Continuing Education

The Designing Flexible Learning in Nursing Online Course is the response of the UP College of Nursing to the demands of the nursing education in shifting to flexible learning this coming academic year. It is designed to accommodate synchronous and asynchronous activities and delivered through a learning management system. It is a 3-week course focusing on basic principles of curricular activities as it is applied to flexible learning in nursing.

Learning Objectives:

Application of concepts and principles of course development and re-design in the context of flexible learning in nursing.

Date Offered:

This program will soon be offered again. You can visit our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UPCollegeofNursing for updates on this program.

Contact Information:

For more information, you may email us at upcn-cecesp.upm@up.edu.ph

This public health nursing course includes six competence areas essential to the health systems approach: health systems delivery, health financing, health regulation, health governance, health information systems, and the management of human resources for health. This course will enable the nurse to take on the role of leader, manager, advocate, and care provider of various clientele in primary care facilities as part of the universal health care implementation

Learning Objectives: 

• Direct the provision of safe and quality health care & nursing service through Universal Health Care & Primary Care
• Manage the implementation & evaluation of individual & population-based health services based on assessed needs of the community with emphasis on disease prevention & health promotion
• Initiate collaboration and partnership with other health care providers, stakeholders, facilities and agencies towards creating an efficient and effective delivery of public health services within a health care provider network
• Develop relevant health policies that address priority health problems based on assessed needs of the community
• Manage public health programs and services including social health insurance programs to ensure equitable and universal access to health care
• Ensure continuous quality improvement of health services and facilities to enhance the integration of local health systems
• Supervise health human resource ensuring adequate skill mix and competencies of health workers, especially primary care workers
• Apply principles and best practices in health informatics to ensure efficient data management and information systems.

Modules of the program:

• Health Service Delivery Module (Module 1). 
  • Module Coordinator Writer: Prof. Maria Angela A. Mabale MA, RN
• Health Regulation Module (Module 2). 
  • Module Coordinator Writer: Prof. Mary Abigail A. Hernandez RN, MPH
• Health Financing Module (Module 3). 
  • Module Coordinator Writer: Prof. Bettina D. Evio MAN, RN 
• Health Governance Module (Module 4). 
  • Module Coordinator Writer: Prof. Kristine Joy L. Tomanan MCD, RN
• Human Resource for Health Module (Module 5). 
  • Module Coordinator Writer: Prof. Peter James B. Abad MSc, RN
• Health Information Systems (Module 6). 
  • Module Coordinator Writer: Dr. Sheila R. Bonito DrPH, RN

You can download the Proceedings for Batch 2 of the Leadership Development Course 2020 here.

Date offered: 

The training program will be launched on August 2, 2021 for its third batch, and on December 13, 2021 for its fourth batch.

Contact Information:

For inquiries on application and scholarships, please email upcn-cecesp.upm@up.edu.ph 

Nursing Informatics has been officially named a specialization in nursing by the American Nurses Association (ANA) since 1992 (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2018, p. 107) and has been integrated in most important educational standards and initiatives, including that of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Baccalaureate, Master and Doctoral Education (AACN 2008, 2011, 2006), Quality and Safety Education of Nurses (QSEN, 2005), and the seminal report, To Err is Human (Institute of Medicine, 1999), regarding the importance of the use of technology to minimize medical errors & fatalities.

All over the world, the importance of educating nurses & other healthcare professionals on the requisite concepts, theories and applications of nursing informatics is palpable & imminent. Technology is moving in leaps and bounds, transforming every facet of how we do things in health care & in other industries. It is even more evident during this pandemic as we move to distance education, telehealth, and other data analytics apps & programs.  As we require our nursing students to take nursing informatics in their undergraduate programs, there is a dearth of faculty who are adept or confident to teach the course. This certificate program in nursing informatics is specifically structured and geared to help Master’s prepared nurses gain the knowledge & confidence to teach this course appropriately in the undergraduate programs. The certificate program is to be offered for eight weeks over half of a regular semester. Three synchronous online classes will be held.  All the other coursework will be done asynchronously, with a project that is innovative and informatics-related as a final course requirement.

