10/2/17- Today was spent in Shanghai. Today is our third day here. The city is filled with tourist with the…
Trip to the Community Pharmacy
09/29/17- Today we went off campus onto a bus to go to a very famous community pharmacy. One of the…
Traditional Chinese Medicine
09/26/17- Today we spent in the traditional Chinese medicine ward shadowing the acupuncturist of the hospital. Due to my father…
Mass Compounding
We were taken to the portion of the hospital where compounding of several types of traditional Chinese medicines was performed…
Lessons from China: Community Pharmacies
Since our arrival in China, the difference between Western and Asian community pharmacies has been irrefutably evident. All throughout Beijing,…
Herbal Medicine
On our last day at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, we were taken to a community pharmacy in Beijing that…
Lessons from China: Family Planning
In 1978, China implemented the “one child policy”, which is exactly as it sounds: each family was only allowed one…
Acupuncture Clinic
Today we visited the acupuncture clinic where we got to see some patients undergo this special non-pharmacological treatment. A specialized…
Quality Assurance
On Wednesday, we visited the Quality Assurance Pharmacy department. Here, the pharmacy tests many of the traditional/compounded medicines to ensure…
PIVAS
Pharmacy Intravenous Admixture Services (PIVAS) is a centralized location in hospitals for preparations and reconstitutions. It is similar to sterile…