Life After Boards: Joan Marielle J. Pilapil, RPm

“No guts, no glory.”

This is the official life philosophy of Joan Marielle J. Pilapil, or Maye, and she has embodied this well when she took and passed the very first Board Licensure Examination for Psychometricians last 2014. A BS Psychology graduate of San Pedro College of Davao City, the 23-year-old sports and travel enthusiast currently works as a Human Resource Specialist in a BPO company.

One factor why Maye took the board exam is to have the extra three letters after her name. Another factor was some of her friends and batch mates in college also decided to take the first board exam. Reviewing for the various subjects was a challenge for her, for she was also juggling her work as HR personnel. But she did not let her this hinder from preparing for the board exam. In her free time, she would read her notes, and sometimes review them when eating out in a fast food chain. Maye also attended weekly review classes offered by her alma mater. Maye pointed out that Psychological Assessment was the most challenging subject and that its difficulty added up to her anxiety while waiting for the results.  But instead of wasting her time worrying, Maye focused her job and bonded with her friends.

It was on the evening of November 4, 2014 when she learned that she has passed the boards. When asked about what she felt when she saw her name on the list of passers, Maye said she was “overwhelmed! Wala ko nag-expect! After sa board exam, especially sa psych assessment, wala nako nag-expect na maka-pasa ko.”

(I did not expect [to pass]! After the board exam, especially on Psych Assessment, I did not really expect that I will pass.)

Maye stated that passing the board exam and having a license is an edge on her current job as an HR Specialist. She has stated that her current company plans to utilize psychological tests to assess applicants and employees, and that she will be the one to oversee these tasks in the future.

Maye is keen to learn more about the field of Human Resource and plans to have a psychological testing center in her hometown, General Santos City. With her guts and her attitude, Maye is determined to pursue her dreams and make them come true.

Starting today, we will have a weekly feature named "Life After Boards," stories of Registered Psychometricians after passing the Board Licensure Examination for Psychometricians. These stories aim to inspire future Registered Psychometricians to pursue on their goals, both professional and personal, and utilize their knowledge and skills in Psychology for the greater good.

FOR FUN: ADVICE PARA SA MABABANG MARKA

Gusto ko lang ibahagi ‘yung alam kong baka makatulong sa inyo. 

Nagpamidterm kasi ako noong nakaraan, marami nakakuha ng mababang marka. So, syempre concern ako. Pinauwi ko yung mga test papers at nagbigay ng mahalagang advice para next time pumasa na sila sa Finals. Kaso itong students ko, natatawa lang sa sinabi ko. Hindi ko alam kung bakit. Bahala kayo. Basta nag advice ako. Ito yung advice ko:

Bago matulog gawin ito:

Itupi ang inuwing test paper ng tatlong beses..hawakan ito ng dalawang kamay at ilagay sa dibdib sabay sabihin ang mga katagang "papasa ako" pabulong sa hangin ng tatlong ulit. Pumikit. Ilagay sa ilalim ng unan nang dahan-dahan. Humiga ng nakatagilid. Pagkagising, dapat na ilagay sa ilalim ng plato ang tinuping papel (for 3 days yun gagawin). Sa ikaapat na araw, isama ito sa timbang pagliliguan (if ever na shower ka, mag pm ka sa akin bibigyan kita ng ibang hakbang). Maligo ngunit magtira ng kaunting tubig sa timba. Isalin sa baso at saka inumin. Sa ikalimang araw, pagkagising, isigaw ang mga salitang "sure win papasa na ako sa finals!" (dapat nakataas ang kanang kamay ha kasi mai-invalidate ito.)

Garantisado yan!

#forfun #concernedrpm #kepweng #alamnaha #RPmRiyan

Our blog was nominated for BLOGGYS 2015

Salamat po sa netizen/s na nag-nominate sa ating blog for the BLOGGYS 2015: Philippine Blogging Awards 2015!

