan pa akong ayusin sa sarili ko. Di kita isusuko. May manligaw man sayo. Kasi kung si Jesus nga ang nagsusulat ng love story na ito, alam ko tayo pa rin sa dulo!.
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New RA thinks she's underqualified for the job because of the lack of lab experience due to the pandemic. "Online classes po kasi kami". Told her not to worry about it. "As long as you're teachable, and willing to learn, we'll help you!" You gotta start somewhere!.
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Hello dear med students, kailangan natin ng doctor sa senado. Let us help Doc Willie Ong win! Sana suportahan natin siya.
Para may doktor sa Senado 2019.Ginawa ko na po para sa inyo. Sinabi ko noon noon pa na basta God’s will ay gagawin natin. Salamat po sa dasal.
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At the end of the day, grades LANG at grades PA RIN ang batayan nila gano ka kagaling na estudyante. Kahit na ang dami mong achievements na wala yung mga TOP students. Kahit na ang dami mong relevant works na nagawa. Hindi nila nakikita yan. Kasi GRADES lang mahalaga sa kanila.
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Pagkatapos ng lahat ng pagsubok. Marerealize mong lahat ay planado. Hindi random at hindi by chance. Lahat ay ayon sa will ni Lord!.
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This time, you no longer study for grades. You study to deliver the best possible service to your patients!.
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Make sure to have a good support system while in med school. Kailangan mo ng kausap from time to time. Kontra burnout at nervous breakdown.
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Anyone who knows Biology, Nursing or Pharmacy students based in Bohol looking for thesis project? We have a research grant for a study about the medicinal plants used by Eskaya healers in Bohol Philippines. Let us know. We are open to mentoring and collaboration. Pls share.
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Life cycle ng med student parang paru paro. Mag uumpisang parang uod, gapang lang sa med school para pumasa until one day matatapos din, magkakapakpak, makakalipad! . Matatapos din ang paggapang! Makakalipad ka din.
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Hey self! Where did you hide that first year medical student full of hopes and dreams, full of passion to stay and serve, adamant in creating a better research envt and health system back home? Hope you find him soon.
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Sana maituro nang maayos ang Research mula HS hanggang college. Para hindi burden at "basta matapos lang" ang attitude ng students towards research.
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Kapag gusto mo yung isang bagay, put your heart into it. Paghirapan mo. Pagsikapan mo. Walang pangmatagalan na nakukuha nang madalian.
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Your thoughts?. Kapag nagkasakit ang med student dahil sa kakaduty sa hospital. Dapat ba talaga make up duty? O pwede kaya na may allowable sick leave ang med students? . Not a complain, tanong lang.
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As much as possible wag piliin ang premed course mo based in convenience or popularity. Piliin mo yung gusto mo, yung interesado ka. Kasi kapag gusto mo ginagawa mo, madaling masurvive yan.
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Listahan ng mga Ospital na may LIBRENG KONSULTASYON sa mga Medical Oncologist (CANCER SPECIALIST) Part 1
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To all UPCM Class 2024, you might want to apply for the MD-PhD in Molecular Medicine scholarship in UPCM. Tara, let's improve health in the country, one research at a time!
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Mukhang okay na program to ahh. Okay din na premed. BS Biology major in Medical Biology. Nice FEU!. (c) Feu Biological Science Society
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Whatever your passion is, don't let medical school take it away from you.
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Kapag ikaw ang first doctor in the immediate family (kahit med students ka palang), ikaw ang kadalasang decision maker aka consultant sa health concerns ng pamilya. Kaya aral tayo mabuti!.
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The first 2 batches of MD-PhD in Mol Med grads of UPCM. We are Filipino physician-scientists serving that of whom and for whom we are scholars - the Filipino people, and journeying toward transforming the PH healthcare from lab to bedside to the community. (c) Climacosa, MD, PhD
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Dear medical students. Remain humble, remain open to learning, and above all, become a team player. - Dr Sue Hall.
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Hello med students! Nasaan ka nung nalaman mong nakapasa ka sa med school na pinapasukan mo ngayon? Share mo naman. Ako naglalakad from Katip pauwi ng UP Diliman. Kakatapos magtutor ng nga AHS students. Napatalon ako sa kalsada sa tuwa.
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Congrats sa mga bago nating RMTs! Pagsilbihan ang bayan! Padayon!.
