NATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

2022-2023

PRIMER
 ASSOCIATION OF PHILIPPINE MEDICAL COLLEGES – STUDENT NETWORK
APMC NATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM PRIMER

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction to the APMC National Internship Program 2

II. Online Application Process for the APMC National Internship Program 3

III. Matching Proper and Algorithms 5

IV. Important Dates for 2021-2022 Internship Matching 7

V. Hospitals (and corresponding number of slots) where students can apply to for the August 2022 7
Internship Period

VI. Frequently Asked Questions 11

VII. Publicity Materials 12
VIII. Contact Information 13

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 I. INTRODUCTION

Internship is the last phase of the basic training of the physician. Satisfactory completion of the
12-month internship program is a requirement to be able to take the Physician Licensure Examination
(PLE). The implementation of the Post-Graduate Internship program is supervised and monitored by the
Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Incorporated (APMCI). For students who have graduated
from their 4-year medical program, they have to apply for Post-Graduate Internship through the
National Internship Program of the APMCI prior to being able to take the Physician Licensure
Examination. The application for the National Internship Program or more commonly known as
“Internship Matching” is the process by which post-graduate interns (PGI) are assigned to a certain
hospital (of their choice) for the duration of their post-graduate internship. There are two internship
periods: (1) August 1 to July 31 (of the following year) and (2) January 1 to December 31 (Midyear). For
each internship period, there are several rounds of matching (maximum of three rounds), as not all PGIs
are assigned to a hospital immediately on the first matching. Each applicant is allowed to apply to three
hospitals of their choice (ranked according to their preference) for every round of matching. Their
credentials will be sent to all hospitals they applied for and they will be included in the deliberation of
these hospitals. The hospitals will then furnish APMCI with a final list of their accepted interns. Those
who are accepted in more than one hospital will be matched to the one that was ranked higher (which is
why each intern MUST PLACE THREE DIFFERENT HOSPITALS in their application forms). They will be
automatically matched to the hospital with the highest rank that has accepted their application. If a
lower-ranked hospital (based on a student’s application) has accepted them and the highest-ranked
hospital has not yet released their results, the matching status of that student will still be pending. A
student can only be matched to a lower-ranked hospital if the highest-ranked hospital has not accepted
their application.

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 II. ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE NATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Who are eligible to apply for the Postgraduate Internship Matching Program?

1. An applicant for postgraduate internship must be a Graduate or Prospective graduate of a

medical school duly recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

2. A Filipino Graduate of a Foreign Medical School must have his/her credentials authenticated by
the Department of Foreign Affairs through the nearest Philippine Embassy or Consular Office in
their area. These must then be validated by CHED.

○ If a graduate from countries that are “part of the Apostille Convention, documents must be
apostilled by the relevant competent authorities of the individual state and sent directly
for transactions in the Philippines” (see
https://www.hcch.net/en/states/authorities/details3/?aid=353) effective May 14, 2019.
○ If graduates from countries that are not part of the Apostille Convention, credentials must
be authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs through the nearest Philippine
Embassy/Consular Office in their area.

3. Foreign graduates of Philippine medical schools are NOT eligible to participate in the National
Internship Program (NIP) which the APMCI is designated to administer.

Under the Philippine Laws (The Medical Act of 1959, as amended), only citizens of the Philippines
are allowed to take the Professional Licensure Examination for Medicine. Completion of a full
one-year postgraduate internship is a requirement to be eligible to take the examination. Foreign
graduates of medical schools are not required to undertake postgraduate internship. Medical
schools shall assist their foreign graduates to undergo clinical training after clerkship in their
respective training/base hospital. Such training will be called “Postgraduate Training”

4. The NIP is being conducted electronically using the APMCI electronic National Internship
Program System (eNIPS) web portal. The following must be prepared before registering at the
APMCI eNIPS portal:
○ A list of the applicant’s choice of three (3) hospitals arranged in the order of preference.
○ A Certificate of Clinical Clerkship signed by the dean in PDF format.
○ Transcript of Academic Records signed by the registrar in PDF format.
○ Application fee, which is determined by the APMCI Board of Trustees.

