Getting bigger and better, on to Nagoya!
Trip Start
Mar 25, 2006
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Trip End
Apr 27, 2006
Nagoya, Japan
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Thursday 4.19, enjoyed a nice day at Meijo University with the pharmacy students there. We listened to case presentations, went on rounds with doctor/nurse/pharmacist teams and listened to a presentation on aspiration pneumonia. Afterwards, a pizza party was held in our honor and lots of fun was had. In addition to American guest, Meijo paid host to a guest professor from Sainte Thomas University in Manila, Phillipines. The guy seriously looked no older than a high school senior, however was a pharmacist and professor at that. Phillipines, as well as Japan, is looking to expand the clinical role of the pharmacist from the dispensing and laboratory side to a more clinicallly based practice. The curriculum of Japanese pharmacy school is strongely based on laboratory work, such as therapeutic drug monitoring and collecting lab levels. This has been a big difference that we have seen in our curriculum versus Japan because the students have almost a PhD like background in laboratory skills. They compare themselves to American pharmacy practice 30-40 years ago. Also, all pharmacy schools in Japan are now a 6 year program starting this year, versus the previous 4 years.
Tomorrow, we head for Yaminashi/Mt. Fuji. Hoping to climb a bit of the mountain, however rain is in the forecast so that may be a setback. We`ll see...
