Forging a robust network of premier healthcare training grounds across the archipelago, the College of Health Sciences (CHS) of Naga College Foundation, Inc. (NCF) has officially locked in strategic clinical affiliation partnerships with five leading medical institutions.
Under these newly inked agreements, CHS students have been and will be deployed for intensive clinical rotations during the Intersession at the Laguna Holy Family Hospital, Sta. Cruz Laguna Polymedic Hospital, Laguna Medical Center, GRIT Academy, and Lung Center of the Philippines.
On June 14, Hon. Marisol Aragones Sampelo, Governor of the Province of Laguna, officially signed the Contract of Affiliation between the CHS and Laguna Medical Center—greenlighting the Intersession clinical training from June 29 to July 31, 2026.
Elevating institutional standards before student deployment, select clinical instructors underwent specialized Preceptorship Training at the Laguna Holy Family Hospital and the Lung Center of the Philippines to seamlessly align classroom instruction with actual frontline medical protocols.
Ms. Chean Bracia and Mr. Roldan Perez attended preceptorship training at the Laguna Holy Family Hospital in the areas of hemodialysis, the medical ward, the emergency room, and the cardiac Center in May 2026, while Mr. Ken Peñaserada, Ms. Patricia Tan and Mr. Sandy Paulite are currently undergoing their training at the Lung Center of the Philippines.
In his social media post, Dr. Stanley O. Dy, Dean and Assistant Vice President for Health Sciences, said that sending clinical instructors for preceptor training programs is an institutional “commitment to providing quality clinical education and strengthening faculty competencies.”
Leveraging their off-campus evaluation and planning conference, CHS held an academic visit and formalized an alliance for clinical affiliation with GRIT Academy—a state-of-the-art training center recognized for comprehensive simulation laboratories and education programs designed to help Filipino nurses successfully transition into U.S. hospital systems—which, according to Dean Dy, will “create transformative learning experiences that bridge academic excellence and real-world healthcare practice.”
Such an aggressive expansion follows hot on the heels of the college’s milestones in May 2026, where CHS triumphantly secured separate landmark partnerships with the Philippine Heart Center (PHC) and the Healthcare and Technology Institute, Inc. (HCT Academy).
These multi-institutional alliances guarantee that future healthcare professionals, nurtured at NCF, are trained in diverse, high-volume clinical settings with the global readiness and clinical grit that the modern medical landscape demands, while their educators remain at the absolute cutting-edge of advanced patient care.