Silliman University and
Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center
Collaborative
Partnership:
A Historical
Perspective
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OVERVIEW OF SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY
Resulted from an endowment by
Dr. Horace B. Silliman, a retired
businessman of the town of
Cohoes in New York State.
In 1899, Dr. Silliman appeared at
the office of the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions with
the conviction that the Filipino
people would need a
new kind of education.
To support this, he contributed
the initial sum of $10,000 toward
the founding of an industrial
school
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On August 28, 1901, Silliman Institute
was established
Silliman was granted university status
in 1938
OVERVIEW OF SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY
Silliman is one of select higher education
institutions in the country granted autonomous
status by the Commission on Higher Education.
The same government agency has also
designated Silliman as a Center of Excellence in
Nursing Education and Teacher Education and a
Center of Development in Biology, Information
Technology Education and Accountancy
Silliman University incumbent president, Dr.
Ben S. Malayang III, is a notable
environmentalist. He is a Silliman alumnus, and
holds a PhD in Wildland Resource Science from
the University of California Berkley, and
graduate degrees in Philosophy of Science and
in Ethics and in International Affairs and
Economics from Ohio University
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Timeline of the Silliman
University and Texas Tech
University Health Sciences
Center Collaborative
Partnership
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Historical Timeline
February, 2007 – Initial outreach by
TTUHSC School of Nursing to Silliman
University College of Nursing
May, 2007 – Memorandum of
Understanding first drafted
July, 2007 – Memorandum of
Understanding signed by Dr. Ben
Malayang, Dr. Alexia Green, and Dr.
Bernhard Mittemeyer
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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH
SCIENCES CENTER LEVEL
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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH
SCIENCES CENTER LEVEL
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SYSTEM-LEVEL: Chancellor Kent
Hance
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VISIT TO THE CLINICAL SIMULATION
CENTER
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SIGNING OF THE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING
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Historical Timeline (cont..)
April, 2009 – Memorandum of
Understanding for Revitalized Primary
Health Care Conference signed
August, 2009 – Inaugural meeting – RPHC
Initiative in Dumaguete City, Negros
Oriental; Position Paper drafted and
finalized; Collaborative Partnerships
established
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REVITALIZING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: A CALL TO ACTION
Formulated by Nurses, Educators, Health and Community leaders
During the Global Symposium on Revitalizing PHC
Silliman University College of Nursing, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Province, Philippines
21-22 August, 2009
Today, 22 August 2009, as nursing and health leaders gathered together to critically
reflect on the World Health Organization (WHO) framework on the revitalization of
PHC, we all pledge to intensify collaborative efforts to protect and promote the
health of communities we serve and work together towards achieving universal
access, greater equity and improved health outcomes, including achievement of
Millennium Development Goals, particularly the health-related MDGs and noncommunicable disease associated prevention, risk reduction and management.
In recognition of the Declaration of Alma-Ata (1978), the Ottawa Charter for Health
Promotion (1986) and various regional and global resolutions of WHO Committees
and Health Assemblies we aim to strengthen political commitment at all levels to
the values and principles of primary health care.
We envision the provision of comprehensive primary health care services,
including health promotion, disease prevention and risk reduction, acute and
chronic care provision, including palliative care, integrated and coordinated
according to needs, linked to effective referral systems.
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CALL TO ACTION
We, the global symposium participants, pledge to work with partners,
including health and other sectors, local government units,
communities, academe, non-governmental organizations, the private
sector and other stakeholders, to revitalize PHC and accelerate
achieving universal access to quality health services and in turn, the
achievement of Millennium Development Goals and noncommunicable disease risk reduction.
We are determined to:
Establish a national nursing consortium on PHC, terms of reference,
secretariat and work plan priorities;
Conduct participatory research-based assessments of health and
service needs of people/communities, PHC-related competencies,
curricula, in partnership with communities and other stakeholders;
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CALL TO ACTION (CONT…)
Analyze and address the need and demand of people for broadened
nursing functions, including advanced practice, as means to further
seamless, integrated health services (largely focused on but not
limited to promotive, preventive, supportive, curative and palliative) in
all settings across the continuum of care;
Advocate for interprofessional and multisectoral collaboration,
resource mobilization and intensified progress towards universal
access to quality health services and achievement of MDGs and noncommunicable disease risk reduction;
Strengthen knowledge sharing, monitoring and performance
indicators, potential best practice uptake and policy reforms across
sectors by building the evidence-base for effective models of nursing
and health service provision organized around people's needs and
expectations and aimed towards universal access and social justice;
Assess progress and issue a monitoring report within a year.
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Historical Timeline (cont..)
An Historic Event….
October, 2009 – Dumaguete City
and SUCN hold first meeting as
formal partners in RPHC
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Dumaguete City Health Office
in partnership with
Silliman University College of Nursing
Revitalized Primary Health Care
in Dumaguete City
THEME: Healthy, Self-Reliant
Dumagueteños through Revitalized
Primary Health Care
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Revitalized Primary Health Care:
A Call to Action for a Healthy and Self-Reliant Community
HEALTHY
AND
SELF-RELIANT
DUMAGUETEÑOS
FAMILIES/COMMUNITIES
PARTICIPATING LGUs
(Intersectoral Participation)
Universal
Coverage
ACADEME
Public
Health
Policies
OTHER INSTITUTIONS
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Service
Delivery
Revitalizing
PHC In
Dumaguete
City
NGOs / POs
Leadership
Health Sector
Historical Timeline (cont..)
January, 2010 – Planning for Fogarty
Millenium Award discussed between
Collaborative Partners
January to August, 2010 –Elluminate
teleconferences between TTUHSC
SON/SOM, SUCN and Manila partners
August, 2010 – Date agreed upon for
planning meeting for Fogarty Grant
application development
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Historical Timeline (cont..)
August 18-20, 2010 – Planning meeting
for Fogarty Grant application held in
Dumaguete City held between TTUHSC
SON/SOM and SU, SUCN, SUCM, and
LGU (Dumaguete City officials)
August 24, 2010 – Planning meeting
continued in Manila between TTUHSC
SON/SOM and WHO/WPRO, PRC, DOH,
UPCN and PNA
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Historical Timeline (cont..)
August 18-20, 2010 – Planning meeting
for Fogarty Grant application held in
Dumaguete City held between TTUHSC
SON/SOM and SU, SUCN, SUCM, and
LGU (Dumaguete City officials)
August 24, 2010 – Planning meeting
continued in Manila between TTUHSC
SON/SOM and WHO/WPRO, PRC, DOH,
UPCN and PNA
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