UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 

FACULTY OF PHARMACY - DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY 

PHA 6136: SOCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PHARMACY  
 
ALCARIOTO, Ynna Alexandra G. March 
16, 2021 
ALIMANE, Kathryn Gaile G. 3C-PH 
AMBIDA, Patricia Camryne R.  
ARCANGEL, Prinz Noel Angelo M. 
BONILLA, Joseph S. 
 
A. PHARMACIST ​AS 
● Demographic Information 
○ Sex: ​Female 
○ Age: ​51 yrs old 
○ Area/Field of Practice: ​Community Pharmacist (​Soledad drug and general merchandise​, 
San Fernando Pampanga) 
○ Years of Practice: ​7 years as community pharmacist 
● Guide Questions 
○ What is pharmaceutical care? 
■ “Pag  pharmaceutical  care,  I  think  patient-centered.  ​Kumbaga  responsibility  ng 
professionals  sa  practice  yung  needs  ng  patient,  goal  namin  as  practitioners  is  to 
provide drug therapy na mag bibigay ng positive outcome.​” 
○ What pharmaceutical care services are you rendering your clients/patients? 
■ “We  process  prescriptions,  basically  we  make  sure  na  walang  drug  interaction  sa 
binibili  ng  customer/patient  lalo  na  if  kung  according  sa  prescription,  sabay  dapat 
itake  ang  meds.  I  do  counselling  din,  pag  may  questions  ang  patient  about  how  to 
take the drugs, how to administer, ilan ang right dose sa ganitong time. Mga ganon.” 

B. PHARMACIST ​LP  
● Demographic Information 
○ Sex: ​Female 
○ Age: ​46 years old 
○ Area/Field of Practice: ​Hospital Pharmacist (Calamba Doctors’ Hospital, Calamba City 
Laguna) 
○ Years of Practice: ​13 years 
 
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FACULTY OF PHARMACY - DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY 
PHA 6136: SOCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PHARMACY  
 
 
● Guide Questions 
○ What is pharmaceutical care? 
■ “Pharmaceutical  care is a pharmacy practice, where pharmacists have direct contact 
with  the  patient  and  other health workers in monitoring the health of patients  and do 
medication  management  and  drug  therapy.  To  ensure  the  correct  use  of  drugs  and 
right dose and right time of administration to patients.” 
○ What pharmaceutical care services are you rendering your clients/patients? 
■ “As  of  now  the  Dispensing  Pharmacist  is  doing  short  counseling  in  out-patient  by 
telling  the  patient  how  to  take  his  /her  medicines  and  the  right  storage  of  the  new 
purchase  medicines.  And  we  do  a  unit  dose  drug  distribution  system  to  monitor  the 
right drug, the right patients and right time of administration to patients.” 

C. PHARMACIST ​DRM 
● Demographic Information 
○ Sex: ​Female 
○ Age: ​24 
○ Area/Field of Practice:​ Hospital Pharmacist  
○ Years of Practice:​ 2 years 
● Guide Questions 
○ What is pharmaceutical care? 
■ Pharmaceutical  care  is  the process wherein the pharmacist actively participates and 
collaborates  with  patients  and  other  members  of  the  healthcare  team  to  provide 
positive therapeutic outcomes for the patients. 
○ What pharmaceutical care services are you rendering your clients/patients? 
■ We  review  patient’s  medication  for  appropriateness  of  dose,  dosage  strength  and 
form, time, route and frequency of administration 
■ We  partner  with  physicians  and  other  members  of  healthcare  team  to  optimize 
patient care through effective use of medications  
■ Screening  for  any  therapeutic  drug  duplication,  drug-drug  and  drug-food 
interactions and advise physicians on how to properly dose the medications  
■ Conducting medication history interview and counseling patients for discharge 
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FACULTY OF PHARMACY - DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY 
PHA 6136: SOCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PHARMACY  
 
