The Department of Pediatrics aims to achieve the following:

A. HEALTH CARE

1. To strengthen and improve the effective delivery of appropriate, competent and compassionate care of all pediatric patients.

2. To strive to meet the ideal standards and best practices of pediatric care.

3. To continue developing and establishing new and relevant ambulatory service programs for children.

B. TRAINING AND RESEARCH

1. To make sure residents acquire adequate knowledge in Pediatrics, develop critical thinking and analytical skills, and possess the proper attitudes and conduct.

2. To promote and further strengthen its pursuit for excellence in research

3. To provide continuing medical education, as well as professional and human development programs, for medical and non-medical personnel of the hospital.

Child Development Specialist
Dr. Ma. Ferriza Isaguirre

Pediatric Neurologist
Dr. Gilda Fernandez

Child/Adolescent/Adult Psychiatrist
Dr. Daisy Ann Artuz

Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Melanie Herrera 

Speech Therapist
Davilin G. Quilantang

Child Occupational Therapists
Anya Dizon
Erwin Torres
Mary Ann Roldan
Jomar Tiburcio 
Josef Bareng.

PHILOSOPHY
The Residency Training Program of the Department of Pediatrics of Brokenshire Hospital exists to provide holistic training of residents in clinical Pediatrics based on the prescribed standards of training set by the Phil. Pediatric Society Inc. It seeks to graduate clinicians who are competent and skilled and who will provide quality and compassionate care to the children in communities they choose to serve. This program shall favor trainees whose career direction is to bring their services to communities where they are most needed.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Residency Training Program of the department is a progressive and graduated training program of at least three years duration. Its academic and instructional activities are designed and regularly updated according to the standards set by the Philippine Pediatric Society, Inc. The program is intended to create opportunities for the acquisition of knowledge, the necessary skills and the proper attitudes in dealing with the preventive, promotive and curative aspects of child health care.`

The program is directly under the supervision of the Training Officer of the department with the support of its own Training Committee, as well as, that of the Committee on Continuing Medical Education of the hospital.

The residents-in-training are medical graduates who have passed the Medical Board Licensure Examinations and who have fulfilled the selection criteria set by the department and have passed the entrance requirement prescribed by Brokenshire Hospital.

CORE CURRICULUM
The core curriculum of the training program is based on the levels of care drafted by the Phil. Pediatric Society Specialty Board and likewise, the Hospital Accreditation Board. It is intended to enable the graduates of the program to be certified and accredited by the PPS Specialty Board.

Clinical Services. Diagnostic, curative and rehabilitative services are provided for patients who come for maternity and reproductive health conditions and problems.

The OB-Gyne Wing provides a wide range of services, having 41 beds with private and ward accommodations, it is available for admitted patients with antenatal or birthing needs. The Labor and Delivery complex has a Lamaze Room, labor rooms accommodating 9-12 patients, 2 delivery rooms, and 1 delivery cum operating room equipped with external fetal monitors, hand-held Doppler machines, and an automatic birthing bed and operating table.

Brokenshire Woman Center (BWC). Starting operations as a birthing center The BWC was established in 1999 by the Department of Obstetric and Gynecology of the Brokenshire Hospital in Davao City. It but envision to be a comprehensive Reproductive Health Services Center.

It is dedicated to help underserved women cope with their reproductive health needs at each of the various stages of their lives – adolescence, early childhood, childbearing, perimenopausal and postmenopausal period. It is committed to make quality reproductive health care accessible. It offers a variety of clinical, educational and support services by its staff who believe that wellness and healing are enhanced by sensitive, friendly and compassionate health care.

In February 2000, the BWC was granted support for capability building by the FORD foundation. Its strengths lie not only in services, but also in Reproductive Health integration to services and training programs in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Further, it engages in collaborations and takes on a principal role in reproductive health education and advocacy work in Davao city.

Services:
a.) Maternity
• Prenatal Care
• Childbirth by any mode of delivery
• Standard Newborn Care
• Postpartum Care
b.) Family Planning
• Natural and Artificial Methods
• Tubal Ligation
c.) Cancer Screening
• Pap Smear
• Breast Examination and Teaching Self Breast Examination
d.) Menopause Clinic
e.) Surgeries
• Cesarean Section
• Abdominal Hysterectomy
• Salpingo-oophorectomy
• Myomectomy
• Dilation & Curettage (D & C)
• Completion Curettage for Incomplete Abortions

Maternity Benefits:
a.) Prenatal Check-up included in package

b.) Tetanus Toxoid Immunization

c.) Prenatal Classes on
• Lamaze Method
• Breast Feeding
• Nutrition
• Infant Care
• Other, as needed

d.) Laboratory Examination on Admission (Medicare Patients)
• CBC, Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, Blood Typing
• Urinalysis
• Hepatitis B Screening

e.) Accommodation in the Woman Center Ward
• Twenty four (24) hours for normal delivery and post-Tubal Ligation.
• Three (3) days for Cesarean Section and other Operative Procedure.

f.) Medication
• Local Anesthesia
• Oxytocin
• Oral Pain Relievers
• Ergot Alkaloids
• Oral Antibiotics
• Add: for Cesarean Deliveries
• IV Fluids
• Spiral Anesthesia

Criteria for Patient Qualification
a.) Obstetrics Cases
• Low Risk
• Patients requiring vaginal delivery or Cesarean section (primary or repeat)
• Patients who have incomplete abortion, non-viable pregnancies, non-septic.
• Age of Gestation: may enroll preferably at about 12 weeks AOG (three months) or as soon as pregnancy is diagnose.

b.) Gynecology Cases
• Patients with benign tumors of the pelvis (e.g. Uterine Myoma, Ovarian Cyst)
• Good Risk Patients (must pass Cardio-pulmonary/Medical Screening)

c.) Financially Disadvantaged: must pass Finance Office (patients profile for qualification)

d.) Patient willing to have regular prenatal visits

e.) Patient willing to have Cardio-Pulmonary/Medical Training

Special Category
a.) High risk patients identified during prenatal care and intrapartum period will be managed as House Cases with minimal charges.
Example:

• Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
• Preeclampsia
• Oligohydramnios or Polyhydramnios
• Intrauterine Growth Restriction
• Gestational Diabetes
• Preterm Pregnancy, In Labor
• Postmaturity