Davao Doctors College
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| Motto | "Through excellence we shall lead" |
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| Type | Private, Nonsectarian College |
| Established | 1975 |
| Students | ≈1,000,000–5,000,000 |
| Location | Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines |
| Campus | General Malvar Street, Davao City, 8000 |
| Hymn | College Hymn |
| Colors | White & Purple |
| Website | Official website |
Davao Doctors College (DDC) is a private and nonsectarian academic institution in Davao City in the island of Mindanao, Philippines . It was established in 1975 by Cristina Rivero Casiño, who also became its first director, and was first known as Davao Doctors Hospital School of Nursing (DDHSN). Back then, a three-year basic course in Nursing was the only course offered. It was incorporated by a group of medical doctors in response to the urgent demand for nurses in Davao Doctors Hospital, of which the college is a subsidiary company. Mrs. Casiño, who had a master's degree in nursing from Columbia University, with the help and support of the hospital board, slowly expanded from initially a one-classroom school to a well-known school in the city. After expanding its curriculum, it officially became Davao Doctors College in 1981.
Davao Doctors College is also one of the six academic institutions in Region XI with Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) accredited programs by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) as of December 2011.
The Research Institute of Davao Doctors College has linkages with PAIR (Philippine Association of Institutions for Research), DACUN (Davao Colleges and Universities Network), UP CHED ZRC (UP – CHED Zonal Research Center), RHRDC XI (Regional Health Research Development Consortium Region X1), REDTI (Research and Education DOST Department of Science and Technology), DOH (Department of Health), other GOs and NGOs, City Health, City Women's Desk, Tanikala, ZONTA.
In the national search for sustainable and eco-friendly schools sponsored by Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR), together with the Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and Smart Communications, Davao Doctors College won as Regional Champion for the most eco-friendly school in the college level. The said competition is the Philippines' initiative in support of the ASEAN Environmental Education Plan (2008-2012) and the United Nations Decade of Education for sustainable development (2005-2014).
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