Pay and submit receipt of Matching Fee (P2,000.00)

Bank Details:
ASIA UNITED BANK

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 Account Name: Association of Philippine Medical Colleges, Inc. (APMCI)
Account Number: 043018901809

The Electronic National Internship Program System (e-NIPS) is an online platform used for the APMC
National Internship Program matching. This aims to make application easier, faster and more efficient for
students, medical schools, hospitals and the APMCI. The online platform is accessible at
apmcf-ph.net/enips. Upon arriving at the site, they should be able to see the following interface:

REGISTRATION
A. Click “Register Account” (A) or “HERE” (B)

B. Completely fill out the registration form and upload a formal picture.

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 C. After clicking the “Submit User Registration Details” a confirmation email will be
immediately sent to your email used in the registration.

D. Your registration requires to be validated and approved by the school before you may be
able to log into E-NIPS. Once the school has approved your registration, you will be receiving an
approval email similar below.

E. You may now login using your registered login credentials

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 III. MATCHING PROPER and ALGORITHMS
1. Applications that were forwarded by APMC shall appear at the user interface of the hospital.
2. Hospitals shall have the full contact details of the applicant and can download the true copy of grades
and dean’s certification.
3. Hospitals will not be able to see his ranking among the choices of the applicant.
4. There are 2 possible results that a hospital could record: Accepted OR Not Accepted
5.The applicant will be matched to the highest ranked hospital that has accepted his/her application.
6.Being ACCEPTED does not necessarily mean that the applicant is already MATCHED in the hospital.
7.FINAL MATCHING RESULT can be found at “Apply for Internship” interface or when “View Results” is
clicked.
8. Among the possible values for Final Matching Result are:
a. Matched
b. Not Matched
c. Pending

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 MATCHING SCENARIOS
ST
1 Hospital FINAL MATCHING
2nd Hospital Choice 3rd Hospital Choice
Choice RESULT
Accepted Not accepted Pending Matched in 1st Choice
Pending accepted accepted Pending
Not matched accepted accepted Matched in 2nd Choice
Not matched pending accepted Pending
Not matched Not matched accepted Matched in 3rd Choice
Not matched Not matched pending Pending
NOT MATCHED- apply for
Not matched Not matched Not matched
the next round

Key Points to Remember:

1. How soon will the final matching results be known?

a. Within the same round
• As soon as 1st hospital choice ACCEPTS
• As soon as 2nd hospital choice ACCEPTS (1st choice declines)
• As soon as 3rd hospital choice ACCEPTS (1st and 2nd declines)

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 b. At the start of the next round
• Some applications remain PENDING all throughout the current round if hospitals has not
enacted on the application
• 1 hour before the start of the next round, E-NIPS runs an auto-scan program that
invalidates PENDING applications.
• E-NIPS will look for lower ranked hospitals which accepted the applicant. It will match
him/her to the highest rank among the lower ranked hospitals.

2. If the applicant is matched on a hospital, the other lower ranked hospitals will know that he/she
has been matched already.

3. Only the hospital where the applicant has been matched will be known to him / her. Results for the
other hospitals will not be visible

IV. UNMATCHING, WALK-IN, FAILURE TO GRADUATE,

HOSPITAL TRANSFER, AND FILING FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE

UNMATCHING PROCESS

STEP

1 Request for a Release Letter from your initial matched hospital and coordinate the
requirements to your hospital of choice.

2 Submit a Letter of Intent with valid reason to the ampcfi email: apmcfi@gmail.com

Address your letter to:

Dr. Ramon L. Arcadio

National Internship Program Administrator
Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Inc.
Suite 611 Future Point Plaza 1, 122 Panay Ave., Quezon City

3 Pay and submit receipt of Matching Fee (P2,000.00)

Bank Details:
ASIA UNITED BANK
Account Name: Association of Philippine Medical Colleges, Inc. (APMCI)
Account Number: 043018901809

4 Once the 1) Release Letter, 2) Letter of Intent, and 3) Proof of Payment have been
emailed to the APMCI, BY the applicant, the APMCI will email the endorsement

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 letter to you and your hospital of choice.

