CMZ STEPH 2: ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL

March 10, 2016  For the second S.T.E.P.H. Program, CMZ had Grade 10 students from a private Catholic school, St. Joseph School with 50 participants.

S.T.E.P.H. stands for Student Tour for Exposure to Professions in Healthcare which is a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) program under Human Resource with Ms. Juvee Calica, HR Manager as lead.

The STEPH Program aims to assist Grade 10 in their career choice through exposure to the hospital setting, which we hope will broaden their knowledge that work available in hospitals are not limited to doctors and nurses but also to technology related as well as administrative and finance type of jobs. This will show them a glimpse of the reality of work in hospitals as well as give them the chance to interact with the workforce.

PARTICIPANTS.

TOUR

Thank you so much to the very accommodating Sr. Ma. Virginia Benito OP, SJS Principal for accepting the invitation and for being the first private school to be part of the CMZ STEPH Program.

We do hope other junior high schools would follow suit and give the opportunity for their students to experience what are the work possibilities in the hospital setting. 

The CMZ STEPH Program is open anytime but more feasible during the opening of the next school year June 2016 to March 2017.

CMZ STEPH 1: DON PABLO LORENZO MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

March 7, 2016 is the launching of the S.T.E.P.H. Program  with the first participants, 105 Grade 10 students (STE A and STE B and SOF) of Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School.

S.T.E.P.H. stands for Student Tour for Exposure  to Professions in Healthcare which is a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) program under Human Resource with Ms. Juvee Calica​, HR Manager as lead.

During Orientation with HR Manager Juvee Calica, Medical Director Filipinas Rojo and Nursing Director Ma'am Tet Calma and Closing Remarks by CEO Atty. Jhihann Natividad.

High School students preferably Grade 10 students are invited to the STEPH Program to assist them in their career choice. Exposure to the hospital setting will broaden their knowledge that work available in hospitals are not limited to doctors and nurses but also to technology related as well as administrative and finance type of jobs. 

At ER, OR, ICU and wards

At Rehab, Radiology, Pharmacy and Accounting

At Mammography, CT Scan and MRI of the Radiology Department

This will show them a glimpse of the reality of work in hospitals as well as give them the chance to interact with the workforce.

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Facilitators SAM and AA with Radiology staff, Ian, Watchel of MRI and Jeanrose of CT Scan

Facilitators KRIS and Ma'am ANN

Facilitators, AICA and ROWE

Facilitators EDSEL and ANDREW and with Ma'am Earl of DPLMHS

Facilitators, KATHY and AIRENE

On the side of CMZ, we hope that we can encourage more students to enter the healthcare organizations to help augment the turnover of staff, with workforce also given the opportunity to work abroad.

Thank you so much to the very pro-active Dr. Socorro Canaya, DPLMHS Principal for being the first school to accept our invitation.

Thank you to Ma'am Liza Earl Angeles and Sir Rey Taripe for accompanying the students to Ciudad Medical Zamboanga.

This was a very fruitful day for all of us!!!

Oh No, it's Boy March 9, 2016 issue

CMZ introduces a new CSR: the CMZ S.T.E.P.H. Program @ 2016

This 2016, Ciudad Medical Zamboanga is introducing a new Corporate Social Responsibility program, the CMZ S.T.E.P.H. Program.

S.T.E.P.H. stands for Student Tour for Exposure to Professions in Healthcare which is a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) program under Human Resource with Ms. Juvee Calica, HR Manager as lead.

THE NEED OR OPPORTUNITY.
We have had several human resource issues discussed and among them were:

1) In the past few years, there has been a quick turnover of workforce in the hospital, mainly to work opportunities abroad. CMZ's nurse attrition rate for 2013 was 5% but rose to 14% and 16% in 2014 and 2015 respectively.
2)  Many of the applicants appear to have no idea on the work that they are applying for, with the generic phrase, "for any available position".
3)  Survey of CMZ with three public school Grade 9-10 students show that about 70% of students have no idea yet what course they want to get into. Of the 30%, who have an idea, 44% prefers the education sector and 25% prefers the field of science 
4) Not all schools have the capability of a comprehensive career guidance program for their students. 
   a) A complete career guidance program costs more than a thousand pesos and in private schools, shouldered by the student. This may be utilized by private schools but more likely, difficult for public school students.
     b) there are limited registered guidance counsellors throughout the country 

5)  With the new K to 12 curriculum, there is also a change in the high school system with students choosing the career track they want to get into such as STEM (Science, Technology and Engineering), ABM (Accounting, Business and Management) and GAS (General Academic Strand).

In a unified guideline and concept paper by DOLE, DepEd, DOST, CHEd, TESDA and PRC known as the Career Guidance Advocacy Program Plan for 2013-2016, possible issues that may be encountered as implementation challenges are as follows:
1) Limited number of registered guidance counselors, members of established Network of Guidance Counselors and Career Advocates;
2) Lack of strategic framework and communications plan for career advocacy;
3) Limited print and non-print Labor Market Information materials, with limited access by the public and other consumers of information;
4) Limited and uncoordinated government programs on career guidance; and
5) Insufficient financial and manpower resources to promote career advocacy.
The network however also has come up with an action plan to ensure the implementation of this government program.

