MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

1. MEDICAL
REVIEW

TECHNOLOGY

LICENSURE

EXAMINATION

An extensive review course for candidates who will be taking the

licensure examinations. A program which offers excellent
training in a motivation-oriented approach. Whether taking the
examination for the first time or repeating it, this review
program will give you focus and direction essential for your
preparation.
Reviewees practice reading and listening while taking down
notes, interpreting, analyzing and answering morse type and
multiple choice questions which aim to enhance the students
reasoning strategies. Individual strengths and weaknesses are
assessed as questions are viewed/ coached in major
examination content areas.
Materials include a course syllabus, suggested references,
content area study hints, study strategies, questionnaires and
practice pencil and paper examination strategies done in a twoday simulated board examination. Specifically, the review will
include the following:
* Compiled manual
* Pretest with rationalization
* Assessment examination with rationalization
* Removal Examinations 1 and 2 with rationalization
* With over 5,000 questions given (each section and batch with
varying examination sets)
* Lectures
* Reinforcement
* Intensive Recap
* Simulated Board Examination with rationalization
* Two-day Final Coaching
* Performance evaluation with grade computation
* Online exam practice

MEMORIZATION
Use memory effectively.

Try to think of strategies that would be useful to you. Each

depends on how comfortable you are with, or how useful they
are to your way of thinking.
1. Acronyms
An acronym is an invented combination of letters. Each letter is
a cue to, or suggests, an item you need to remember.
2. Keywords
This may prove very useful especially in wordy texts.
3. Chaining
Create a story where each word or idea you have to remember
cues the next idea you need to recall.

Focus on the task at hand and eliminate distraction.

However, there may be times when your mind wanders from
one thing to another, your worries distract you, outside
distractions take you away before you know it, and the material
may be boring and difficult.
How to achieve concentration:
1. Have your study place.
Get a dedicated space, chair, lighting, and environment.
2. Stick to a routine, efficient study schedule.
Accommodate your day/nighttime energy levels. Study your
most difficult courses at your high energy times.
3. Focus.
Before you begin studying, take a few minutes to summarize a
few objectives, gather what you will need, and think of a general
strategy of accomplishment.
How do you spend your typical 24-hour day?

Watch

as

time

slips

away Strategies

Here are strategies how to develop your study time.

1. Develop and plan for blocks of study time in a typical
week.
Blocks are ideally around 50 minutes. Some difficult material
may require more frequent breaks. Shorten your study blocks if
necessary, but dont forget to return to the task at hand. Just
remember: place your blocks of time when you are most
productive. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
2. Determine your study space.
Where can you maximize your concentration and be free of
distractions? Have a back-up space that you can escape to, like
the library, departmental study center, or even a coffee shop
where you can be anonymous.
3. Review weekly your accomplishments.
Have you accomplished your goals? At the end of each week,
evaluate yourself.
Avoiding Procrastination
To remedy procrastination:
1. Know what you want to accomplish. What is the final
objective? The end result?
2. Remind yourself what you have done so far. The longest
journey begins with a first step.
3. List out what stands in your way. What is in your power to
change? What resources outside yourself do you need?
4. Remind yourself what will happen if you dont progress. It
wont hurt to scare yourself a little.
5. Focus on the immediate task and project, and build up from
there.
Developing self-discipline
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When you dont have control over your own self, how can you
control time?
As you control tasks, you build self-discipline.
As you build self-discipline, you build time management.
As you build time management, you build self-confidence.
Schedule a task and hold to its time; avoid acting on
impulse.
Track your progress. At the end of the allotted time, keep a
record of accomplishment that builds over time.
Study Habits of Highly Effective Students

Take responsibility. In order to succeed, you need to make

decisions about your priorities, your time and your resources.
Prioritize. Put first things first. Dont let others distract you
from your goals. Arrange your schedule to eliminate distractions.
Know when you are most productive. Study at the times
when you think youre able to absorb ideas best. Morning,
afternoon, or evening?
Try not to overdo things. Select a reasonable chunk of
material to study. Do not do too much studying at a time. Doing
such will tire you and will decrease your effectivity. Space the
work you have to do over short periods of time. Taking short
breaks in between will restore your mental energy.
Investigate alternative sources of information you can
refer to (other textbooks, websites, etc.) Inquire from support
professionals for assistance.
At
the
end
of
each
study,
re-examine
and
evaluate. Examine your progress with tests and examinations.
Keep a positive attitude and aspire for better results.
Studying with Multiple Sources
Information can be delivered through a variety of formats.

