So today we visited the La Plaine health clinic and believe the school -( not sure if was in the same town or not ). I worked along side the doctor and shadowed/made recommendations to patients. Let me say that this is nothing that I have ever seen before. Patients charts are not what we are used to in the states, but just notebooks that they carry around and give to the doctor. Medications are extremely limited (i.e. Oral diabetic drugs include only Metformin, and sulfonylureas that I don't think we even use anymore). The types of complaints that I saw were actually quite common to what we see; tonsillitis, HT, diabetes, eye cataracts. Pretty interesting, and the visits are very one on one and not rushed at all. The patient will go inside the Doctors office, sit at the desk and the doctor will exam/counsel from his/her own seat.
The school visit was just awesome. The kids there were so excited to see us, and was unlike anything I have ever been apart of. We walked into the school and all the kids were yelling "Hello!!! Hi!!! and were waving to us" They were so interested in everything about us, and LOVED pictures. They loved having pictures taken of them, posing for them, looking at what was taken, and of course taking pictures. We then talked to the 6th and 4th grade classes and discussed the importance of school as well as what pharmacy is about to the students. It was a great experience overall, and I can't wait to do it again next week.
- Tyler
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