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Hospital Week 3

This week I spent 19.5 hours of observation in the pharmacy of the hospital. When I found out that I was assigned to the pharmacy, I was initially reluctant, assuming that it would be dull. However, it turned out to be a great experience where I learned a lot and worked with some really cool people. The doctors and residents were very welcoming (most other departments were more closed towards us) and they had a thorough schedule to allow us to see all aspects of pharmacy use in the hospital and its export of medicines to other clinics in the area. Some of the notable things that I learned/ observed/ experiences in this department were:

1) How to make certain combinations of medications and nutrition into IV bags
2) How to prepare cancer drugs and treatments
2) How to transport medicines to outlying clinics
3) How to distribute medicine to current patients in the same hospital
4) How clinical trials are performed
5) How to use computer software to test dosages and scheduling of medicines

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Another unique opportunity I had was to work on and help edit a paper with one of the doctors on the use of evidence rating systems in meta analyses of drug effectiveness studies in the which my name will be acknowledged when it is published.

Overall, it was an interesting week with some of the coolest doctors I have met so far! The pharmacy operations turned out to be a fun topic to learn about.



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