Textbooks provide a foundation of facts and viewpoints. During

the review, we tend to absorb ideas better in information from
short, well-constructed texts. Read your text to provide the
factual framework from which to begin. However, reading the
whole textbook is time- consuming; instead, use it as an adjunct
to your review materials given to you. Use shorter, more focused
sources of information.
Additional readings and alternative sources of information can
assist you to create a richer understanding with additional
information and perspective. With these, you can practice and
familiarize with new concepts which may prove indispensible.
However, too much information can impede your learning.
During your review here at ACTS, you will be guided to which
study material to best equip you with just the necessary
information to pass the board examinations. Use in-class time
to test your understanding and ask questions.
Reading Effectively
Get a perspective, an overview of things.
Have a syllabus (or the matrix). Look through it and use it as a
guide.
After knowing the topics for review, survey the topics in your
reading materials for how the content is organized. This is not to
fully understand, rather develop preliminary associations of bits
of information that later will help you understand. Notice the
major concepts, headings, boldfaced material, and graphics.
First Reading
Its main purpose is to read and get a good idea of the material:
what you understand, and what you do not. Read sentences and
paragraphs and pause. Let your mind assemble the parts you
just read to give you the meaning of the whole unit. This will
only happen if you intentionally are paying attention to the
meanings. Look back and forth between words and related
graphics.
From time to time, ask yourself if you are on track to
understanding. Ask your academic advisor for help. If meanings
come very slowly, take a break. Do not overdo it.

Second reading
This is a review of the first reading. Return to what you do not
understand. This is a form of reinforcement. Mark or highlight
what you think is important. You can write beside your notes if
you want to. Write new vocabulary and concepts down along
with short meanings and cues. Read aloud if you must. Your
translation of printed texts into spoken words may activate
meanings.
Review and review
Repetition enhances your learning ability.

EXAMINATION INFORMATION
SCOPE OF EXAMINATION
In accordance with Section 17 of Republic Act 5527, the
examination questions shall cover the following subjects
with their respective relative weights:
Clinical Chemistry

20
%
Microbiology & Parasitology
20
%
Hematology
20
%
Blood Banking, Immunology and Serology
20
%
Clinical Microscopy (Urinalysis and other body fluids)
10
%
Histopathologic Techniques, Cytotechnology, Medical
10
Technology Laws, Related Laws and its implementing rules, %
and the Code of Ethics

COMPUTATION OF THE GRADE

In accordance with Section 19 of Republic Act 5527, in order to

pass the examination, a candidate must obtain a general
average of at least seventy-five percent in the written test,
with no rating below fifty percent in any of the major
subjects: Provided, That the candidate has not failed in at least
sixty percent of the subjects computed according to their
relative weights. No further examinations, unless and until he
shall have completed 12 months refresher course in an
accredited laboratory: Provided, That graduate of paramedical
profession other than Bachelor of Science in Medical
Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene admitted to an
examination under the provisions of this Act shall not be given
further examinations after the provisions of this Act shall be
given further examinations after his failure to qualify for the
third time.

REVIEW BOOKS

IMMUNOLOGY-SEROLOGY AND BLOOD BANKING

Clinical Immunology and Serology: A Laboratory Perspective by
Christine Dorresteyn Stevens
Essentials of Immunology and Serology by Jacqueline Stanley
Laboratory Immunology by Neville Bryant
Immunology and Serology in Laboratory Medicine by Mary
Louise Turgeon
Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices by Denise
Harmening
Fundamentals of Immunohematology by Mary Louise Turgeon
Immunology-Serology and Blood Banking by Rodolfo Rabor

CLINICAL MICROSCOPY
Henrys Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory
Methods
Urinalysis and Body Fluids by Susan Strasinger
Graffs Textbook of Urinalysis and Body Fluids
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CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
Henrys Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory
Methods
Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Procedures, and Correlations by
Michael Bishop
Clinical Chemistry: A fundamental Textbook by Donald
Calbreath
Clinical Chemistry by Rodolfo Rabor

HEMATOLOGY
Henrys Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory
Methods
Hematology: Principles, Procedures, and Correlations by Cheryl
Lotspeich-Steininger
Hematology: Principles and Procedures by Barbara Brown
Hematology: Clinical Principles and Applications by Rodak et.al.
Widmanns Clinical Interpretation of Laboratory Tests

MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY

Bailey and Scotts Diagnostic Microbiology
Introduction to Diagnostic Microbiology-A Text and Workbook by
Maria Delost
Basic Clinical Parasitology by Franklin Neva and Harold Brown
Parasitology by Rodolfo Rabor
Philippine Textbook on Medical Parasitology by de Leon and
Belizario
Medical Microbiology by Jawetz
Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology by Mahon et.al.