D. PHARMACIST ​MD 
● Demographic Information 
○ Sex:​ Female 
○ Age: ​35 
○ Area/Field of Practice: ​Community Pharmacist (Watsons Pharmacy (NE Pacific Mall, 
Cabanatuan City) 
○ Years of Practice: ​4 years 
● Guide Questions 
○ What is pharmaceutical care? 
■ “For  me,  pharmaceutical  care  is  yung  pag  bibigay  mo  advice  or  pag  counsel  mo  sa 
mga  customer  na  nag  avail  ng  mga  gamot.  Part  din  nito  yung  pag  prepare  at  pag 
compound  ng  mga  gamot  na  kailangan  nila  pati  yung  pag  monitor kung naiinom ba 
nila ng maayos yung gamot.” 
○ What pharmaceutical care services are you rendering your clients/patients? 
■ “Sa  work  ko,  kapag  may  hindi  naintindihan  yung  customer  sa  bigay  na  reseta  sa 
kanya,  gina-guide o cina-counsel ko sya para di siya malito. Nagpprepare din ako ng 
mga  gamot  na  inorder  nila  at  most  of  the  time  e  nag  iinterpret o nag babasa ako ng 
mga reseta ng mga pasyente.” 

E. PHARMACIST ​(RN) 
● Demographic Information 
○ Sex: ​Female 
○ Age: ​27 
○ Area/Field of Practice : ​Community Pharmacist (The Generics Pharmacy, Sablayan, 
Occidental Mindoro Branch) 
○ Years of Practice: ​4 years 
Guide Questions 
○ What is pharmaceutical care? 
■ For  me,  pharmaceutical  care  is  the  act  of  making  sure  that  the  patient  fully 
understands  the  instruction  or  proper  way  of  taking  the  drugs.  As  a  pharmacist,  it is 
our  sole  duty  to  make  sure  that  we  are  able  to  connect  with  our  patient  in  the  best 
and comfortable way possible. 
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FACULTY OF PHARMACY - DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY 
PHA 6136: SOCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PHARMACY  
 
○ What pharmaceutical care services are you rendering your clients/patients? 
■ As  pharmacists,  we  counsel  our  patients  by  accommodating  their  questions  and 
clarification.  We  also  have  to  read  and  double-check  the  prescription  first  to  avoid 
any medication errors. 
 
GUIDE QUESTIONS: 
1. Do the pharmacists you interviewed know what pharmaceutical care is? 
Based  on  the  accumulated  information  from  the  interviewees,  it  is  apparent  that  they  are 
aware as to what pharmaceutical care is and what it entails. 
2. What do you think is the impact of their answers to the practice of pharmacy? 
Pharmacists  are  responsible  to  provide  drug  therapy  given  that  the  overall  purpose  of 
pharmaceutical  care is to improve the patients’ quality of life. Understanding and perspectives of 
each  practitioner  majorly  affects  their  adaptation on the practice,  which can be the basis for the 
services they can render to patients. 
3. How do you think pharmacy practice is to be enhanced based on the data you gathered? 
Based  on  the  gathered  information, the pharmacists are well-informed of their duty and are 
passionate  about  fulfilling  their  responsibilities.  All  in  all,  the  pharmacists  of  today  garnered 
positive  views  and  feedback  on  us,  the  future  pharmacists.  With  that,  we  can  further  enhance 
the  pharmacy  practice  by  following  the  lead of today's pharmacist along with the help of modern 
technologies.  But,  pharmacists  do  not  fully  shoulder  the  responsibility.  We  think  that  inorder  to 
enhance  the  pharmacy  practice,  there  should  be  a  full  cooperation  between  the  pharmacy,  its 
pharmacists,  and  other  members  of  the  healthcare  team.  Each  pharmacy  should  have  uniform 
services  that  caters  to  the  needs of the Filipino patient so that we can live up to our goal which is 
to deliver better quality of life.