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MANILA, Philippines, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The Philippine College of Surgeons & Docquity - SE Asia's largest professional

network of Doctors holds First and Largest Online Convention For Surgeons in

South-East Asia.

Docquity, a breakthrough "collaboration and learning" platform for medical

professionals and The Philippine College of Surgeons PCS, hosted the SEA

region's first virtual convention for general surgeons this month, attracting

4,900 doctors across multiple specialisations & multiple cities, in the pursuit

of co-learning and collaboration.

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Philippines' First & Largest Online Convention for doctors

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way many industries operate and has

propelled the pace of digitization exponentially as communities across the

world go virtual. Even the healthcare industry, which is traditionally slow to

adopt digital practices, is moving at speed with a shift towards telehealth.

This surge in virtual healthcare has also prompted physicians globally to

engage with each other and co-share their medical expertise.

Held over two days, the 46th Midyear Convention titled "Current Directions in

Surgery" welcomed almost 4,900 unique – doctors from multiple specialisations

and its sub-specialities as they joined in remotely from home to discuss a

range of topics from scientific studies on Advanced Imaging and Trauma

Management to how specific fields are adapting to the COVID pandemic such as –

Surgical infection prevention, Cancer care, Surgical and Oncology.

Speaking on the occasion of the region's first online convention for surgeons,

Dr Rex Go, (PCS Board of Regents), said: "This event is one for the books.

History has been made, not just here in the Philippines but for the region as

well. I hope this opens the door for more opportunities for Docquity. Thank you

for partnering with PCS."

Rowena Belgica, country lead of Docquity, said, "Despite the pandemic, the PCS

still managed to reach its members and ensure that the best and most up-to-date

practices are shared, which will make a difference to patients at the receiving

end of their care. I want to express my gratitude to PCS for trusting our

platform in advancing their knowledge through continuing medical education."

Southeast Asia's largest continual learning Platform for Doctors

Docquity is a verified and secure continual learning & collaboration network

for medical practitioners, founded to help the medical community exchange

expertise that can enhance their learning to the benefit of their patients. As

COVID-19 has shown, timely information flow can help to save countless lives.

"Every doctor brings in their own expertise and experience, think about the

potential when such experiences are shared and learnt from by all doctors –

Doctors learning from each other's experience to drive benefits to patients –

That's what Docquity strives to enable." Indranil, Co-founder of Docquity

shares.

In Deloitte's 2020 global healthcare outlook

report(https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/life-sciences-and-healthcare/ar

ticles/global-health-care-sector-outlook.html), it is found that access to

adequate and high-quality medical research is often a major contributing factor

to physician attrition. "The education and training of the existing workforce,

along with the preparation of an appropriate pipeline of talented future staff,

will be key to the success of any program of change," according to the report.

Besides co-learning and sharing, Docquity is also the most convenient way for

medical professionals to further their credentials by earning Continuing

Professional Development (CPD) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) points

from the comfort of their own homes or practice.

Amit Vithal Co founder of Docquity, said, "Doctors are our heroes, & Docquity

has been built for doctors. We are committed to leveraging technology and

facilitating exchange of ideas, thoughts and experiences amongst medical

professionals. Byte sized – Continual co-learning."

While digital learning soars to provide convenient access to world-class

physician expertise, Docquity strives to become the platform for these

value-added exchanges and to allow interactive, real-time discussions and

sharing of best practices.

For updates on events in respective regions, please visit

https://docquity.com/#/

About Docquity

Docquity was established in 2015 to expand cooperation and knowledge exchange

in the healthcare industry. Working exclusively with Medical Institutions and

National Medical Associations, Docquity's doctors' only network, enables

doctors to consult and collaborate with each other while providing Continuing

Medical Education & medical conferences directly to doctors' mobiles.

To date, Docquity has over 190,000 verified doctors in 5 countries within S.E

Asia and is the largest professional network of doctors in S.E Asia. Docquity

is backed by investment from both. Corporate investors such as Itochu Corp

Japan and financial VCs including Singapore Press Holdings, Genesia Ventures

Japan , Spiral Ventures Japan & Purvi Capital from the United States.

Headquartered in Singapore, Docquity has a 127 member team based our Singapore,

India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.

Website: https://docquity.com/#/

SOURCE:  Docquity

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