When po usually yung approval dates na nilalagay sa Visa?
Still waiting for our visa
Pero just curious
Will they approved the dates starting from our request? or minsan earlier?
u/hapontukin — 5 days ago
▲ 4 r/PHKamote
Today I learned may website pala para mag sumbong sa LTO
Ireport Mo Kay LTO Chief yung pangalan. May mga nag submit na ba dito?
u/hapontukin — 12 days ago
▲ 153 r/pinoymed
Resident dropouts and fellow resignations are often driven by mental health issues, unmet expectations, specialty changes, and illness in UP PGH
This study tells us who resigned. What it doesn't tell us is why the system keeps producing residents who feel they have no choice but to resign.
Future research needs to stop focusing solely on resident characteristics and start examining the training environment itself—workload, leadership, psychological safety, bullying, staffing, supervision, and institutional culture.
Stop looking only at the residents. Start looking in the mirror.
When the same problems keep happening across different people, perhaps the problem isn't the people.
u/hapontukin — 2 months ago
▲ 55 r/pinoymed
Nurse turned doctor turned consultant ngayon: if you could choose again, consultant sa Pinas or nurse abroad?
Hello sa mga nurse-turned-doctor na consultants na ngayon (cutting or non-cutting). Sana may mga may real-life experience na makapag-share.
Lately, with everything happening: rallies, Senate dramas, healthcare issues, napapaisip na talaga ako. Akala ko after residency, okay na. Pero parang hindi pa pala. Ngayon pa na tumataas ang minimum wage while professional fees seem to stay the same, parang lalong humihirap ang private practice. Andami na rin fake medical doctors online and fake meds na mas malaki pa kita sa tunay na doktor.
Minsan naiisip ko kung worth it bang bumalik sa nursing, pero abroad naman.
Option 1: Nurse in a first-world country (US, Canada, UK, Australia, etc.)
Pros:
- Much higher salary and earning potential
- Better benefits and stronger labor protections
- Opportunity for permanent residency or citizenship
- Exposure to a more organized healthcare system
- Ma-experience man lang ang maayos na healthcare environment and good governance
Cons:
- Physically and emotionally demanding
- Long shifts, understaffing, and burnout
- Malayo sa family and friends
- Starting over in a different country and culture
Option 2: Consultant in the Philippines
Pros:
- Stay close to family and friends
- No need to migrate or start over
- Ikaw ang boss mo, especially in private practice
Cons:
- Income can be unpredictable, especially early on
- Rising cost of living while professional fees don't seem to keep up
- Career growth and earnings vary greatly depending on specialty, location, and connections
- Limited international opportunities compared with working abroad
Sa mga nakaranas na ng isa o pareho:
- If you're now practicing as a consultant in the Philippines, are you happy with your career, income, and quality of life?
- If you went back to nursing abroad, was the higher salary worth leaving medicine and starting over?
- If you had the chance to choose again, would you make the same decision?
- Looking back after 5–10 years, which path gave you a better overall life, not just financially, but in terms of family, happiness, health, and long-term stability?
I'm really hoping to hear honest experiences from people who've actually lived through these decisions. Salamat!
u/hapontukin — 2 months ago