To recognize research excellence and promote collaborative research among SMEC member schools, the South Manila Educational Consortium held its first SMEC Research Quill Awards in this year’s congress (February 23-24, 2023 at The Bayleaf Intramuros, Manila). The recognition was awarded to authors from SMEC member schools who produced or published a collaborative research that was duly recognized by the SMEC Board of Trustees. Two (2) faculty researchers from the College of Arts and Sciences were awarded the SMEC Research Quill Gold Award for their collaborative research project entitled, “Capacitation of Essential School Workers in Compliance with Philippine COVID-19 Guidelines: A Qualitative Study” which was published in Acta Medica Philippina (Scopus-indexed) on December 2022.

The full paper can be accessed in the citation below:

Cuadra, J. F., Pagkatipunan, P. M. N., Cleofas, J. V., Abulencia, A. S., Chebat, R. G. B., Padilla, E. C., Rojo, J. J. A., Guirit , R. A. C., Lunag, G. C., & Pinto, S. M. C. (2022). Capacitation of Essential School Workers in Compliance with Philippine COVID-19 Guidelines: A Qualitative Study. Acta Medica Philippina. https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.vi0.6289