HONORATO C. PEREZ SR.

, MEMORIAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL

Senior High School Department

DEDICATION

I dedicate my dissertation work to my family and many friends. A special feeling of gratitude

to my loving parents, Gerry and Jane Datu whose words of encouragement and push for

tenacity ring in my ears. My sisters sophie who have never left my side and are very special. I

also dedicate this dissertation to my many friends and church family who have supported me

throughout the process. They are the one who always pushes me to accomplish my dreams. A

special appreciation on the Mikrolab Diagnostic Laboratory and Health Clinic, who agreed

upon the request of the school and allowing me to work with them. I will always appreciate

all they have done, especially to Mrs. Mercedes C. Galang, Co- owner of the Mikrolab

Diagnostic Laboratory and Health Clinic for helping me to be more motivate on my task. She

was the perfect example for supervising us with all she can. For the med-tech’s and rad-tech’s

who have help me to gain more knowledge, not only on educational lesson but advising me

on life purposes. They had showed me a beautiful memories of a friendship and love even for

a short period. A special gratitude on the head of the work immersion, Engr. Fe Ruby Flores

for allowing us to experience the work immersion and for taking care on us. Thank you also

for god for letting us finish this immersion who always on our side and bringing us to the

right path.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, I thank the company, Mikrolab Diagnosis Laboratory and Health Clinic

for letting me work with them through. I am forever indebted to the co-owner of the

company, Mrs. Mercedes C. Galang for her unwavering support, encouragements and

patience through this process. I can never pay you back for all the help you have provided

me, the experience you have helped me gain by working for you at the Mikrolab and the

precious time you spent making sure our given task is always on track. I hope you find some

kind of satisfaction in this modest paper. Thank you so much! I am very fortunate and

grateful for providing readership and ideas; paramount to the realization of this thesis. Thank

you for your support and helpful suggestions, I will be forever thankful to you.

To Engr. Fe Ruby, the head of the work immersion. I don’t know where I would be now if it

wasn’t for you huge help in editing our many mistakes. You are also the one who let us

experience the work immersion even though it can be complicated but yo still push to take

that chances to let us experience on working on our own. You are truly an outstanding person

and an able educator and, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Special thanks to the staff and family of Mikrolab Diagnostic Laboratory and Health Clinic,

most especially to the owner for their hospitality, kindness and providing all the

information’s we need. Thank you so much for trusting us.

Not least of all, I owe so much to my whole family for their undying support, their

unwavering belief that I can achieve so much. Unfortunately, I cannot thank everyone by

name because it would take a lifetime but, I just want you all to know that you count so

much. Had it not been for all your prayers and benedictions; were it not for your sincere love

and help, I would never have completed this immersion. So thank you all.
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INTRODUCTION
One of the goals of the k to 12 Basic Education Programs is to develop in learners the

competencies work ethic, and values relevant to pursuing further education and/or joining the

world of work. To achieve greater congruence between basic education and the nation’s

development targets, Work Immersion, a required subject (See attached curriculum guide in

Annex A), has been incorporated into the curriculum. This subject will provide learned with

opportunities:

1. to become familiar with the work place;

2. for employment simulation; and

3. to apply their competencies in areas of specialization/applied subjects in authentic

work environments.

To achieve the above objectives, work immersion is thus a requirement for graduation from

secondary education. Learners are immersed in actual work environments such as workshops

offices and laboratories in which their prior training I relevant. Other possible venues for

work immersion are listed in Annex B.

These guidelines were formulated based on the rich experiences of modeling schools, tech-

voc schools, partnership focal persons, industry partners, and youth development advocates.

These guidelines can provide process support to field offices of the Department of Education

(DepEd) in fostering relationships and strengthening partnerships so that learners will have

access to suitable work immersion venues and other related resources.

