Competing against Mindanao’s finest student researchers, St. Mary’s College of Tagum, Inc. (SMCTI) joined the 14th Mindanao Health Research and Development Expo 2024, held at Acacia Hotel, Davao City, with five Marian student nurses representing the institution.
Bringing pride to SMCTI, ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ. ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ, a fourth-year BS Nursing student won ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ in the Poster Exhibit Competition. Her research, titled “๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ: ๐ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด,” was highly commended for its depth and relevance.
In addition to Quijano’s success, other Marian student nurses showcased their research in both oral and poster presentations:
๐ญ๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป ๐ค. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ presented an oral research titled “๐๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ: ๐ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ.” (Jaspe et al.)
๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ delivered an oral presentation on “๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ 21: ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ.” (Jalandoni et al.)
๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ . ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ discussed her research in an oral presentation titled “๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ.” (Gomez et al.)
๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐บ ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ participated as a poster presenter with her study on “๐๐ฏ-๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ ๐๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐. (๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค) ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช.” (Balahay et al.)
The students were accompanied by their research instructor who also served as their mentor, Dr. Klein Mamayabay, LPT.
On the side note, the expo provided a vital platform for both professionals and undergraduates to present their completed research, fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing within the regional health research community across Mindanao and the nation.