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Bringing the name of the University of Southern Mindanao (USM), the College of Medicine (COM) students secured 3rd place in the Quiz Bee Competition during the Pagmaya 2024: 13th Association of Philippine Medical Colleges- Student Network (APMC-SN) Mindanao Regional Assembly held at the Xavier University Dr. Jose P. Rizal School of Medicine (XUJPRSM), Cagayan de Oro, on February 10 to 12, 2024.
Composed of 10 participating institutions from Mindanao, 42 delegates from USM simultaneously joined the academic and non-academic competitions during the assembly. Academic competitions include Clinicopatho competition, Debate, Quiz Bee, and Research Healthcare Innovation, while the non-academic activities comprise ball games and larong pinoy.
In an interview, Klyde P. Aperocho, the President of the College of Medicine student organization, highlighted their one-week preparation for the events. With his experience in the previous year, he shared strategies to clinch a spot, especially in the quiz bee.
Talking with UPRIO, he added: “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙞 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙠𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖-𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠; 𝙠𝙖𝙨𝙞 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙞 𝙨𝙖 𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨… 𝙠𝙖𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙠𝙖𝙢𝙞 𝙮𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙠𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞, 𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙎𝙈.”
When asked about their message for USM, Carlo C. Impal, one of the students of COM and an officer of APMC-SN said: “𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙐𝙎𝙈 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙋𝙈𝘾, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨.”
Guided by its theme: “𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀, 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲”, this is the second time that USM joined the gathering. Last year, USM COM placed 5th in the quiz bee.
USM is the only state university qualified in the Top 3 and will compete in May 2024 at the national level.
