Shanghai

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…