The landscape of the medical profession has changed dramatically over the recent decades. While the more traditional roles of health-care provider and scientist remain, challenging roles such as steward of patient resources, community educator, and patient advocate have emerged. To be able to fulfill such roles, we as today’s Filipino physicians have to be constantly aware of ourselves and our environments, define our boundaries, limitations and comfortable spheres, and be willing to go beyond them.

The NOMINATIONS and ELECTIONS Committee is now accepting nominations for the members of the BOARD OF REGENTS for the fiscal year 2010-2011.

The North Luzon chapter under the leadership of Dr. Manny Bautista had met with his team to have an accurate assessment of the impact of the recent disaster on the prospect of holding the PCP mid-year convention in Baguio as scheduled. They have wisely deemed it prudent and appropriate to cancel the mid-year convention that they had earnestly prepared for.