The Medical City: Pharmacy
Internship Program
22 Liwag, James Timothy
33 Romina, Kristiana Margarette C.
35 San Pedro, Joanna Gee L.H.
About TMC
The Medical City (TMC) is a tertiary health care facility
with over forty years (it has been operational since
1967) of experience in hospital operation and
administration.
TMC addresses the entire continuum of health needs
and treats the patient as an equal, informed, and
empowered partner in the preservation of health
Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited
Hospital Description
Type of Service:
General Hospital
Service Capability:
Tertiary Care
Bed Capacity:
800 beds
Length of Stay:
Short term and Long term
Ownership:
Private hospital
Facility
The Medical City is located on a 1.5-ha property along
Ortigas Ave., Pasig City, with 115,000 square meters of
floor space.
It includes two Nursing Towers, which caters to 800
beds, joined by a Podium, bridgeways, and a Medical
Arts Tower.
Philosophy
Where Patients are Partners
This phrase finds its fullest meaning when the patient
is viewed not as a problem to be solved or a charge to
be cared for, but as a partner in his own health.
Mission and Vision
The Vision
To always be a leader in shaping how Filipinos think, feel and
behave about health and how health services are accessed by
and delivered to them, and to use such leadership to serve
equity in health, life and development.
The Mission
The pursuit of our vision is animated by a passion to always keep
our patient on center stage and deliver service of greater worth,
engaging strategic partners who share our vision and passion,
constantly proceeding from what we do best, and in the process
of carrying these out, align the interests of our employees, our
professional staff and our shareholders with the interests of
those we serve.
Core Values
Excellent and compassionate service
Client partnership
Primacy of the human resource
Integrity
Pharmacy Department
Pharmacy operation
Under the regulation of:
DOH and FDA
DDB and PDEA
PhilHealth accredited
JCI accredited
Organizational Chart
Pharmacy Manager
Asst. Manager- Dispensing
and Compounding
Section Head
Section Head
Asst. Manager- Clinical
Pharmacy
Section Head
Staff Pharmacists
Pharmacy Assistants
Pharmacy Clerk
Clinical Pharmacist
Pharmacy Department Staff
Manager: 1
Assistant Managers:
Dispensing and Compounding Services: 1
Clinical Pharmacy: 1
Section Heads: 3
Staff Pharmacists:
Dispensing and Compounding Pharmacists: 48
Clinical Pharmacists: 24
Pharmacy Assistants: 3
Pharmacy Clerk: 1
Drug Distribution Process
SUPPLIER
WAREHOUSE
PATIENT/CUSTOMER
PHARMACY
Pharmacy Department
Dispensing and Compounding Services
Pharmacists Role
The pharmacists role is to provide at all times an
adequate supply of safe, effective, and good quality
drug consistent with the needs of patients and to
rationalize drug utilization inside the hospital.
Aims to provide the 8Rs:
Right patient
Right dose
Right drug
Right storage
Right time
Right duration
Right manner of administration
Right information
Medication Management
Operating System
SHAMAN (Strategic Hospital And Automation Network)
Icarus Label
Aids in patient identification
Patients name
Date of Birth
Pin number
Unit Dose Drug Delivery System
Arrangement of Stocks
According to dosage forms
According to therapeutic use
Alphabetized
Stock Replenishment
Principle of FIRST IN, FIRST OUT
**Stocks also include other supplies
Equipments
Biosafety Cabinet
Laminar Flow Hood
Equipments
Pneumatic Tube
Operating Hours
Main Pharmacy, ER Pharmacy, ICU Pharmacy:
24-hour Service
Surgery Suite Pharmacy, Oncology Pharmacy:
6am to 10pm
Pharmacy Units and their Location
Main Pharmacy
9th flr Nursing Tower 2
ER Pharmacy (SP1)
Ground floor
Oncology Pharmacy
(SP2)
8th floor Nursing Tower
2
ICU Pharmacy (SP3)
3rd floor Podium
Surgery Suite Pharmacy 3rd floor Podium
(SPS)
Pharmacy Department
Clinical Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy Services:
Prepare and update patient census for admissions,
transfers, and discharges
Inspect the medication room and refrigerator of the
nursing unit
Update Drug Database Form
Answer drug inquiries from nurses and other
healthcare professionals
Assess drug therapy
Provide and discuss recommendations with nurses
and other healthcare professionals
Document recommendations and discussions in the
Physicians Order Sheet
Review Home Medication Instructions of Patients for
discharge
Participate in the code response team
TMC Pharmacy Internship
Program
Where Interns are Partners
As Interns
We were required to attend in the orientation
We rendered our assistance in dispensing medications
We were guided on how to accomplish the Drug Database
Form
We were also allowed to observe pharmacists in
compounding medications
We also participated in responding to hospital codes (done
by clinical pharmacists)
We were also privileged to witness several surgeries in the
Surgery Suite
We pledged to abide in the TMC Pharmacy
Department house rules
We were encouraged to uphold the values of the
institution
Clinical Pharmacy Case Study
Spell of Work
6am to 2pm
2pm to 10pm
10pm to 6am
The Medical City Pharmacy Internship Program is a
dedicated educational institution devoted to
inculcate to pharmacy students knowledge and
learning of the practice of pharmacy in the hospital
setting.
An institution where we put our
concepts and theories into practice