5 Contact your hospital of choice and submit the requirements

(Please note that requirements may vary from one hospital to another)

6 Once accepted, the hospital will give you an Acceptance Letter. Submit a copy of
this to the ampcfi email: apmcfi@gmail.com

7 Follow the same procedure as those already matched.

WALK-IN PROCESS

STEP

1 Submit a Letter of Request asking for an Endorsement Letter through

apmcfi@gmail.com . Kindly indicate your 3 hospital choices

Address your letter to:

Dr. Ramon L. Arcadio

National Internship Program Administrator
Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Inc.
Suite 611 Future Point Plaza 1, 122 Panay Ave., Quezon City

2 Contact your hospital/s of choice and submit your requirements.

Make sure that your hospital still has slots for Postgraduate Interns.

3 Once accepted, the hospital will give you an Acceptance Letter. Submit a copy of
your acceptance letter to apmcfi@gmail.com.

If accepted to all three hospitals, you should only email the acceptance letter from
your hospital of choice.

4 Follow the same procedure as those already matched.

PROCESS IN CASES OF FAILURE TO GRADUATE

STEP

1 Medical school must submit to the APMCI a list of matched students who did not
graduate or complete the requirements for graduation

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 2 APMCI shall immediately inform the hospital/health facility of the students who
did not graduate to drop these students from the roll of prospective postgraduate
interns

3 Postgraduate Interns who are supposed to start internship on August 1 should

have completed all requirements for graduation and submit their Certificate of
Graduation to the hospital by August 31. Likewise, to those who will start on
February 1 must submit their COG by February 28.

4 The Certificate of Graduation signed by the Dean of the medical school must be
presented to the hospital together with the Certificate for Medical Internship at
the start of Postgraduate Internship.

As such, any internship rotation completed before the date of graduation shall be
invalidated.

5 The hospital/health facility shall submit to APMCI a list of those dropped from the
roll of postgraduate interns.

HOSPITAL TRANSFER: BEFORE THE START OF CLERKSHIP

STEP

1 Should an intern decide not to accept his/her match before the matching he/she
can undergo hospital transfer.

2 The Intern will inform the hospital thru via the APMCI so that the hospital can make
necessary adjustments to their programs and for your replacement thru a Letter of Intent.
Subsequently the intern needs to submit a Letter of Request for Transfer to the
Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Incorporated with the request and reason for
seeking transfer, to which the APMCI will have the final say on whether or not approve
the request.

3 Once approved, the APMCI will issue an Endorsement letter addressed to your hospital of
choice personally

4 You may now apply and personally correspond with your hospital of choice.

5 Once accepted in your transfer hospital of choice, the Hospital will issue an
acceptance letter, which the Intern has to submit to the APMCI for encoding in the

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 eNIPS System and a certificate of medical internship and a confirmation of
completion of medical internship or the PINK form, will be given to the clerk for
submission to the accepting hospital or facility.

HOSPITAL TRANSFER: ONCE CLERKSHIP HAS STARTED

STEP

1 Should an intern decide not to accept his/her match before the matching he/she
can undergo hospital transfer.

2 This step is the only difference, wherein the Intern should personally inquire in
their hospitals of choice. Here, namely Step 2, the Interns will have to contact their
hospitals of choice and inquire on the availability of slots and if the hospital is still
accommodating walk-in applications.

If you are given a positive response, you will now have to inform your currently
matched hospital on Step 3.

3 The Intern will inform the hospital thru via the APMCI so that the hospital can make
necessary adjustments to their programs and for your replacement thru a Letter of Intent.
Subsequently the intern needs to submit a Letter of Request for Transfer to the
Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Incorporated with the request and reason for
seeking transfer, to which the APMCI will have the final say on whether or not approve
the request.

4 Once approved, the APMCI will issue an Endorsement letter addressed to your hospital of
choice personally

5 You may now apply and personally correspond with your hospital of choice.

6 Once accepted in your transfer hospital of choice, the Hospital will issue an
acceptance letter, which the Intern has to submit to the APMCI for encoding in the
eNIPS System and a certificate of medical internship and a confirmation of
completion of medical internship or the PINK form, will be given to the clerk for
submission to the accepting hospital or facility.

