Understand Different Roles As Pharmacists

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1. Understand different roles as pharmacists in hospitals, including in the central pharmacy, in the inpatient units, in the emergency department.
2. Explore therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in hospital pharmacy, including the pharmacists’ role as well as the protocols and its application.
3. Shadow the interprofessional team with pharmacists and other healthcare professions including physicians, nurses, social workers, physical therapists, understand how they can effectively and
4. Practice compounding skills including sterile and non-sterile.
5. Know the opinion and idea of complementary medicine from different perspectives.

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