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Ramiel Rivera <nominations@bloggys.ph> wrote:

Hi Tino Repaso!    We're happy to inform you that psychometricpinas.blogspot.com has been nominated by several netizens in #bloggys2015, Philippine Blogging Awards. It is a nationwide event that aims to recognize the best Filipino blogs and bloggers.   It's currently nominated in the Computers and Internet category.   But as the blog owner, you have the ability to choose which category would you like to enter in. Please check here for the award categories and let us know if you would like to change:http://bloggys.ph/2015-hall-of-fame       What's next? We'll inform you if your blog has successfully made it in the voting stage, which is from October 5-31, 2015. Also, you can use our official badges here and display it in your blog:http://bloggys.ph/blog-badges    To be nominated is already an honor - Congrats! :)   Start something awesome, - Ramiel Rivera Awards Committee Head Bloggys 2015, Philippine Blogging Awards

October 5-31, 2015 – Voting Stage

8.) The Awards Committee will publish a list of all qualified nominees in the  BLOGGYS 2015 website on October 5, 2015.

9.) Anyone can cast their votes from October 5 to 31, 2015 in the BLOGGYS 2015 website.

10.) Only those with valid email addresses and mobile numbers are allowed to cast a vote. A confirmation request will be sent after each vote is cast.

11.) A reader can only cast one (1) vote per nominated blog, but is allowed to cast votes on other blogs and categories as well.

12.) Please don’t try to find loopholes in the voting system. All votes will be validated by the Awards Committee.

2014 Psychometrician Oath taking Program and Messages

Updated - Cebu Oath Taking Ceremonies 2015

(thanks to Brielle for sharing)

Related post - http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/12/mukha-ng-kasiyahan-sa-4th-joint-oath.html

Status of Repeaters for the 2015 BLEPsychometrician

Further processing the result of the BLEPP 2015 we took a look at the status of 2015 Repeaters. We took into consideration those schools with repeaters having a total of 6 and above examinees. There were several schools with a total of 5 repeater-examinees but they were not considered for this data.

Our list above has a total  109 repeater-examinees from different schools with 6 and above examinees (the highest number is 20).  A total of 50 repeaters (49%) from the list passed and 59 (58%) failed anew. 

It should be noted that a mere 20% of those who failed in 2014 were repeaters for 2015 just from our data above. But it can be assumed that the percentage of repeaters is generally  much more lower given that those with 5 and lower number of examinees were not taken into account for this table.

Ateneo de Davao University and Saint Louis University got 71.43% repeaters passing for 2015. Far Eastern University got 58.33% and both New Era University and Our Lady of Fatima - Quezon City both got 50% passing rate.

With 20 examinees, New Era has the most number of repeaters who took the BLEPP 2015, followed by FEU with 12 examinees and De La Salle - Lipa with 11 examinees. It is unfortunate for the University of the Assumption that nobody passed from among its 6 repeater-examinees.

Post for the 2nd Anniversary of the Philippine Psychometrician Reviewer FB Page

Today is the 2nd Anniversary of our Philippine Psychometrician Reviewer FB Page. Two months ago, last June 12, this blog also celebrated its 2nd year anniversary since it was established ahead of its FB counterpart.

To mark the milestones of this blog  and the FB page (currently with more than 9K likers) we are sharing here the result of the survey we conducted to assess and evaluate primarily our FB Page. We are interested to get the feedback of our readers and likers so we will know also on how and what to improve. 

To all our likers and those who took time and effort to answer this survey Maraming Salamat po.

The first 50 likes -  https://www.facebook.com/139570119586809/posts/154505128093308/

 The first 1K page likes - https://www.facebook.com/139570119586809/posts/229483177262169/

Demographics of  Survey Respondents

Majority female and mostly in their early 20's as we have consistently gathered from previous survey results. 

Most of the respondents are newly graduate 2014 to 2015.

Contrary to previous data, result here shows that most respondents availed the services of review centers.