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Work Immersion Objectives

Work immersion will help develop among the learner’s life and career skills, and will prepare

them to make decisions on postsecondary education or employment. Through partnership

building, DepEd hopes that the Partner Institutions will provide learners with work

immersion opportunities, workplace or hands-on experience, and additional learning

resources. It aims to make the learners:

1. appreciate the importance and application of the principles and theories learned in

school;

2. enhance their technical knowledge and skills;

3. enrich their skills in communications and human relations; and

4. develop good work habits, attitudes, appreciation and respect for work.

By the time learners reach Senior High School, they would have already acquired almost all

the competencies and skills that would prepare them for the curriculum exits (higher

education, employment, middle-skills development, and entrepreneurship). Work immersion

provides them with an avenue to test themselves and apply what they have learned in a non-

school scenario. In work immersion, learners are not only able to apply their previous training

but are also able to experience the social interactions in a work environment. Their

experiences during work immersion will develop many skills and values that would help

them as they transition from high school to real life.

To assure the achievement of the above objectives of Work Immersion, this policy serves to

guide schools in:

1. creating flexible work immersion arrangements for their learners;

2. providing options for work immersion that are relevant to learners’ purposes and

needs;
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3. organizing work immersion opportunities for learners that are consistent with the

diverse human resource requirements of partner institutions for work immersion; and

4. articulating the scope and limits of work immersion in the context of basic education

when building relationships with work immersion partners.

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COMPANY PROFILE

Description of the company

MIKROLAB DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY AND HEALTH CLINIC is a professional and

responsive institute accredited by the Department of Health, steadfast to serving society. We

have been committed in providing a comprehensive range of LABORATORY,

RADIOLOGY, ECG SERVICES AND DRUG TEST SCREENING accompanied with

highly trained personnel, competent in the field of laboratory science and health care.

MIKROLAB is One-Stop-Walk-In Medical Clinic. DOH Accredited for Laboratory, Drug

Test, ECG, XRAY, Physical Exam. (Pre-Employment, Annual Physical Exam.)

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History

MIKROLAB DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY AND HEALTH CARE opened its door to

the people on November 18, 2011 ready to serve with quality. Clinic hours are 6am-5pm

Monday to Friday and 6pm-4pm on Saturday located at Mabini Extention, Cabanatuan City

near Wesleyan campus.

Our vision is to be your health care life partner. Our mission is to enhance health and

wellbeing by providing the best total healthcare. Core values here includes “Compassion”

where in we put you and your well-being at the center what we do. Treating you all with

respect, compassion and dignity you so rightfully deserve. “Commitment”, we are committed

uphold your trust by maintaining the highest professional integrity and standards.

“Excellence” in this growing world we will continually seek advancements and innovation to

achieve better healthcare for you and the community. We are “Team-Based Care”; we are

dedicated to combine our skills, knowledge and experience for your benefits. And lastly

“Value”, where we seek always to create and deliver value for you.

We pledge to set and practice high standard through an effective quality management system

to assure that our services meet and exceed the expected requirement of our clients and

patients.
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COMPANY MISSION

DRUG TEST

Our mission is to promote a drug free country by delivering accurate and reliable services in

the field of drug screening.

LABORATORY

Our mission is to enhance health and wellbeing by providing the best total healthcare.

COMPANY VISSION

DRUG TEST

Our vision is to maintain our leadership in drug testing industry by providing utmost services

to create a drug free society.

LABORATORY

Our vision is to be your lifetime healthcare partner.

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CORE VALUES

COMPASSION

We put you and your wellbeing at the center of all that

we do treating you all with respect, compassion and dignity

COMMITMENT

We will uphold your trust by maintaining the highest professional integrity and standards.

EXCELLENCE

We will continually seek advancement and innovation to achieve better health care

TEAM-BASED CARE

We dedicate and continue our skills, knowledge and experience for your benefit

VALUE

We seek always to create and deliver value for you.

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Meaning of logo

Based from the owner of the company, Mrs. Mercedes C. Galang. The word “mikrolab” start

when her husband which an architect decided to name a laboratory “mikro” because of the

familiar word that is common to a chemistry. “Microorganism”, it make sense that they are

analyzing every part of the microorganism such as urinalysis, blood etc. she also tackle that

on the logo there was an infinity that was a symbol of how the company was a good service

and always the healthcare partner.

