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        National Medical Admission Test or commonly known as NMAT is a standardized test for students who wish to enter medical school in the Philippines. NMAT is being conducted by the Center For Educational Measurement, Inc. to test the students mental ability in order to determine if one is fit to study medicine. The exam is consists of 2 parts. The first part is more on Verbal, Inductive Reasoning, Quantitative, and Perceptual Acuity and the second part is about Biology, Physics, Social Science, and Chemistry.

        As the title says, I took NMAT thrice. Crazy, but it is the truth. I got a percentile rank of 46, 47, and 76 respectively.

      On my first try last January 2022, I actually enrolled in a known NMAT Review Center. However, I think they are not effective enough because they do not teach the students a test taking strategy. Test taking strategy is very important especially that the exam is a time pressured one. Imagine, you have subjects that require solving (Quantitative, Physics, and Chemistry) but that review center actually teaches you the step by step process in solving the math problem that usually takes 5 minutes to complete. Though, I commend them for teaching the whole process but it is not really that helpful because I wasted my time doing the tedious solution just to get the answer where in fact there is an easiest way to solve it right away. As I remembered, I lack time in answering the exam resulting in me getting a low PR.

        On my second try last January 2023, I got low PR again which is 1 score higher than my previous one. I enrolled again to a different review center and they just provided us with pre-recorded videos and a little bit of sample questions. As far as I remembered, some of their Inductive Reasoning sample questions came out in the exam. To be honest, I think it was my fault why I got such a low grade because I did not take my review session seriously since my head is still in vacation mode as I was just a recent board passer at that time.

        The moment I received my second PR, that was the time that reality sinks in. Med school application is finishing and yet my PR is not high. I cannot bear to take another gap year again because time is so precious to me. There are schools that can accommodate me with that score but I said to myself that I will not settle for less and will only enroll in my alumni school. So with great determination, I reviewed again for the May 2023 exam and finally, I got my desired PR! It is not high compared to what other students got but still, I am proud of myself for reaching it.

        For this third and last try, I enrolled in another review center again but I only attended a few of their lectures because I think NMAT is not their forte. During that time, they are still starters so I think they are not familiar with how NMAT works. For example, they used calculators in solving problems entirely which are useless because calculators are not allowed during the exam. What actually helped me in jumping from a score of 47 to 76 is doing a lot of practice tests. I was lucky that I stumbled upon a compilation of video materials and sample questions for NMAT. I only self-reviewed on my third try and used the material that I got which actually helped me to be prepared for my exam. So for those who are planning to do self-review, I think it is effective as long as you have the right materials with you.

        In conclusion, if you got a low PR on your first NMAT exam, do not down yourself. You can still try and try until you get your desired PR. However, you must also think that every time you will take the exam you still have to pay both the registration fee and test fee which costs 1,950 pesos during that time. Honestly, I’m just thankful that I have the financial capabilities to take the NMAT thrice because if not, I will really study hard on my first try so that I do not have to spend money again for the exam.

For further reading, you can check Strategies in Studying NMAT to help you prepare your upcoming exam.
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What Can Scansnap Do for Your Business?
        Scanners are one of the most crucial keys to turning physical data into digital data. There are many types of scanners out there, each with its own unique benefits and characteristics. Scansnap is a scanning device that easily scans documents and imports the data into the digital realm, sent exactly where the user wants it, whether it is a cloud database or their own internal database.

        Scansnap is a dynamic software that is designed to optimize productivity. With it, users are easily able to manage, edit and utilize multiple layers of scanned data, combine favorite functions, organize receipts, documents, business cards and much more. 

Transitioning to the Digital World
        You can connect Scansnap and a computer via WI-FI. This is a crucial element for employing the device that will turn physical data into digital data, which is where all data is going to end up. In the electronic world, there are still many businesses and organizations that deal with loads of physical data, which must then be transferred so that the data can be thoroughly protected. 

        Users can employ a single Scansnap unit with multiple computers and Scansnap allows for automatic and manual scan functions, which make it possible to scan documents such as large drawings, documents with sticky notes attached or curled or folded receipts without any interference or issues. 
Scan to the Cloud

        A scanned image and the accompanying meta information is referred to as content data record and this can get put onto the cloud easily. In fact, Scansnap Cloud imports data directly from your unit to your favorite cloud service without a computer or mobile device. The software automatically classifies the file type by documents, receipts, business cards and photos, and sends it to the chosen cloud via preset profiles. 


Scan With Integrity
        With Snapscan, users are protected against poor-quality scans by the technology that is built into the product. Snapscan generates superior-quality photos and features a suite of automatic correction features, including photo brightness and contrast, red eye adjustment and color fade restoration. 

