Romualdez lauds RTR Medical Foundation’s performance in PT board exams

MANILA, Philippines–House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has lauded the Tacloban-based Doña Remedios T. Romualdez Medical Foundation (DRTRMF), also known as Remedios T. Romualdez (RTR), for topping the nationwide list of schools in the Physical Therapists Licensure Examination this month.

Romualdez’s commendation came after the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that RTR had achieved a 92.11% passing rate, with 35 out of 38 board takers passing the examinations.

This performance led RTR to be recognized as the top school nationwide in the category of having 30 or more examinees. Notably, RTR posted a 100% passing rate for all first-takers of the board exams.

“It gives me great pride whenever a school in my hometown achieves a remarkable feat in any event,” Romualdez said. He noted the RTR’s college of physical therapy, led by Dean Jay Anthony Cañete, as a significant contributor to this achievement.

Meanwhile, Dodievic Arma, who placed 5th, and Fatima Therese Doyon, who placed 10th among the top 10 examinees nationwide, hail from the Tacloban institution.

“And it also gives me great pleasure to know that we have topnotchers in the city! This calls for a double celebration!” the House Speaker said.

Romualdez offered his congratulations to the “officials, faculty, employees and students of RTR for this wonderful achievement,” asserting that the success demonstrated the “top-notch caliber of education” at the institution.

Out of the 1,026 who took the PT licensure exam this June, a total of 708 passed, according to PRC data.

RTR was founded in 1980 by Romualdez’s father, then-Leyte Governor Benjamin Romualdez, and was named in honor of the governor’s mother, Remedios T. Romualdez. The school’s recent success, Romualdez said, indicates they should “keep up the good work of training excellence for years to come.”