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Goodbye PGH! See you soon. No hospital duty for 1-2 yrs. Nads is already in the Dept of Genetic Med at Children's National Med Center, Washington, DC. I'll be with the Dept of OBGyn at UTMB Galveston, Texas. Going there today. May the good Lord bless us on our PhD researches!
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Use Popoy and Basha in a sentence. Med student siya. Laging nagPOPOYat sabay kain ng marami. Ang resulta tumaBASHA.
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The painful irony for doctors, is that we often have to make you sicker in order to heal you. If a bone has healed unevenly, we have to re-break it. If a scar is too thick, we have to scrape it off, and create a new wound. We break you down to rebuild you. - Dr. Meredith Grey.
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"Okay lang yan mas malala pa nung time namin". Di ko gets. If we have the opportunity to improve the system, WHY NOT?.
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Bakasyon na. Pero bakit nakakaguilty magpahinga at magrelax lang. Parang may mali kapag walang maraming ginagawa.
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Whatever your passion is, don't let graduate/medical school take it away from you.
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The UP Physician-Scientists Association would like to congratulate the first ever graduates of the MD-PhD in Molecular Medicine Program of the UP College of Medicine. May you all spearhead biomedical research in the Philippines for the benefit of the Filipino people Para sa Bayan
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Wag nating hayaang gawin tayong monster ng pagod, gutom, puyat at disappointment in life. Pahinga lang and stay nice to the people around you, kaya yan!.
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You didnt reach this far to only reach this far. Lakad pasulong! Kahit mabagal, kahit maliit na hakbang at least may progress.
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Ngayon ka pa ba susuko, e ang lapit mo na sa finish line. Kapit lang.
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Med students in other countries have a lot of study time. Less clinical work during med school. Sobrang galing nila sa basics and fundamentals. Pero nakukuha din naman nila yung clinical skill once mag residency na sila. Magaling din sila. :/.
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Nakakabless yung mga residents na after 24-hour duty may energy pa din to teach medical students who do not yet know as much as they do. I both admire them and am grateful for them.
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Kaya sinisira ni Lord yung mga plano mo kasi kung hindi, yung plano na yan yung sisira sayo. He wants what's best for you. Tiwala!.
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For all med trainees, consult a biostatistician 1) before the start, 2) during, &.3) after completion of the study. Trust me, mas dadali ang buhay. Let's avoid consulting biostat after the project, parang post mortem analysis yan, biostat will tell what the research dies of.
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Mahirap aralin yung mga med subjects like anatomy, physio, biochem, patho, pharma etc. Pero parang mas mahirap matutunan ng iba yung mabuting asal, pakikitungo nang maayos sa iba at respeto sa kapwa.
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'Ah, Lord God ! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17 ESV. Anu pa man pingadadaanan mo. Kayang kaya ni Lord yan. Maliit na bagay.
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"Why treat people only to send them back to the conditions that made them sick in the first place?".
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Habang busy tayong inaabot ang pangarap na maging doktor, habang nag aalaga tayo ng mga pasyente, tumatanda din yung mga parents natin at andaming moments yung namimiss natin na sana kasama natin sila.
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Choose your battles talaga. Wag mo nang problemahin yung mga hindi dapat. Kapag nag engage ka sa lahat, mauubos ka.
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Mga kayakap ko sa kama sa pagtulog sa gabi. Hahaha. Can't wait to get my MD, PhD degree so I can apply for multimillion grants, set up my own lab while and start medical practice!
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Anuman ang pinagdadaanan mo. By faith, you will get through it.
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Yung mga iniiyakan mo ngayon, later on, tatawanan mo nalang yan. Wag mo masyado dibdibin. Iyak tapos move on.
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Sana magkaroon ng cafeteria and food stalls na nagbebenta ng healthy food inside the school and hospital. Para hindi puro fast food. Doctors pa naman tayo so dapat healthy tayo. :).
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Every lab that you order, every meds that you give, somebody has to pay for it. Either the Philhealth/insurance or the patient. The only thing that we (doctors) can offer for free is our service - Dr. Pipo Bundoc.
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My boss has been trying to get grants from DOST & DOH 🇵ðŸ‡. Pinagpasa-pasahan lang kami at nirereject. Thank u Lord for pharma companies willing to fund our project to improve maternal-fetal med in 🇵ðŸ‡. Nakakalula yung $2M funds na ibibigay for the equipment & reagents pa lang!.
