MUGI Project

Calling all 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️medical residents: get a chance to win an iPad mini 📱or Php 5,000! 💸

Are you currently training in a medical residency program in the Philippines? We are conducting a study on preferences of newly-trained doctors when deciding to join a specialist deployment program and your insights are essential.

Select your specialty below to start the survey:

💉 Anesthesiology : https://tinyurl.com/mugidceanes
🔪 Surgery: https://tinyurl.com/mugidcesurgery
🩻 Radiology: https://tinyurl.com/mugidceradiology
🔬 Pathology: https://tinyurl.com/mugidcepatho
🩺 Internal medicine: https://tinyurl.com/mugidceim
🤰 Obstetrics & gynecology: https://tinyurl.com/mugidceobgyn
🤱 Pediatrics: https://tinyurl.com/mugidcepedia
🫂 Psychiatry: https://tinyurl.com/mugidcepsych
🧑‍⚕️ Family medicine: https://tinyurl.com/mugidcefammed

✅ Eligibility: Open to all current residents in the specialties listed above. Eligible respondents must complete the survey and consent to the draw to be eligible to win the prizes.
✅ Time: The survey takes approximately 20 - 30 minutes.
✅ Tokens: 1 iPad mini and 3 winners of ₱5,000 per specialty.
✅ Privacy: Your responses are strictly confidential and used for research purposes only.

📣 Calling all deployed doctors under DTTB, PRDP, and EPSB! 💙
The MUGI MSQ Survey is now open and we need your help to make it reach more doctors across the country!

🩺 For New Respondents:
Share your experiences as a deployed doctor and help improve future physician deployment and retention programs in the Philippines - plus get a chance to win amazing prizes! 🎉

🎁 Raffle Prizes for New Respondents:
🏆 1 Grand Prize – iPad Mini (A17 Pro chip; Wi-Fi only; 128GB)
💙 ₱5,000 each for 3 DTTB, 3 PRDP, and 3 EPSB winners

✅ To qualify:
Complete the MUGI MSQ Survey and provide consent for a short Key Informant Interview (KII).
👉 Take the survey here: bit.ly/MUGI-Survey

⚠️ Only those who have not yet answered the survey are eligible. Duplicate responses will not be counted.

💬 Separate Raffle: The Lucky Sharer Prize!
Already joined or want to help out? You can still win ₱5,000 by spreading the word!
🔹 Share the MUGI Survey with 5 new doctors = 1 raffle entry
🔹 You can share multiple times as long as they’re not duplicates
📸 Submit your proof of sharing here: https://tinyurl.com/MUGIMSQLuckySharer

🗓️ Survey period: November–December 2025

Your participation and support will help us strengthen physician deployment and retention programs across the Philippines. 💙

📩 Questions? Email [email protected]

📣 Medical residents, we need your input! 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🫶🏼

Are you currently in residency training in any of the following specialties?

💊 Internal Medicine
🩺 Family Medicine
💉 Anesthesiology
🪡 Surgery
🤰🏽 Obstetrics & Gynecology
👶🏻 Pediatrics
🩻 Radiology
🔬 Pathology
🧠 Psychiatry

We’re conducting a study to better understand what influences where newly trained specialists choose to practice — and we need your input!

As a resident, your insights are valuable in helping us identify what matters most to specialists when deciding where to practice. This will guide the design of our study and support policies that aim to improve access to specialist care across the Philippines. 🇵🇭

🗓️ Scan the QR code below or go to https://calendar.app.google/zwq1xpevG4fAKNLu7 to join a short online discussion.*
Your voice can help make a lasting impact. 💙

*This is a paid engagement. You will be provided with honorarium and communications allowance for participating.

Second monitoring visit done! ✅

Last August 26, the St. Luke’s Medical Center HERE Foundation conducted its 2nd monitoring visit at ASMPH Center for Research and Innovation as part of its support to the Measuring and Understanding Geographic Inequities in Physician Distribution (MUGI) Project.

The MUGI team, composed of Principal Investigator Dr. Manuel M. Dayrit, Co-investigators Mr. Veincent Pepito and Dr. Juhani Capeding, Research Assistant Dr. Ryan Molen, Technical Research Associate Ms. Ann Payumo, and Project Administrator Ms. Hazel Ivy Jeremias, presented the project progress completed during the second quarter.

Thank you very much, SLMC HERE Foundation, for your unwavering support to the MUGI Project.

📣 CALLING SPECIALISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES, COME AND SHARE YOUR STORIES 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🫶🏼

Are you a specialist in…
💊 Internal medicine
🩺 Family medicine
💉 Anesthesiology
🤰🏽 Obstetrics and gynecology
🩻 Radiology
🔬 Pathology

Do you have at least 10 years experience practicing your specialization? Are you practicing medicine in less urbanized areas in the Philippines?

If you are, then we want to hear your stories! Share your insights with us and contribute to improving specialist access in the country. 💙

Scan the QR code below or go to bit.ly/mugisched to schedule an interview with us.

[MUGI] - KII with a Specialist - Ateneo School of Medicine & Public Health [ASMPH]

🗣WE STILL NEED RESPONDENTS!

👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️Calling all DTTBs, PRDPs, and EPSBs, we need your insights!
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Are you a doctor currently serving in the following DOH Deployment programs?
🩺 Doctor to the Barrio (DTTB)
🩺 Espesyalista para sa Bayan (EPSB)
🩺 Post-Residency Deployment Program Physician (PRDP)
If you are, then we need your insights! 💙
Help us improve physician deployment programs in the country by accomplishing our survey bit.ly/MUGI-Survey and get a chance to win PHP 5,000 when you complete the survey and volunteer as an interview participant!
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If you know someone who’s out there serving our country as a Doctor to the Barrios (DTTB), Espesyalista para sa Bayan (EPSB), or a Post-residency Deployment Program Physician (PRDP), or if you feel passionate about UHC - share this post! 💙
We need more respondents for our study on the geographic inequities of physician distribution in the Philippines. 📣📣📣