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 V. DATES OF INTEREST FOR THE 2022-2023 INTERNSHIP MATCHING

Internship dates: August 1, 2023- July 31, 2024

REGULAR INTERNSHIP MATCHING PERIOD

1ST ROUND 2ND ROUND WALK IN

START NOV 14, 2022 FEB 27, 2023 MAY 15, 2023

END JAN 20, 2023 APRIL 10, 2023 JUN 30, 2023

END OF HOSPITAL
FEB 24, 2023 MAY 12, 2023 JUL 17, 2023
RESULT RECORDING

MIDYEAR INTERNSHIP MATCHING PERIOD

1ST ROUND 2ND ROUND WALK IN

START OCT 10, 2022 - DEC 19, 2022

END NOV 11, 2022 - JAN 31, 2023

END OF HOSPITAL
DEC 16, 2022 -
RESULT RECORDING

VI. PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS AND SLOTS FOR THE REGULAR AND MID YEAR MATCHING

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Adventist Medical Center Manila ✅ ❌ 50 -

Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical

Center
✅ ✅ 35 10

Capitol Medical Center ✅ ❌ 40 -

Cardinal Santos Medical Center ✅ ❌ 60 -

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 Chinese General Hospital and Medical
Center
✅ ❌ 100 -

De Los Santos Medical Center ✅ ❌ 45 -

Dr. Jose Natalio Rodriguez Memorial

Hospital & Sanitarium
✅ ✅ 60 71

East Avenue Medical Center ✅ ✅ 150 20

Fatima University Medical Center ✅ ✅ 80 40

Far Eastern University - Dr. Nicanor

Reyes Medical Foundation
✅ ✅ 100 64

Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center ✅ ❌ 150 -

Makati Medical Center ✅ ❌ 72 -

Manila Doctors Hospital ✅ ✅ 70 5

Mary Johnston Hospital ✅ ✅ 30 10

MCU - Dr. Filemon D. Tanchoco

Foundation Hospital
✅ ❌ 50 -

Medical Center Manila ✅ ❌ 55 -

Metropolitan Medical Center ✅ ❌ 42 -

Ospital ng Makati ✅ ✅ 30 5

Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center ✅ ✅ 120 5

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital ✅ 60

Philippine General Hospital ✅ ❌ 180 -

Quezon City General Hospital ✅ ❌ 130 -

Quirino Memorial Medical Center ✅ ✅ 115 33

Rizal Medical Center ✅ ❌ 150 -

San Juan De Dios Hospital ✅ ❌ 30 -

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 Tondo Medical Center ✅ ✅ 100 45

UERM Memorial Medical Center Hospital ✅ ❌ 100 -

University of Perpetual Help Medical

Center Dalta
✅ ✅ 50 10

University of Santo Tomas Hospital ✅ ❌ 120 -

Valenzuela Medical Center ✅ ✅ 30 30

Veterans Memorial Medical Center ✅ ✅ 150 7

Victoriano Luna Medical Center, AFP

Health Service Command
✅ ✅ 140 40

VRP Medical Center ✅ ❌ 50 -

CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Baguio General Hospital and Medical

Center
✅ ✅ 120 8

Saint Louis University Sacred Heart

Medical Center
✅ ✅ 80 12

REGION I

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Ilocos Training & Regional Medical Center ✅ ❌ 50 -

Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital ✅ ✅ 30 15

Region I Medical Center ✅ ✅ 50 20

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 REGION II

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Cagayan Valley Medical Center ✅ ✅ 80 39

Region II Trauma and Medical Center ✅ ✅ 50 32

Southern Isabela Medical Center ✅ 30

REGION III

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Angeles University Foundation Medical

Center
✅ ✅ 50 20

Bataan General Hospital and Medical

Center
✅ ✅ 40 15

Dr. Paulino J. Garcia Memorial, Research,

& Medical Center
✅ ✅ 70 30

James L. Gordon Memorial Hospital ✅ ✅ 30 27

Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional

Hospital
✅ ❌ 70 -

Tarlac Provincial Hospital ✅ ✅ 40 7

Bulacan Medical Center ✅ ✅ 40 16

REGION IV

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Batangas Medical Center ✅ ❌ 40 -