Snapscan Allows You To Create a Profile
        The profile aspect of Scansnap is an important feature. Saving a profile that you created according to the purpose of a scan allows users to perform a scan that meets that purpose by simply selecting the appropriate profile. This will save users the time of constantly creating a set of settings. Rather, it effectively establishes templates, to be used when needed and speeds up the scanning process.

        Scansnap allows users to work quickly, processing data at great speeds. It easily connects to multiple computers and uploads data to the cloud efficiently, where it is then protected. With it, you can comprehensively manage the files in the local folders or the network folders as well as the content data records created from the documents that have been scanned. You can customize your settings and create your own user profile, making the whole process even easier. Visit an office supply store today to check out the latest Snapscan products and make your digitization process easier for tomorrow.

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        The Klook Travel Fest is Making a Comeback and its better than ever! With 2 years of lockdown and pandemic blues, this year's Klook Travel Fest is all about becoming your launchpad towards your dream travel plans. With a whopping amount of hot deals, giveaways, joy challenges, all-expense paid trip raffles, and influencer appearances by Mimiyuuuh, Rei Germar & Migy Romulo, Jaz & Jax Reyes and many more, the next century Klook is truly making the ultimate comeback. 
Klook Travel Fest Banner
        Revenge travel starts here and is happening from October 22-23 at the Glorietta Activity Center. This is one event you wouldn’t want to miss! Best part is that it’s absolutely FREE. Bring your favorite travel buddies with you and book your tickets here! 

Itinerary Planning and Booking 
        You can expect to see immersive Destination Booths to book your revenge travel plans with ease. Klook’s team of specialists and experts will be stationed in the Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Thailand booths to help you plan and book your dream itinerary for your favorite destinations. 

        Whatever destination you’re headed to, you can count on Klook specialists to help you book the best activities and attractions for your dream holiday – all at a great price! 

Note: You don’t need to go to the destination booth to book your deals and activities! These booths work as an assistance hub for those who have further questions on products, booking concerns, and more. As long as you know how to book on Klook – just wait for the hot deal announcement and book right away on the app! 

Save even more with promo codes 
        As always – the fastest fingers get the deals, and at the Klook Travel Fest 2022, it’s no different! With that said, if you want to get dibs on all the best deals during the event, waste no time and familiarize yourself with How To Book on Klook. So for those using the Klook App for the very first time – be sure to check out this How To Book on Klook guide and be an expert in no time! 

Hot Deals 
        A Klook event is never complete without some Hot Deals to spice up our travel. Klook will be announcing unbelievable promo codes exclusive on the event dates. These hot deals will be flashed on the Glorietta Activity Center LED Wall — so make sure to keep your eyes peeled! The schedule for Day 1 and Day 2 Hot Deals is seen below! 
Klook Travel Fest Schedule
    You can also check Klook Philippines’ Facebook Page for daily updates on the Klook Travel Fest; or subscribe to our newsletter. 

Win an All-Expense Paid Trip to Singapore or Japan 
        On the eve of each Klook Travel Festival date, you can expect Klook to come through with giveaways and prizes to fuel your future trips! Our major giveaways are (2) all-expense paid trips to Singapore for Day 1 and Japan for Day 2! All guests who book on the app on the festival days will receive a physical raffle entry after every purchase. Winners will be drawn at the end of each festival day, so make sure you stay until the end of the program! 

JR Pass Japan 
        Back with a travel vengeance is none other than our best-selling JR Pass! If you’re restarting your travel era with a trip to Japan, you’re going to want to add this to your plans. No need to wait 2 weeks to get your JR Pass, Klook is offering same-day ticket printing for those who book their JR Whole Japan Rail Pass (Consecutive 7, 14, or 21 Days) tickets on event – with no minimum or maximum number of tickets! There will also be JR Pass representatives to assist in answering your questions, if any! 

        Note: All JR Passes must be booked before 7PM for same-day printing service. This applies for both days of the festival. 

Speakers 
        For this year’s Klook Travel Fest, local talents and influencers who are all about the future of travel and have notable insights on how the landscape is like will be present. Check out who you can expect this October 22 and 23 below: 

Mimiyuuuh 
Schedule: October 22, 5:30PM 
Mimiyuuuh
        Fashion and social media megastar don’t begin to describe the sensation that is Mimiyuuuh. Taking the world by storm, catch your travel gurl on Day 1 as she talks about her latest trip to Singapore on the Klook Travel Fest stage! 

Rei Germar and Migy Romulo 
Schedule: October 22, 2:00PM 
Rei Germar and Migy Romulo
Source: @migyromulo 

        Lifestyle icons who are stealing the scene are Rei Germar and Migy Romulo. Catch them on Day 1 as they talk about their travel experience to Thailand during the post-pandemic normal! 

