First Time Dispensing
Introduction When you see a fresh provisional registered pharmacist doing his or her first-time dispensing, you will soon realise Their dispensing could be inefficient, error-prone and not well-organised. The anxiety and inexperience when facing questions from patients, hence the lack of confidence. There could also be a pseudo-language barrier when a non-Malay pharmacist trying to counsel medications in lay man Malay term (i.e. They face difficulty in expressing themselves). They could be too focus on checking medications and prescription at hands , instead of having a live conversation with patients in front. There might be body language of patients that doubtful. Nonetheless, the answer to all these possible situations is practice makes perfect (after observing how seniors do dispensing and handle difficult situations). NOTE: If you are not able to convey the knowledge in your brain to patients, it means little to your patient. OSCE Objective structured clinical examination (OSC...