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 De La Salle University Medical Center ✅ ✅ 140
Only for
DLSU CCs

Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Memorial Hospital ✅ ✅ 30 11

Perpetual Help Medical Center - Biñan ✅ ❌ 50 -

REGION V

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Bicol Medical Center ✅ ✅ 60 23

Bicol Regional Training & Teaching

Hospital
✅ ✅ 60 5

----------------------------------------------------------VISAYAS---------------------------------------------------------

REGION VI

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Bacolod Adventist Medical Center ✅ ❌ 30 -

Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial

Regional Hospital
✅ ❌ 60 -

Iloilo Doctors Hospital ✅ ❌ 45 -

Iloilo Mission Hospital ✅ ❌ 40 -

Riverside Medical Center ✅ ❌ 30 -

St. Paul’s Hospital Iloilo ✅ ❌ 45 -

The Doctors Hospital, Inc. ✅ ❌ 25 -

West Visayas State University Medical

Center
✅ ✅ 100 10

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 Western Visayas Medical Center ✅ ✅ 100 26

REGION VII

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Cebu Doctors University Hospital ✅ ❌ 60 -

Cebu (Velez) General Hospital ✅ ✅ 30 2

Chong Hua Hospital ✅ ❌ 75 -

Perpetual Succour Hospital ✅ ✅ 60 2

Siliman University Medical Center

Foundation, Inc.
✅ ❌ 60 -

Southwestern University Medical Center ✅ ❌ 30 -

University of Cebu Medical Center Inc. ✅ 30

Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center ✅ ✅ 150 11

Visayas Community Medical Center ✅ ❌ -

Visayas Med - Cebu ✅ 45

REGION VIII

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Divine Word Hospital ✅ ❌ 30 -

Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center ✅ 70

Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial

Hospital
✅ ❌ 45 -

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 REGION IX

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Zamboanga City Medical Center ✅ ❌ 50 -

BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Amai Pakpak Medical Center ✅ ❌ 30 -

REGION X

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Northern Mindanao Medical Center ✅ ❌ 100 -

REGION XI

PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Brokenshire Integrated Health Ministries,

Inc.
✅ ❌ 60 -

Davao Doctors Hospital ✅ ✅ 55 4

Davao Regional Medical Center ✅ ❌ 30 -

San Pedro Hospital of Davao City, Inc. ✅ ❌ 40 -

Southern Philippines Medical Center ✅ ❌ 120 -

REGION XII

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 PARTICIPATION SLOTS
HOSPITAL
REGULAR MIDYEAR REGULAR MIDYEAR

Cotabato Regional & Medical Center ✅ 30

VII. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs WILL BE UPDATED PERIODICALLY)

1. I was not matched in the 1st round of matching, how can I apply for the 2nd round?
Answer: Log to your e-nips account and click “Apply for Internship”. In the dropdown list of
hospitals, you will be seeing hospitals with remaining slots after the 1st round. Then select
hospital choices. The application will immediately be forwarded to the selected hospitals. No
re-uploading and re-validation of documents anymore since it has been done in the 1st round
already.

2. I did not apply in the 1st round, can I register for the 2nd round instead?
Answer: Yes, of course. Procedures for the 1st round application will still be followed including
documents uploading and validation

3. Can I go directly to hospitals without going through e-NIPS?

Answer: NO. At the end of the internship application period. APMC generates the list of matched
internship applicants and the list will be submitted to PRC. If you are not in the e-NIPS, then you
will not be included in the PRC report.

VIII. CONTACT INFORMATION

APMC- SN: prodev.apmcsn+NIPC@gmail.com
APMCI NIP EMAIL: apmcfi@gmail.com

THIS VIEWABLE DOCUMENT IS UPDATED IN REAL TIME. UPDATES CAN BE EXPECTED IN 2-3
WORKING DAYS UPON RELEASE OF THE HOSPITALS’ UPDATED SLOT LISTINGS.

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