Jax Reyes 
Schedule: October 23, 11:30am
Jax Reyes
Source: @jacquesjax 
        This TikTok star is someone you’re going to want to see on Day 2! Jax Reyes is dropping his best travel hacks when traveling to Japan. 

Hangout Buddies
Schedule: October 23, 3:30PM 
Hangout Buddies 1
Hangout Buddies 2
        The people behind the internet giant “Homebuddies” are breaking the mold and coming out with their best insights during their recent Korea adventure. Catch Mayora, Jesh and the crew on Day 2 for their game-changing talk and get first dibs on their limited time promo codes for bigger discounts! 

Local Merchants 
        To really complete your revenge travel plans in the future, Klook invited a couple of local merchants to come in and join in the comeback hype! 
  • Uniqlo Philippines will be having an interactive booth for all 2 days of the festival. They will also have a special travel segment with special guests. 
  • Resorts World Cruise will be offering a special Hot Deal promo to give away free 100SGD credits with their cruise package. 
  • Globe will also have an interactive booth for all Globe subscribers. They will also have a travel segment to give away special prizes only for Klook Travel Fest Attendees! 
  • GCash will be present with an interactive booth for all GCash subscribers. 
  • J Park will be giving away exciting prizes during their exciting game segment. 
  • Singapore Zoo and Night Safari will be giving away exciting prizes during their exciting game segment. 
  • Shopback will be having exclusive deals on both Klook Travel Fest days to help you earn more cashback. 
Pre-KTF Preparations 
    Like any stellar trip, preparation is key! Before the event, make sure you’ve got all of these ticked and ready to go for smooth and seamless revenge travel planning! 
  1. Download the Klook App
  2. Have your free admission QR Code ready 
  3. Familiarize yourself with How To Klook
  4. Double check our Fest Schedule on Facebook* 
  5. Subscribe to our Klook Newsletter 
  6. Don’t forget to bring the essentials: Water, pen, paper, government I.D or passport (if necessary) 
Frequently Asked Questions 
  1. Where will be this year’s Klook Travel Fest? It will be held in the Glorietta Activity Center. 
  2. Will there be parking available? Basement parking is available within the Glorietta mall. 
  3. Do we need tickets to attend the Klook Travel Fest? Yes! You can get your free admission vouchers here! 
  4. Where can we book our activities? On the Klook App! Download it now! All activities will be booked on your personal smartphones. 
  5. How do we avail of the travel deals? Drop by the Klook Travel Fest – we’re announcing hot deals throughout the two festival days. 
  6. Can Klook create itineraries for us? Yes, we can! Drop by the different destination portals during the event and we’ll plan and book your dream itinerary for you. 
  7. Will Klook have same-day printing and pick up for JR Passes? Yes, we will! 
  8. Will there be flights? Yes. With Klook now offering flights, Klook will be offering walkthroughs on how to book flights within the platform. 
  9. How can I avail of Hot Deals on KTF? Guests need to be physically present at the event to redeem the actual promo code. Hot Deal codes will be flashed throughout the event. Kindly note that all codes are redeemed on a first come, first served basis. 
  10. When will the Hot Deals come out? Check out the schedule within this article and take note! 
  11. What prizes can we win? Tons! Apart from Klook Credits, Klook will also be giving out all-expense paid trips and merchant sponsored items. 
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        Qualitative research is one of the most used research design as it systematically collect, organize, and interpret textual data. Its goals is to explore and to have an in-depth understanding on the specific phenomena that leaves a mark on the minds of the researchers. It is an inductive approach wherein researchers begins in seeking patterns from their observation and then theorize these patterns, or in other words, they will make a broad conclusion from the specific observations, evidence, or patterns that they were able to gather from their data collection. The settings of this research design is based on the natural environment wherein the researchers will collect the data in a place where the issue or problem is being experienced. The sampling of the participants is purposeful in nature wherein they are chosen because they specifically share a given characteristics and or experienced the particular phenomena that the researcher is trying to study. The participants will not be experimented rather they will have a face to face interaction with the researcher over time so that the researchers will be able to talk to them directly and will be observe first hand on how they behave and act on a certain phenomenon. The data on the qualitative research will not just rely on a single data source but will rely in a multiple sources such as interviews, observations, and documents. Then the researchers will analysis it by reviewing and interpreting all the gathered data and organize it into categories or themes. One of the end product of a qualitative research is the recurrent themes that emerged upon the interpretation of the data. These themes are known for unifying concepts and statements, identifying and characterizing patterns or behaviors, group interaction, and individual perceptions, and helping to develop a testable hypothesis by identifying salient factors what matters in perspectives, and inform predictions about relationships.