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Organization Chart
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Product Services Description

This Department have been committed in providing a comprehensive range of Laboratory,

Radiology, ECG Services and Drug Test Screening accompanied with highly trained

personnel, competent in the field of laboratory science and healthcare.

Target Clientele

The target clientele of this department are those who have problems with their sensory and

bone complications. Specially, people with blood complication, people with urine infection,

people with UTI, people with E. Coli bacteria and like that have recently been in an accident

are also part of the target clientele.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Title Page
II. Acceptance Form
III. Parents’ Consent
IV. Acknowledgement
V. Dedication
VI. CHAPTER 1 - IMPORTANT POINTS IN WORK IMMERSION

 Introduction
 Objectives of the Work Immersion

VII. CHAPTER 2 – DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTNER INSTITUTION

 Name of the Partner Institution

 Brief History
 Location of the Partner Institution
 Logo and its meaning
 Mission and Vision
 Core Values
 Organization Chart
 Product Services Description
 Partner Target Clientele

VIII. CHAPTER 3 - ACTIVITY REPORT

 Training Plan Outline

 Daily Narrative Report
 Daily Task Form
 Daily Feedback Form
 Weekly Diary
 Work Immersion Highlights

IX. CHAPTER 4 – REFLECTION JOURNAL

X. CHAPTER 5 – APPENDICES

 Certificate of Completion
 Daily Time Record
 Gallery of Pictures with Captions
 Barangay Clearance
 Performance Appraisal Report
 Rating Sheets
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REFLECTION JOURNAL

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” As a student, having experienced the

80 hours of work simulation is not as easy as we think it could be. It can be full of hardships

as we are new to this and certain adjustments have to be done. Today, I had finish my 2

weeks immersion at the Mikrolab Diagnostic Laboratory and Health Clinic, who the owner is

an Architect Robbie S. Galang by the hands of the co-owner Mrs. Mercedes C. Galang.

Mikrolab Diagnostic Laboratory and Health Clinic is a. i see the clinic as my training ground

because it might help me more focus on what i wanted on the future. I choose this clinic for

the reason of my interest that i had realized since i go through the work immersion. As the

impressions of the company, I must say that it looks like a strict clinic that thinking i can’t

make a mistakes on my given task or else, i could get scolded but as i was in the clinic, I

didn’t know that we can be able to build a healthy working relationship on the company. In

behalf of my co-workers/regular employee, they had showed me a sisterhood/brotherhood

relationship even if we only knew in just a shorten period of time, we feel like we have

known each other for a while now. As to my supervisor, I thought she was a strict person who

only wanted a responsible company but that change my beliefs when i’m with her with the 2

weeks of the immersion, she was a nice person and soft hearted mother to all of us. She guide

us through the end even her task is hard, i always think that she was just pushing us to be

ready to our future, so that in the future i had experience a task of what a med-tech could do.

As for the clients/patients, they are all nice, lucky I didn’t interact with a rude people but even

if i did, i will always respect them because of the rules that a patient must be respected to all

situations that must be encountered. I didn’t think what would they say to me but i know that

they are all nice. Having the immersion was really a good start to experience how it feels to

be in a work place. In my case, I was so to fortunate enough to have my immersion at the

bank because in the strand of STEM, only the few of us were able to be accepted to have our

immersion there because the company (Mikrolab) don’t usually accept OJTs. I am very much

happy because working at the clinic is one of my dream jobs in the near future and spending
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my immersion there, even in just a short span of time had really opened my eyes on how fun

at the same time, stressful to be working at the mikrolab. So far, my experience there was fun

at the same time, I can say that it is also somewhat boring because most of my time was

wasted by sitting and waiting for nothing. Why? Because there are 2 OJTs there, including

me. We are the first OJTs that had work with them. Only me and my classmate nira. Med-

tech’s in the laboratory were shock when they see as and accepted us to work with them.

Reminiscing my first day was totally full of shyness and nervousness, i was assigned to x-ray

and all you have to do is wait and be patient if there is something that is assigned to you.

