CAMP Research Directions for 2024-2027 

Guided by the CAMP Research Agenda 2012, the National Unified Health Research Agenda (NUHRA) 2023-2028, and the Department of Science and Technology’s Health Research and Development Agenda 2022-2028, the CAMP faculty identified 4 themes that will guide the college’s research endeavors in the next 3-4 years: 

1. Evidence-driven and transformative allied health education

• • Knowledge, skills, and attitudes of educators
  • Faculty development and mentoring
  • Teaching-learning methods
  • Student learning
  • Educational outcomes
  • Integration of technology
  • Interprofessional education

2. Responsive and capable professionals

• • Knowledge, skills, attitudes, and practice patterns of professionals
  • Distribution in terms of geography, clinical settings, practice areas, etc.
  • Retention and migration

3. Filipino-centric quality service

• • Understanding typical/normal development among Filipinos
  • Culturally-appropriate/relevant tools (scales, checklists, tests, etc.)
  • Service delivery models/programs appropriate for the local context
  • Clinical practice guidelines, care pathways, and decision-making tools
  • Healthcare technologies
  • Health systems (health governance and policies, health information systems, etc.)
  • Interprofessional collaboration

4. Healthy and resilient Filipinos

• • • Health of at-risk and vulnerable populations (epidemiologic research)
    • Health promotion and disability prevention
    • Healthy communities (includes schools/universities and workplaces)
    • Health literacy, communication, and education
    • Resilience and sustainability (includes disaster risk management)
    • Health financing
    • Inclusion

Special areas of interest include: mental health; maternal and reproductive health (e.g., pelvic health)