Majority of the respondents took the BLEPP 2015 and mostly first timers with some who were repeaters.

Knowledge and use of the Blog and FB Page

 

The FB page was found through tags or shared link of their friends and some through the use of search engine. But it should also be noted that some came to know about this page through offline - word of mouth introduction.

  

Most of the respondents just came to know of the FB page less than 6 months while the rest have known it for more than six months and others for more than a year. 

Coverage and Personal Engagement

In previous survey Psychological Assessment was the identified  most difficult subject, so result shows that it is the same subject that should have more coverage for the FB page online review.  As to respondents engagement it is the thumbs up - Like button that is commonly used and more than half shared those updates that they liked to their wall/ and or shared or tagged their friends. 

It is interesting to note that despite the social nature of FB only  a few are posting their comments to the posted links or updates. Many would prefer liking and some would just lurk perhaps. One of their reasons is just they have nothng to share Although  a few would share the posts they see on our FB page update wall.   

The often repeated similar questions we got on our inbox/PM and comments is due to the fact that some are  not backtracking previous discussions. Few would bother to click the links that leads to our blog and other web pages or  back track read on previous questions or concerns that have been addressed.

Rating and Score Card of Philippine Psychometrician Reviewer's  FB Page

Majority of the respondents are familiar with the the purpose and goals of the blog and FB page.  And the same majority claims that they have benefited from the FB page. With a few who claims they did not benefit - as noticed some of the respondents came to know about the page less than 6 months they are the minority who have not fully benefited from the  FB Page.   

Our FB Page earned a high  score on the relevance of the content of the page and also high score on the timeliness of our posts.

We also score high on the reliability of our posts and update since we really sees to it that we get direct from the source of those who are informed or those who have gone through the experience. Also we try our best to crowd source for answers when we do not have answers. Although the score is high but there's an observation for the need to make the postings/coverage more balanced.

One of the most consuming aspect in maintaining the FB page is to individually respond to Private Messages (PM) that we received in our inboxes. But we are thankful for those questions since they become our new posts or update on our walls and sometimes our inspiration for new blog posts. We still rate high as to the general announcement that gets posted. We do make effort to call and pay visit  PRC as well as find out from other contacts and network  to get more accurate information.

We do try our best to be humorous as well and it shows our scores are still  high. But this is another area we need not be too serious.  And we got a bit low score on the announcement of related events and training seminars. For that reason we have come out with another FB page particularly attuned at providing information on Psychology related events, trainings, seminars, etc. Visit this page for more info - https://www.facebook.com/psycheventsphilippines?ref=bookmarks 

Majority has not participated in past surveys. Survey shows that respondents would check our FB Page on a regular or daily basis while close in  is the weekly visit to the site.

Majority are not willing to pay for an online services although closing in would be the response Maybe and Yes . Some are already subscribed to the other FB groups concerning  issues on RPm and RP.

What needs improvement
(The list below are the suggested improvement on the content of the FB Page).

Accuracy of updates, quizzes, posts, etc.
Accurate info and more intensive reviewers (+3 more responses/repeated)
Addt'l infos and coverage/reviewer/review materials
Always be active in answering questions of the students
An FB Group/Chat Group? So we can freely discuss and ask questions
Balance of topics being posted
Connection
Coverage of subjects
Games
Highlight the important updates you make so they don't get lost through the updates that you make
I could not think of any at this moment. The admin of this page is doing a good job!
Layout of the blog/design/appearance on page
Maybe an organized/scheduled posting of facts or whatnot according to subjects included in the boards
More announcements
More content and relevant updates
More detailed information about concerns and issues in psychology
More information on seminars conventions regarding psychology
More links
More links of videos and tutorials about the different topics in each subjects.
more review materials/resources/review questions/tips/postings
More Tips for new jobbers
More trivial information
N/A/ None (+12 responses)
Nakaalbum na yung mga important pics/topics bawat subject
None. Its already great, it's working well (+3)/continue help others/okay and very helpful
Other topics like Ethical Consideration
Pictures
Responsiveness to comments/messages
Sana maging interactive pa ang page. I mean, may mga exercises na sasagutan ng mga likers. :)
Seminars offered from different schools' psych society
since blepp is done, i would like to see postings about career opportunities for passers
Suggested references likes books authors etc/more filipino authored-references
Testimonials
The content
The daily post
The industrial reviews
Updates about board exam/upcoming events/seminars (+2)
Updates for upcoming events
Use neutral language (English/Filipino)