        In making a well-formed qualitative research question, the researcher must first established what is the aim or objectives of the research because the research questions will solely revolve around it. Stating of the goal is through the use of verbs and some of the commonly used verbs are “to characterize,” “to describe,” and “to understand.” The researcher must identify the topic of interest that the research study will address so that the focus will be set since it helps in determining the appropriate methods to be used, it serves as a guide in the study planning, and it frames the analysis and findings of the data to be collected. In identifying on what topic to be focus on, it is much better to only focus on a single phenomenon, concept, or idea so that the research will not be too broad that will make the research to be too impossible to work and finish on. The sample and the setting must be specific so that the research will be done only to the appropriate participants in order to gain only the desired information that could help answer the research questions. Keeping in mind when forming a qualitative research question it should be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bounded so that it is feasible enough to be conducted. Developing research question is somewhat challenging that is why a researcher must invest time in defining the knowledge gap that could be a great help to know what to focus more in order to develop a good research question that is essential on the success of the study.
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How to Critique the Relevance, Wording and Congruence of Research Questions 
        One of the important components of research is the Research Question because this is where the research will resolve. That is the why phrasing of a research question is very important because the clarity that it will produce will be used as the guide on the flow of the research. One of the important tasks of a researcher is to critique the relevance, wording, and congruence of the research question that will be formulated so that they will be able to achieve a good research questions that will answer the purpose why their research study is being conducted.

        Relevance of the research question should be observed because the research study that will be produced will serve as a guide to other researchers and other people in the field that the research is focusing. The research question should help other people so that there will be an improvement to their chosen practice. Being feasible, interesting, novel, and ethical should be also considered in order to have a relevant research question. 

        In wording, there is a lot to things to consider since word choice can make a huge difference on the aim and the purpose of the study. First, the research question should be find easily. It is useful to use words such as “purpose, aim, or question” so that the person that will read the research will be able to find the research question easily that is usually placed in the abstract, end of introduction, and in the beginning of the methodology. Second, the wording of the research question should be clear, concise, and specific because if not, the research question will appear unclear and incomplete to the readers. It should also include important factors such as population of interest, variables or phenomena under study, and any proposed relationship among them. Lastly, the structure of the research question should be properly observed. In a quantitative research, the question should include the population, intervention, comparison, outcome, and time (PICOT) while in the qualitative research the research question should include the central phenomenon focus of the study, participant, and context. 

        Research question should be congruent because this is the driving force behind the study. The research question should be congruent enough since it will tell what methodology should be used for the research study. The congruency of the research question will help guide the researchers to identify what design, population, data collection, and analysis should be performed. When the methodology is already identified, justification should be provided in order to make sure that the research question answered the aim of the methodology otherwise the research question should be reworded for congruency and clarity. 

Evidence – Based Practice Step 3 – Rapid Critical Appraisal 
        Evidence Based Practice (EBP) is the integration of clinical judgment or expertise, best evidence from literature findings, and patient preferences or values. EBP is important in nursing practice because it helps nurses to provide a high quality care through the help of well-founded decisions from the different scientific research. It is important that EBP is critically appraise to confirm that the presented evidence practice is reliable enough to be used in the field. In looking for an evidence – based practice, the source should be scholarly because it is already peer reviewed wherein there are reviewers that evaluated the article and made suggestions on the things that needed to change so that the study is already improved before it get officially published. 

        In order to for the researcher to rapidly and critically appraise the evidence based practice, they should consider the level of evidence, how well the study was conducted, and how useful it will be to the researchers, situations, and patients. Identifying the level of evidence is needed because the higher it is in the pyramid the high quality the information will be. That is why it is much better if the study is meta-analyzed, systematic reviewed, and randomized controlled trial (RCT). It is important to know how well the study was conducted because it will serve as an overview how the study was performed. In critiquing how the research was conducted, the sample size and duration and completeness of follow-up to the participants should be look into which usually can be found in the abstract, methods, and result. In sample size of the study, it should be big enough in order to see the variations among the participants. The duration of the follow-up to the participants should also be longer because it will clearly see the changes that happened from the first day of the research was conducted until its end. Although, a short follow-up is still accepted as long as the nature of the research is also short term. The completeness of the follow-up should be also noted since it will determine how many participants withdrew, removed, stopped, or died while the study is being conducted in order to see if the participants of the study become weak. If the participants drop by 20%, the study might became weak in which it will greatly affect its reliability. It is also a must to determine how the study is useful to the researcher, situation, and patient by looking into consideration how the participant matches the population and how it will make a difference to receiver of the research. It is also advisable to use an appraisal checklist since it is useful in making the rapid critical appraisal much easier in determining if the evidence based practice is well grounded to use in the practice.
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