2015 Overseas Learning Experience in Chung Shan Medical University Hospital (Taiwan) for the Higher Diploma in Medical and Health Product Management Programme
01 Sep 2015
Higher Diploma in Medical and Health Product Management programme honorably collaborated with Taiwan Chung Shan Medical University again this year, to organise a learning tour for 30 students in August. Students were able to learn and study in the Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Laboratory of the Chung Shan Medical University Hospital.
Senior pharmacists explained the daily operations and the “3 Checks 5 Rights” medication administration in various sections of the Deparment of Pharmacy, including outpatient and inpatient dispensing sections, Chinese Medicine divisions and methadone clinics. They demonstrated the mechanism of automated dispensing machine. Students participated in the preparation of Chinese herbal formula in the Chinese Medicine division.
Moreover, students experienced task-based training under the supervisions of those clinical laboratory technologists of the medical laboratories, including Blood Bank, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Hematology, Biochemistry and drug testing sections.
In the 14 days, students gained many valuable experiences in clinical laboratory testing skills and dispensing procedures, which inspired them during the selection processes of further studies and careers.