Learning Objectives:

• Define nursing informatics and explain data, information, knowledge and wisdom as the meta structures of nursing informatics
• Discuss the various disciplines that influenced nursing informatics and its evolution into a specialization
• Discuss some relevant theories and concepts used in nursing informatics
• Describe some ethical, moral and legal considerations in nursing informatics 
• Explain what decision support systems are and provide some examples
• Identify some applications of nursing informatics in nursing education, research, practice and administration

Date Offered:

This program will soon be offered again. You can visit our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UPCollegeofNursing for updates on this program.

Contact Information:

For more information, you may email us at upcn-cecesp.upm@up.edu.ph 

With the increasing number of health researches and clinical trials being conducted in the Philippines and Asia, there is a need to address issues related to health research ethics and good clinical practice. The stakeholders – investigators, sponsors and members of ethics review committees/ institutional review boards – need to develop the capacity to cope with the demand for trained human resources and continuing systems improvement. With support from multi-sectoral partnerships and international networking, capacity strengthening in health research ethics must be anchored on a clear national governance framework leading towards a good ethical review system. The training workshops serve as a platform that brings together stakeholders to discuss practical solutions for emerging challenges in health research through lectures and case studies. Through transdisciplinary expertise, the training workshops help promote an environment of cooperation to sustain improvements in the quality of health research.

Learning Objectives:

• To apply principles of good clinical practice and research ethics in the evaluation and approval of health research protocols
• To demonstrate an operational understanding of various types of health research and  their related ethical issues
• To address ethical issues in protocol development

Date Offered:

This program will soon be offered again. You can visit our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UPCollegeofNursing for updates on this program.

Contact Information:

For more information, you may email us at upcn-cecesp.upm@up.edu.ph 

NurseLEAD is a postgraduate course on advanced practice in public health nursing that aims to strengthen nurse competencies in leading and managing primary care services and population-based programs, carrying out supervisory and leadership responsibilities, and fostering interprofessional education and collaborative practice. This is open to all public health nurses with relevant experience in leading and managing health programs, supervising other health workers, and collaborating with health and non-health sectors. 

Modules of the program:

• Module 1
  • Strategic Leadership
    • Resource Person: Cora A. Añonuevo, PhD, RN
  • Systems Thinking
    • Resource Person: Erlinda C. Palaganas, PhD, RN
  • Organizational Development and Change Management
    • Resource Person: Annabelle R. Borromeo, PhD, MHA, RN, CNS
  • Policy and Advocacy
    • Resource Person: Fely Marilyn E. Lorenzo, DrPH, RN  and Josefina A. Tuazon, DrPH, RN
  • Professional Development
    • Sheila R. Bonito, DrPH, RN
• Module 2
  • Interprofessional Communication 
    • Resource Person: Betty F. Merritt, RN, DComm (cand)
  • Interprofessional Teamwork and Team-based Practice
    • Resource Person: Josephine E. Cariaso, MA, RN
  • Concept of Interprofessional Collaboration
    • Resource Person: Anthony G.H. Cordero, MD and Ma. Angela Mabale, MA, RN
  • Risk Communication
    • Resource Person: Maria Rita V. Tamse, MAN, RN, FANSAP
• Module 3
  • Public Health Services and Nursing Competencies
    • Resource Person: Luz Barbara P. Dones, MPH, RN
  • Public Health Nursing Interventions
    • Resource Person: Luz Barbara P. Dones, MPH, RN
  • Integrated Services and Continuum of Care
    • Resource Person: Carlo Erwin A. Panelo, MD, MA
  • Project Management Cycle
    • Resource Person: Ma. Jealyn Valenzuela, MDisMgt, RN
  • Principles of Financial Management
    • Resource Person: Ma. Jealyn Valenzuela, MDisMgt, RN

Date Offered:

NurseLEAD will be launched on September 3 until October 18, 2021. You may now apply to this program! Please send your application inquiries to upnurselead@gmail.com.

Contact Information:

You may send your inquiries to: upnurselead@gmail.com

Please visit the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/upnurselead/ for updates on this program. You may watch this video for more information on NurseLEAD: https://www.facebook.com/upnurselead/videos/572407233937601.