a. Asthma Control Program-Asthma Club - planned and conceived in 1998, the Asthma Club has been an important source of support both for medicines as well as education for those afflicted with this disease. The club's regular meetings have made asthmatics fell a sense of belonging and strength through group support. Management of the disease also has become much easier as education on proper use of gadgets were done.

b. Community Medicine Program -since 1995, the department, in response to the thrust of the hospital as a facility without walls, adopted Barangay Tungkalan in Toril, Davao City for its Community Medicine Program. Since then, the department has been actively involved in training the Barangay Health Workers (BHW") to make self sufficient in answering first aid and early recognition of medical emergencies. The department has also been very active in community-based research as well as in involving the barangay in its environmental protection projects.

c. Birthing Home- established in coordination with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the unit is a model of primary obstetrics that is cost-effective. It also aims to to train and upgrade skills of midwives, "hilots" and primary care physicians in low-risk obstetric care.

d. Environmental Protection Program - Its projects were the planting of trees on a watershed area at a mountainous part of Barangay Tungkalan in Toril, Davao City and the Adopt-An-Endangered-Tree community-based projects which advocated the importance of environmental protection. One of its Endangered-Tree project which aimed on making each family in the target "barangay" adopt at least one Molave tree seedling to be nourished and taken cared of.

e. Family Health Care Program - this holistic program is an integral part in the training of Family Practice residents. It provides an oppurtunity for residents to experience continuity of care. Patients and their families enrolled in the program are cared by residents from first year up to fourth year of his residency training. It also provide an oppurtunity for residents to apply the principles of Family Medicine to their patients.

f. Geriatric Health Care Program - conceived just at the start of year 2002, this newest addition to the ever-growing list of programs and services of the department aims to answer the needs of one of the most marginalized sector of the community, the elderly. The department positions itself to champion the cause of the more mature population among us and make the hospital not just baby friendly but also elderly friendly. With its theme "Embracing Aging with Joy", the program aims to maximize self-confidence and quality of life for the older generation and give them the priviledges they deserve.

g. Hospice Care Program - In coordination with the Oncology Section of the Department of Medicine, the program aims to provide quality care ang quality of life terminally ill patients.

h. NTP - Davao Chest Club - through the efforts of the resident coordinators from the department, a patients' club named Davao Chest Club was establshed and was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1998. Today, the club works to coordinate treatment of patients with Tuberculosis and the health care providers of the hospital. The residents-in-charge of this club educate the patients afflicted with Tuberculosis on the disease.

i. Public Health Unit (PHU) - headed by Family Medicine Consultant, Dr. Nalupa, it organizes and coordinates the Preventive and Promotive Health programs in the hospital setting.

j. Rabies Control Program - initialized in 1999, the program has worked for promotion of Rabies prevention through immunization and education dissemination. Presently, all animal bites consulting in the hospital care are referred to the department.

k. STOP-DEATH/HEMS Program - the acronym stands for Strategic Tactical Operations Plan for the Prevention of Disasters, Emergencies, Accidents and Trauma for Health / Hospital Emergency Management Staff. The primary task of the program is to make necessary measures to prevent disasters and emergencies as well as to prepare the hospital's staff, facilities and resources to respond to such calls should they come.

l. Counseling Services - this is the arm of the Hospice Care program aimed at answering the psychological needs of the patients. The program is involved in processing of patients referred into it as well as family meetings. It is also involved in assisting patients in terms of guiding them in search for possible source of support for their sick beloved.

m. Community Outreach Services - the department is the hospitals prime mover in the medical aspect of community outreach. The department sends its doctors and staff not only to provide medical services but educational services as well. In coordination with friends from the pharmaceutical industry, the department also facilitates the procurement of free laboratory examinations for a defined population.

n. Emergency Room Services - the department is tasked to manage the Emergency Room, with Dr. Audan as consultant coordinator. The hospital ER complex is now a model for other DOH-retained hospital. Regular ER audit conferences are held to ensure quality care.

o. Family Medicine Ward - this facility is one of a kind in the whole country. The Family and Community Medicine Program of the Davao Medical Center is the only program, which maintains its own ward and manages its own patients based on the scope of its competencies.

p. Outpatient Services - the department is tasked to manage the operation of the ambulatory section of the hospital. Total Quality Management principles are applied through regular quality circle meetings and the solicitation of feedback from our external and internal customers. With an increasing number of patients and with undermanned clinics, it is working hard to cope up with the demands and offer quality care.

q. Personal Health Services - this is ained at the occupational and safety program for hospital personnel. The department acts as the gatekeeper and the copany physician. It provides pre-employment exam, annual physical exam and health services to hospital employees. Everyday a department consultant is assigned at the personnel health services clinic to cater to the health needs of the personnel and their dependents.