This morning started off on a bit of a rough note. We didn't realize our bus passes expired yesterday so when we tried to get on the bus, the driver let us know about our ignorance. This wouldn't normally be that big of a deal...if you had money on you..however, neither Elise or I had any cash so we had to try and hunt down an ATM machine at 8AM. The first ATM was a bust. The second was a victory! Luckily we didn't have to walk too far to find one! The thing that stinks is that only certain buses come every 5-10 minutes and unfortunately, the bus that takes us to Wythenshawe only comes about every 40 minutes. Again, luckily it was not pouring down raining...just spitting rain..so it was bearable.
Once we got in, we met up with the two pharmacists that we were going to be following. I went on one of the main medical wards with Lisa. None of the patients were new so I just helped with a few medication discharges or TTOs as they call them here. I also looked through a few patient charts, comparing drug treatment to what we might typically do in the states as well as discussed interesting things I noted in patient care with Lisa. For example, one of the patients was pretty complex and was on an anti-depressant that had an interaction with the antibiotic he was on to treat his diabetic foot ulcer so they stopped it; however, this anti-depressant was already a third line option so the psych team did not want to start something else and yet the patient was already experiencing suicidal ideations. I spoke with Lisa about my thoughts on the case and what I thought I would do after reading the background information but it was definitely a tricky one!
Elise and I ended up leaving after lunch to finish up the database/result analysis on the prescribing errors project we've been working on.
Hard to believe that tomorrow is our last day at Wythenshawe and we will be back in the states in 3 days! We're both so thankful to Jodie and Dr. Steinke for arranging this time at Wythenshawe! We've been able to see/do so much in just 9 short days there!
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