Theory is far away different from the real practice. Not just in the Philippine set up but also here in abroad. In my experience here in IV and Chemo pharmacy, my basic knowledge in PharmCal is my bread and butter. Thanks to my teachers who always says “don’t memorize the formula, understand it”, it helps me a lot especially when I’m calculating dose for pediatric patients. Dealing with the medication order from NICU and PICU is precarious since most of the doses available are for adults. Who would have thought that the numbers of problem solving we had in college that we always say “di man intawon ni magamit sa trabaho uy) is the one I’m applying. At my work
HERMES LOM-O,RPH
