Manila Adventist Medical Center and Colleges

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Motto:	The school that equips life
Established:	1993
Type:	Private
President:	Bibly L. Macaya
Undergraduates:	Approx. 900
Location:	Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Campus:	Urban, 11,365 Sqm
Affiliations:	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Website:	http://www.mamc-sma.org/

The Manila Adventist Medical Center and Colleges,inc. is a bible based, privately owned and operated educational institution that offers medically related courses ranging from long term academic degrees to short term certificate courses. The campus is conveniently located adjacent to its own private hospital the Manila Adventist Medical Center with in the city of Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. Both the colleges and hospital are run by the Filipino Seventh-day Adventist Church.

[edit] History

The colleges were first established as a school in 1993. It was incorporated with its parent hospital, the Manila Sanitarium Hospital, upon its establishment, thus adding the hospital name with a “school of medical arts” (SMA).

With its opening year, the school initially offered 5 vocational and allied health courses: three year Associate in Radiologic Technology, two year Midwifery, two year Physical Therapy technician, one year courses in Nursing Assistant and Emergency Medicine Technician.

After a year, the school planned to upgrade its courses, namely, the Physical Therapy Technician and the Associate in Radiologic Technician into a 5 year and 4 year full blown degrees. The school forwarded a letter to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) asking for the authority to implement the upgrade which, after several evaluations, they gave a nod. SMA began offering the upgraded courses in the school year 1995-1996.

In 1995, the school considered the need of the fast growing student population. The school expanded its grounds by initiating a construction of a three stores building with a housing capacity of 6 classrooms, 5 laboratory rooms and 2 offices. The building was finished and inaugurated in 1996.

The year 2000 and onwards brought dramatic changes and improvements in the institution. The school introduced two new programs: the 6 months caregiver program and the 4 year B.S. in Nursing degree which attracted a large number of students from all over Luzon. The hospital and school went into name changes from Manila Sanitarium Hospital to Manila Adventist Medical Center in 2002 and from School of Medical arts to Colleges in 2007.