Suggested changes and additional features
(The list below are suggested additional changes and features of the FB Page)

Accuracy of updates, quizzes, etc.
Add more links and notes as reviewer
An FB Group/Chat Group? So we can freely discuss and ask questions
Art in background
Articles regarding different psych topics
Buhay sa graduate school
Coverage of the exams if any
Current researches, development regarding Sikolohiyang Pilipino
Downloadable Review Materials
Facts about the course I guess
Games
Group discussions every week per subject
I think its fine as it is and there really isn't anything new you could add unless facebook allows you to do it.
Link all review centers and universities
More content on Psych Assessment
More info about the current and upcoming trainings and seminar relevant to Psych grads/professionals
More information. During our board exam, there are still topics that we did not know. Like Different Tests. (e.g. Beck Depression Inventory and many more)
More inspirational quotes
More links to quizzes and handouts
More pictures...
More Psych jokes that will make its readers feel relax while reviewing or waiting for BLEEP results
More review items on psych assessment
More sharing of experiences of examinees. More inspirational stories.
More tips and sample questions that may serve as a review for blepp
More updated reviewers/news (+3 responses)
More updates not only about board exam/seminars
More Visual presentation and videos. Include some trivias and more motivational quotes :)
No comments/still thinking (+20 responses)
Posts on different fields or related careers
Psych quiz
Sana magkaroon ng mga exercise questions regarding sa coverage ng board para atleast kahit nagpe-facebook eh nakakapag review just like last year na may mga short exrecises/questions.
Try to provide all necessary information for all the subjects. Not only to one subject, but to all.
Video tutorials/or short review videos

School of Respondents

Adamson University

Arellano University

Bulacan State University (3 respondents)

Central Colleges of the Philippines

Centro Escolar University – Manila (3 respondents)

Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel

De La Salle University - Lipa

Divine Word College of Legazpi

DLSU-Dasmariñas (3 respondents)

EARIST

Emilio Aguinaldo College

Far Eastern University (4 respondents)

LA CONSOLACION UNIVERSITY PHILIPPINES

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Collegio de San Juan de Letran (2 respondents)

Lipa City Colleges

Lyceum of the Philippines University (2 respondents)

Lyceum-Northwestern University-Dagupan City

MCU

Miriam College (2respondents)

MSU-IIT

MTC

NDMU

Negros Oriental State University

NEU

NTC

Pasig Catholic College

PCU-Manila

Perpetual

Philippine Normal University (2 respondents)

PLM

Polytechnic University of the Philippines (4 respondents)

Ramon Magsaysay Technological University Iba - Main

Saint Louis University-Baguio (3 respondents)

San Pedro College (Davao)

SDCA

SMU

Southern Luzon State University

SSCR

St. Paul University (Manila/QC)

St. Dominic College of Asia

Tarlac College of Agriculture

Tarlac State University

Trinity University of Asia

UE Manila (2 respondents)

Universidad de Manila (2 respondents)

University of Batangas

University of Bohol

University of Makati (2 respondents)

University of Rizal System

USC

USM

UST

Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan (2 respondents)

Blog and FB Analytics

Country sources/origins of blog readers/visitors and the kind of browser and operating system they use.

Number of people engaged - reflective of the survey results - more women than men and age range from 18-24.

Fan base for the FB page, majority women ages 18-24.

Overview of likers, post reach and engagement. Showing decline after the peaks in the past few months, a usual trend when the exam is finished.