CMZ was already conceptualizing the program where we wanted to help students in their career choice through a hospital tour where students are exposed to the different work possibilities. The students see the personnel in their workplace, the work they do, the machines they work with and the chance to talk to the staff about their jobs. This Program is geared to both private and public schools.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

General Objectives:
1.  To assist Grade 10 students in their career decision through exposure to professions within a healthcare organization.
2.  Long Term: To improve applications within healthcare organizations.

Specific Objectives:
1.  To introduce to students the different professions within the healthcare organization.
2. To expose the students to the different areas and workforce within the healthcare institution.
3. To broaden the students’ understanding of the personnel within the healthcare institution through interaction with workforce.
4. To expose students on healthcare-related advocacies specifically, Breast Cancer Awareness and Hand Wasshing.

PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION:
There were already meetings with the Core group starting last quarter of 2015, with the informal survey done at this time.

This was followed by a meeting of the CMZ Executive Committee with the middle managers last January 26, 2016 about the Program and for their inputs on how to create an interesting and fruitful program for students.

The core group already had feedback from the education sector prior to meeting with the middle managers so the outline of the program was already in place for them to comment upon.

January 21, 2016 and February 16, 2016. However, CMZ initially wanted to understand more about the K to 12 program and how the exposure tour would fit in the new school system and approached the Ateneo De Zamboanga High School Guidance office for enlightenment.

Guidance Office stalwarts, Mr. Santiago Araneta and Ms. Aimee Valmonte with CMZ group

From our discussion, the best set of participants would be Grade 10 students, just before they choose their track for Senior High School, although, this is also beneficial for Senior High School students as they may have a more concrete plan for college. 

One of the our considerations for the choice of Grade 10 was that the track chosen by students for Senior High would already be geared for College and an earlier exposure may lessen chance for shifting of courses. 

February 6, 2016. Hardam Furigay Colleges in Basilan requested for a study tour which CMZ gladly obliged to, also to have the feel of the flow of the study tour. 

The experience with the Hardam Furigay students further strengthened CMZ to push through with the STEPH program as the students were so ecstatic and grateful for the exposure and made them more excited in the healthcare courses they are now in. 

February 16, 2016. We were also able to talk to a principal from a public school, Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School, learned more about the K to 12 Program and also for the invitation and DPLMHS turned out to be our first recipient of this CSR program.

CMZ HR Manager, Ms. Juvee Calica, with the very pro-active Dr. Socorro Canaya, DPLMHS principal and incidentally, Region IX's best principal for 2015 and with CMZ Medical Director, Dr. Filipinas Rojo and Ms. Catherine Baginda.

February 18, 2016. We also visited Sr. Virginia Benito, St. Joseph School principal who accommodated us and became the first recipient for the private schools.

The main objective of this STEPH Program is to assist junior and senior high school students, preferably Grade 10 students in their career choice through their direct exposure to the hospital setting, which will broaden their knowledge that work available in hospitals are not limited to doctors and nurses but also to technology-related as well as administrative and finance type of jobs. 

This will show them a glimpse of the reality of work in hospitals as well as give them the chance to interact with the workforce. The students are also exposed to CMZ's corporate social responsibility and healthcare advocacies particularly on breast cancer awareness and hand washing for the community. 

The orientation, experiential hospital tour and the interaction with personnel could hopefully add to the factors for the students' informed career decision. 

On the side of CMZ, we hope that we can encourage more students to enter the healthcare organizations to help augment the turnover of staff, with workforce also given the opportunity to work abroad.

From the usual career talks held in schools, CMZ levels up as career advocates and offers the CMZ S.T.E.P.H. Program as an innovative and progressive corporate social responsibility program to help guide junior and senior high school students in their career choice, hopefully, to augment the schools' efforts for career guidance, if present.

The CMZ S.T.E.P.H. Program will start the end of this schoolyear 2015-2016 with two STEPH initiatives: 
1) Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School for the public school sector  ~~ March 7, 2016
2) St. Joseph School for the private school sector ~~ March 10, 2016.

Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School Grade 10

St. Joseph School Grade 10

CMZ will be sending invitations to public and private junior and senior high schools in Zamboanga City for the next schoolyear but would be most willing to prioritize the STEPH Program to schools that signify their interest.

We look forward to having partnerships with more Zamboanga City schools in the next schoolyear from June 2016 to March 2017, as Ciudad Medical Zamboanga hopes to be instrumental in the guiding the youth of Zamboanga City towards informed career decision and promotion of health advocacies.

FREE BREAST SCREENING FOR CMZ BREAST WELLNESS CENTER FOURTH ANNIVERSARY @ 2016

March is International Women's Month and March 20, 2016 is the Fourth Anniversary of the Ciudad Medical Zamboanga BREAST WELLNESS CENTER

To celebrate these special days, the CMZ Breast Wellness Center is inviting all women (in Zamboanga City) to come and join us this March 21, 2016 for FREE BREAST SCREENING.

FREE BREAST SCREENING includes: 
~~~ Clinical Breast Examination
~~~ Breast Self Examination will be taught to participants

Schedules: 

March 21, 2016


from 10:00 AM to 12:00 NN


and  2:00PM to 4:00 PM 



What are you waiting for?


Learn more and visit us at CMZ 
Breast Wellness Center!


Register and have your breast checked!!!



IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE, 
call us at 

(062) 992-7330 Local: 1278 

Look for Ms. Annely O. Enad, RN. 

Have you been checked?

Love your breasts. Have them checked!

Early detection and treatment save lives.

P.S. Goodies await for the early birds!