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vesoft helaboratory.The2ndWor ldWar
endedonSept ember1945andbar el
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thel abor
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for
mer l
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cer.
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traini
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ndivi
dualsaspiri
ngtobecomel aboratorywor kerswas
offeredIn1947byDi r
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aborati
onwi thDr ama.Pr udence
Sat .Ana.Traineeswer emostlyhighschoolgraduatesandpar amedi cal
graduates.Thet rawli
ngprovedt obeineff
ectivebecauset het rai
neeswer e
nev ermotivatedandt her
ewasnopr ogram thatwassupposedt olastf ora
setper i
odoft imeandnocer t
ifi
cateswereissuedtot hetrainees.Real i
zing
this,Dir
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ructedDr ama.Sat
.
Anatoprepar
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labusoft hetraini
ngprogram.In1954, the
tr
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abusandi twast olast6mont hs.Thetraini
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progr
am offer
edbyDir
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ngt hat
samey ear,
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maleducati
onofMedi calTechnologyint hePhi
lippi
nes
began.Hist
oryofMedi
calTechnologyintheDur ingWorldWarI I
,
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ippi
neswasseriouslyaf
fected.Pear
lHarborwasInvadedbyJapanon
December7,1941.Threedayslater,
Japanconqueredtheenti
rePhi
li
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nes,
causingthewrat
hoft heuni
tedSt at
estofl
areup.
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l
nessesanddeat hwasv eryev i
dent.PARTI ITheBoar dofMedi cal
Technol ogywascr eatedin1970pur suanttoRepubl i
cAct5527al soknown
asthe“ Phili
ppineMedi calTechnol ogyActof1969.”Thel awrecogni
zed
medi caltechnologyasapr of essionanddef inedthepr act
iceofmedical
technology ,
subjecttother egistr
ationandr egulat
ionpol i
ciesof
gover nment.Thef i
rstBoardwascomposedofDi r.Art
uroD.Tol er
ati
on,Jar.
AsChai r
manandMr .
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xE.Aspi rerandMs.AcumenS.J.Ev i
cti
onas
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rstexaminationfor
Medi calTechnologyInSept ember1970, wher eonl ytwenty-
fi
ve
percentoft heexami neespassed.I nordertoupgr adethequal i
tyof
graduates,theBoar destabl
ishedmut ualrel
ati
onswi ththePhili
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Escalati
onofSchool sofMedi calTechnologyandHy giene(PASTIME)i n
developingandupdat i
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labitoyears,t
heBoar dhasensur ed
thatmedi caltechnol
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ormt heresponsibil
it
yofai di
ng
physici
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promot i
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hospitalandfree-
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