HISTOTECHNIQUES AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LAWS AND ETHICS

Histopathologic Techniques by Jocelyn Bruce-Gregorios
Medical Technology Laws and Ethics by Rodolfo Rabor
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY/CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE REVIEW

BOOKS
A Concise Review of Clinical Laboratory Science by Joel
Hubbard
Prentice Hall Healths Question and Answer Review of MT/CLS
by Anne Ciulla
Clinical Laboratory Science Review by Robert Harr
PER Review Manual/ Questions and Answers for Clinical
Laboratory Examinations
Albas Medical Technology Board Examination Review
USEFUL LINKS

Important links that may be of interest to our healthcare professiona

Professional Regulation Commission,
Philippines
Philippine Association of Medical
Technologists, Inc
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
American Medical Technologists
World Education Services
Visa Screen Application
Health Authority Abu Dhabi
Laboratory Field Services
IELTS
DOH
QUIA

www.prc.gov.ph
www.pametinc.org
www.ascp.org
www.americanmedtech
.org
www.wes.org
www.cgfns.org
www.pearsonvue.com/
haad
www.cdph.ca.gov
www.ielts.org
www.doh.gov.ph
www.quia.com

CONTACT US
ACTS REVIEW CENTER

Room 509 5th Floor J & T Building

3894 Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard Sta. Mesa, Manila
Philippines 1016
Office Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Mondays to
Saturdays)

Telephone: (02) 716-7683 or (02) 714-3405

Cellphone: 0920-901-8844 or 0917-465-8924
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Email: info@actsreviewcenter.com
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HOW MUCH IS THE REVIEW FEE?CLICK TO HIDE
Local Board Exam Review P10,500.00
International Certification Exam Review P14,000.00
Baguio RMT Review P12,500.00
Cebu RMT Review P18,500.00

LOCAL BOARD EXAM REVIEW

Review Fee is inclusive of the following:
Compiled Manual
Pre-Test with rationalization
Assessment exams with rationalization
Removal exams 1 & 2 with rationalization
With over 5,000 questions given (each section & batch with
varying exam sets)
Lectures
Reinforcement
Intensive Recap

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Simulated board exam with rationalization

Two-day final coaching
Performance evaluation with grade computation
Online exam review
Two-day final coaching
Performance evaluation with grade computation
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION EXAM REVIEW
Review Fee is inclusive of the following:
Two (2) study guide books
Modules
Knowledge Recall Examination
Knowledge Assessment Examination
Comprehensive Review
Assistance in online and paper application processing
Performance evaluation
Practice Computer-Based Test based on the AMT/ASCPi exam
content guidelines. We believe that this will further boost our
reviewees knowledge and confidence and perform better during
the actual examinations.

REVIEW SCHEDULES & FEES

1. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LICENSURE EXAMINATION REVIEW

MARCH 2015 BOARD EXAMINATIONS
Review schedules: Mondays to Saturdays, 8am to 12nn and 8am
to 5pm
First Batch

November 10, 2014 to January 16,

2015

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Second Batch

January 06, 2015 to February 27,

2015

Review Fee: Php 10,500.00

REGIONAL MT REVIEW FOR MARCH 2015 BOARD
EXAMINATIONS
Review schedules: Mondays to Saturdays, 8am to 12nn and 8am
to 5pm
Baguio City

January 13, 2015 to February 28,

2015

Review Fee: Php 12,500.00

SEPTEMBER 2015 BOARD EXAMINATIONS

Review schedules: Mondays to Saturdays, 8am to 12nn and 8am
to 5pm
First Batch

April 13, 2015 to May 29, 2015

Second Batch

June 04, 2015 to August 04, 2015

Third Batch

July 01, 2015 to August 26, 2015

Review Fee: Php 11,500.00

Discounts for Honor Students
Recent Graduates
Summa and Magna 100%
Cum Laude
50%

Graduated 1 Year
Ago
Summa and Magna
Cum Laude

50%
20%

REGIONAL MT REVIEW FOR SEPTEMBER 2015 BOARD

EXAMINATIONS
Review schedules: Mondays to Saturdays, 8am to 5pm
Baguio City
July 07, 2015 to August 27,

Review fee P12,500

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2015
Cebu City
June 15, 2015 to August 15,
2015

Review fee P18,500

Davao City
June 22, 2015 to August 22,
2015

Review fee P18,500

2. THE COMBINED ASCPI/AMT/HAAD REVIEW

2014 Review Schedules: Saturdays and Sundays, 9am to 4pm
Fourth Batch

November 08, 2014 to January 25, 2015

Review Fees: Php 14,000.00

2015 Review Schedules: Saturdays and Sundays, 9am to 4pm
First Batch

February 07, 2015 to April 26, 2015

Second Batch

May 09, 2015 to July 19, 2015

Third Batch

August 15, 2015 to October 25, 2015

Fourth Batch

November 07, 2015 to January 31, 2016

Review Fees: Php 15,000.00

3. REGIONAL REVIEW ASCPI/AMT/HAAD

Review Schedules for 2015

Cebu City

Baguio City

Davao City

Review Fees: Php 19,500.00

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Minimum number of students: 50

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