My Classroom’s Online
In this Firefox tab is Multiply’s blog interface, while in another tab is my classroom. There are around sixty of us taking a common subject – Introductory Economics (Econ 11) – the class being composed of a variety of individuals ranging from the fresh high school graduate, to a paramedic somewhere in Cebu City, to [...]
Yuppie MD, with a Twist
HPDP Health Policy Fellows (HP Fellows) can either be medical doctors or not, but all the same they work under a United States Agency for International Aid (USAID)-funded project that helps the Philippines’ Department of Health come up with health policies that seek to improve healthcare in the country, in general. Think of the HPDP as a “think tank”. In my work as an HP Fellow, initially the educator, researcher, and social mobilizer roles come into play.
Is your Prescription (Rx) Computerized?
With the license to practice medicine comes the responsibility of communicating directions (medical orders) to the appropriate health professionals who participate in the care of a patient. These include but are not limited to other physicians, nurses, midwives, physical & occupational therapists, and pharmacists. In outpatient or office clinic practice, the pharmacist (or pharmacy assistant, [...]
