St. Luke’s College of Nursing, one of the educational units of Trinity College of Quezon City (TCQC), has expressed support for automated licensure examination that will soon be implemented by the Professional Regulation Commission.
Ms. Ester Lopez-Dimanlig, Ed.D., Acting Dean of St. Luke’s College of Nursing, says that the automation of exams and results generation will greatly enhance the efficiency of test administration activities of PRC.
Dubbed as the Walk-In Examination System (WES), the automated exam service is the first module under the
R19.9 million Licensure Examination and Registration System (LERIS) project of PRC. WES is a desktop application system that allows applicants to have walk-in computer-based examination scheduling, conduct of examination, and examination grading where, upon completion of each subject and the entire examination, the examinee is notified of the results immediately.
PRC management information system (MIS) chief Priscilla C. Reyes says that WES will be pilot-tested with the marine officers examinations this April, while implementation of the same with the other professions like the nurses and medical technologists will be on a phased basis depending on the readiness of the concerned regulatory board. PRC’s web-based Licensure Examination and Registration Information System is also expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Accredited by the Philippine Accreditation Agency for Schools, Colleges and Universities, Trinity College–St. Luke’s College of Nursing is one of the best schools of nursing in the country today, having St. Luke’s Medical Center as the base hospital. It is the product of the partnership between sister institutions Trinity College of Quezon City and St. Luke’s Medical Center, both owned and organized by the Philippine Episcopal Church in concord with the Philippine Independent Church.