After a few weeks of immersion, I have realized some things that will really be useful for my

future. First, punctuality is very essential because in this simple way, you can how serious

you are to your job, next would be patience. Patience when it comes to the tasks that they’re

going to give you, as well as the times that you’re just waiting for the next task that will be

given to you, even if you already got bored waiting for nothing. And lastly, always poses a

positive attitude. Because positivity is next to tranquility. To sum it all up, I am glad for

another experiences that I will treasure the most. There, I have experienced new things that

aren’t familiar with the things I usually do at school. I have met new people and thankful that

I had learned something. As a beginner, I was afraid of getting mistake because thinking that

I could get scolded but I have to be strong. I have to prove to them I am worth it and I can

multitask a job if they hand me some task. I don’t care about what people say about me

because in this world, we have to live with a stronger mind and attitude so that you can’t be

down on the words that they are referring to you. When I feel stress, I just want to sleep

because sleep can take you away from the reality. It also helps you to have a positive mind. In

challenges, I was brave enough to conquer all of my negatives. I was afraid of what is going

on but still confident to say that I am okay going through a hard situation. I was used to a

hard situation and I also know how to handle things. Just think positive and don’t mind the

negative. What I have love to do is injecting a patient’s blood and getting to know their blood

types. What I dislike is that when I was getting bored that I always wanted to do something. I
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accept direction, feedback and works under pressure by just thinking that I could make it and

I am happy on what I am doing. If I were to start a company, a value system that I would

build is to trust, if we are going to applied it on the real life situation. Trust is very important

to one of use and also risky. If I had a company, I should persuade people to trust my clinic

because we would do everything to satisfy the patients with our works. I would always see

myself in ten years, graduating on being a medical technology and making my parents proud

of me.
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Work Immersion Highlights

During my work experience at the mikrolab, I was fortunate enough to have experienced

firsthand and learned, many different sides of what goes into a project, the general process of

how a project is initially planned, developed and completed; as well as how much work and

detail goes into every stage. Another valuable lesson I have learned during these 12 weeks,

were the many different types of work an Medical Technology has to perform, which in turn,

have provided me with more insight into the different types of roles and responsibilities that I

could perform, as a Medical Technology.

Reflecting back to my first day at mikrolab, it was one of the most memorable days of my

time at work. After being introduced to everyone, I was handed a tender to work on, in which

they had asked me for recommendations to improve certain aspects of the project wherever I

see fit, as well as my opinions on the project as an entirety. They were very open and happy

for me to contribute as much as I wanted to, and were open to any suggestions and ideas. This

instantly made me feel comfortable and definitely made me feel as though I was part of the

team. One of my best given task to me was when they taught me how to know the person’s

blood type and let me do the work with the patients. I was overwhelmed, thinking that it

pushes me to become a med-tech. I realize that it catch my interest and my attention.

During the first week of work completing the tender, I was overwhelmed by the work and the

responsibilities that were placed on me, but with the help of my supervisor and the med-

tech’s, who have had years of experience in the industry, I felt more confident and supported

as I knew my work would be double checked and any uncertainties were explained. By

observing and learning from them, I managed to pick up tips and learned different types of

skills, from learning to communicate and deal with other companies, to reading and

deciphering many different types of plans.

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Working on tenders for the first few weeks was enjoyable for me as it did make me use all the

techniques I learned at University in every stream of Med-Tech that had been taught us. I

realise this might not be the same everywhere and usually Med-Tech might focus on one type

of stream, but I was happy that I had the opportunity to use all of my theoretical knowledge

and applied them to real‐life situations.

Through experience and observation, another valuable lesson that I learned while working at

mikrolab was that in projects, especially when working in primary stages of certain project,

things can change very quickly and dramatically. Another lesson I learned through this was

that if there are any uncertainties, from whether a survey was off by a few millimeters, to if

materials chosen for a certain aspect of a project were unsuitable, it always has to be checked

numerous times and from senior level sources before any conclusions can be made, especially

if they are to be presented to a client.

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