In the practice of Dental Profession, patients look for Care, Compassion and Empathy therefore
Intellectual competence is not enough ; In MCU College of Dentistry, teaching and student relationship
is our “Breath of Life” or “vitalizing principle”. Different programs and initiatives was developed by the
College since 2012. The launching of “Malasakit Program” who was later on changed to “Aruga
Program” initiated by the Student development chair aimed to improve academic performance of the
students and the results of the Board examination.
Under this program, different Pass the Board initiatives and activities was launched. The Alay sa
Pagunlad (Pass the Board Initiatives) is compose of Different programs/strategies of MCU COD to
improve the board performance of the College. Included in this program are the following: Headstart
Program, Peer Tutoring program, Integrated Review program and Diagnostic and Assessment
examinations ( Mock board examination , OSCE and Dexterity Examination).
To address the weakness of the College in Basic Medical Subjects, MCU College of Dentistry
collaborated with the Faculty of the College of Medicine. This has been ongoing since 2017.
To improve the review program of the College a study on enrichment of the review course was
conducted. This was implemented integrating all subjects in a review course and improving the way
examination was conducted yielding favorable results in the program.
The importance of including student input in education is widely accepted as a key component
of processes used to monitor the quality of academic programs. Students’ views of particular courses
and instructors are frequently shared from one graduating class to another. Because of this, The Dean of
the College makes it a point to find time and ask student’s input during a meeting with the examinees to
gather suggestions for the improvement of the College’ instruction and curriculum through a Focus
Group Discussion with students wherein they are asked to respond equally to positive and potentially