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Wag mong gawing reason ang "grades are just number and it will not define who you are" para di ka na magsikap a magsipag sa acads mo.
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honestly, the senator who said "bakit baliw na baliw kayo sa research?" is a reflection of most Filipinos. No appreciation for research. Let's be honest. Karamihan naman they dread, curse and despise research. Isa lang siyang requirement na dapat ipasa. Only few appreciate it.
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Dinala ka ni Lord sa medisina kasi alam Niyang magagamit ka Niya sa larangan na yan. Kaya patuloy lang kapatid!.
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Congratulations to the MD-PhD in Molecular Medicine Class 2027. Mga manggagamot-mananaliksik ng bayan, paglingkuran ang sambayanan! . @UPManilaOnline
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Wag kang maguilty na nagpapahinga ka. Kailangan mo yan at deserve mo yan. Chill!.
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Magandang disiplina: do not try something bad/addictive for the first time. Kasi repetition is very easy after. Always uphold integrity. Huwag ko nang subukan, baka di mo na tigilan.
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If u say yes to everything, you let other people's priorities take over your life. I don't think that'll make you happy. Toxic yan!.
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Minsan kailangan magtulak ng stretcher bed for our patients. Yung iba iisipin na wala naman kwenta yan at dapat di tayo gumagawa niyan. Pero kung makakatulong yan para makarating sa OR at masave yung buhay ng patient, by all means go!.
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Take it slowly. May mga bagay na hindi pwedeng madaliin. Kailangan hintayin at pagtiyagaan.
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Ang importante sa ating mga pasyente ay ang kanilang doktor ay mabait, maasikaso at magaling magpaliwanag - Dr. Heizel Manapat-Reyes
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So difficult to do research in the Philippines due to institutional policies crafted by people who should've known better.
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Hindi lahat ng doktor masama. Wag mong isipin na lagi kang pineperahan. We give you options, responsibility namin to suggest the best management for the disease. Minsan mahal talaga yung procedure pero hindi ibig sabihib pineperahan kayo.
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Interview ko for UPCM 3 years ago, tinanong ako abt my greatest fear in entering med. Sabi ko " Doc baka di ako makapag-asawa". Tawa sila.
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Pagpasok mo ng medicine, punung puno ka ng pag asa, idealism, vision. Sana kahit pagod, puyat, hirap na pagsabak sa hospital, di mawala sa iyo yan.
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Before matapos duty ko, I make sure na lahat ng monits ko, iaask ko if they want to be prayed for. Halos lahat naman nagyeyes and I pray with them. Nakakabless. We dont just bring healing to the physical body but also to the spirit.
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Someone asked me how do I keep moving in med school?. I am a government scholar. My tuition fee is fully paid by DOST. My monthly stipend is from the taxes of the Filipino people. I have one job, to show them that their money spent on my education is an investment not an expense!.
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Lumabas na IM grades. The number tells me hindi ako stellar na clerk, not good enough. But the "thank you doc" from my patients, compliments from bantays, "highly appreciate" from my RICs. These things tell me otherwise: kahit paano may nagawa akong maganda para sa patients ko.
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Ang daming tao ayaw sa research. Daming benefits. Nananalo ka ng pera sa competitions. Nakakapunta sa ibang bansa for free. Nagkakaroon ng salary from research grants. At higit sa lahat, you can make a difference with your results.
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@ChelseaVirtucio @Jazzdiamse @giasison @MillennialMD @YourLawyerSays @SabiNiDok @roigie They can go to PGH para marefer sa pedia, Child Protection Unit and psych. Very traumatizing yan. The victim definitely needs medical help.
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Stop glorifying specialists and stop looking down on generalists. We all have different roles in the healthcare system. Wag magpataasan ng ihi. At the end of the day, dapat laging patients dapat ang bida. Hindi tayong doktor.
People who look down on primary care doctors are so narrow-minded. Ang hirap kaya maging magaling na primary care physician especially when you factor in resource limitations and logistics problems.
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Hindi mo naman kelangan ng recognition to do things excellently. Basta sa lahat ng gagawin mo dapat worthy of recognition. Kung di mapansin ng iba okay lang!.
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But that feeling–the longing to be taken care of–never really fades, does it?.
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