FAQ Oath Taking for Psychometrician

We would like to provide the following info since we continue to receive inquiries on our FB page  about the Psychometrician Oath Taking for 2015.  So we do not repeat ourselves, check these FAQ. Information here is also based from our experience of the oath taking in 2014.


1) What is Psychometrician Oath taking? 

It is when you raise your right hand, follow after a lead/oath administrator, stating your name, do a solemn pronouncement to affirm the truth,  pledge your commitment, vow to uphold or follow, adhere, subscribe to the principles, ethics,  policy, laws, other legal and regulations in the practice of your profession as Psychometrician and observe with the presence of witness/es, most of the time family members, friends, relatives and  the public.


2) Why do I have to take the oath?

It is required by the law or RA 10029 known as the Philippine Psychology Act of 2009, Art. VI, REGISTRATION, Section 20. Oath of Psychologists and Psychometricians. - All successful examines qualified for registration and all qualified applicants for registration without examination shall be required to take an oath to uphold the profession before any member of the Board or any officer of the Commission authorized to administer oaths, prior to entering into the practice of psychology or psychometrics in the Philippines.


3) When  and where is the oath  taking?

August 18, 2015- Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City (02:00 p.m.)

September 9, 2015, 01:00 p.m.,  Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), CCP Complex, Metro Manila


4) Where to get tickets?

UST Psychology Department,
3rd floor Main Building (Espanya, Manila)
Look for Sis Julom/Dr. Karen
Call 4061611
Office is open 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
You need to bring your ID so you could be permitted to enter the building.

Ms. Jenny Tunggol
PRC Manila
Tel. #: 0927-4728-246

Ms. Mercy Mondejar/ Ms. Erlinda Sevilla
Psychological Association of the Philippines
Tel. #: 0915-8474427/4538257

Dr. Delia Belleza
University of San Carlos, Cebu City
Tel. #: 0922-8750-430

(DLSU used to sell tickets but for now it seems they have run out of tickets to sell)

DLSU - Manila
College of Liberal Arts
Psychology Department
Faculty Center, 4th Floor
2401 Taft Avenue
1004 Manila, Philippines
Tel. Nos.: (632) 524-4611 loc 560

4) How much is the ticket?

Early bird costs  PhP 1,000.00 until September 1, 2015 only.

Additional 200 pesos after the early-bird promo, and it might costs PhP 1,500 when purchased on the date of the oath taking. Oath taker pays the same price of ticket for guest/s and his/her own ticket (depending on the date when purchased).

You have to pay for your own ticket and the guests you are bringing to defray costs of venue rental and snacks.

Your ticket number ( assigned seat) most of the time corresponds to the guest ticket number so you can sit together with your guest/s.

5) Can I bring our clan to the oath taking?

Passers/oath takers are entitled to bring guests. You can bring your parents as your guests.  If you are bringing the whole clan be sure to pay for their tickets as well. Depending on the availability of tickets or the set quota by PRC/PAP then you can buy tickets as much funds you have.

Also,  if you do not have anyone (family, friends, relatives) to bring with you to the oath taking it is fine. You can attend the oath taking by yourself.

6) What to wear?

Barong (men) and Filipiniana (ladies)
For your guests (parents, friends, relatives) any decent clothes not necessarily your attire as oath taker.


7) Can I ask someone to purchase ticket for me and my family?

Yes just provide authorization letter and ID to the person you will request to buy your ticket/s.

8) What will I do if I miss/not available on the date of the oath taking?

By all means go to PRC and request a schedule to be given an oath.

9) Will I receive my license at the oath taking?

Yes, maybe. In last year's oath taking, license card and certificate were issued after the oath taking ceremonies. So ask your guest to fall in line ahead in your designated surname-letter alphabet at the registration area/entrance of the hall while just before the closing remarks/towards end of the program.


Refererences:

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/p/ra-10029-or-philippine-psychology-act.html

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152900163915388&id=148851815387