CPU Pharmacy graduate Top 5 in board exam

• Source: https://www.panaynews.net/cpu-pharmacy-graduate-top-5-in-board-exam/
• Sunday, August 12, 2018

By Ian Paul Cordero (PN)

ILOILO City – A graduate of Central Philippine University ranked No. 5 in the recent licensure examination for pharmacists administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

The 21-year-old Apryl Joyce Campañera Catalan got a rating of 91.22 percent.

“Faith in God, His grace and guidance,” she said, were her keys to passing the exam.

PRC conducted the licensure examinations in key cities – Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Zamboanga – on Aug. 4 and 5. The results were released on Wednesday.

Catalan, a resident of Barangay San Roque, Jaro district, said she wasn’t initially sure she passed the exam.

“Pag-release sang results nag-brownout,” she told Panay News.

With no way of confirming the results, she thought those who congratulated her may have been joking.

Apryl Joyce is the eldest of two children of couple Armin, a government employee, and Daisy Joy, a teacher at CPU.

She said she got a big hug from her happy father after he learned of her feat.

According to the new pharmacist, she would like to proceed to Medicine “if the opportunity arises.”

She may take the National Medical Admission Test this October. A total of 2,927 examinees passed the licensure exam for pharmacists out of 4,230 takers, PRC data showed.

“Do your best…pray and surrender everything to God,” was Catalan’s sisterly advice to students.

Belgian-Filipina Louise Tan Theunis of the Cebu Doctor’s University ranked No. 1 in this year’s exam with a score of 91.55 percent.

According to the PRC, the registration for the issuance of the Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will be done online (www.prc.gov.ph) from Aug. 13 to Aug. 20, 2018.