Cambodia Pharmacy Exit Exam case studies
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The Cambodia Pharmacy Exit Exam is the assessment that candidates typically sit at the end of a pharmacy degree before they can register and practise as a pharmacist in Cambodia. It is aimed at final-year students and graduates of Cambodian pharmacy programmes, and at pharmacists trained abroad who need to demonstrate equivalence of knowledge. The Cambodia Pharmacy Exit Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 2,885 words.
1ORS stock control before the monthly order
At a district hospital pharmacy in Battambang, oral rehydration salts (ORS) are supplied in sachets and ordered monthly from the provincial store. Average ORS use is 3,000 sachets per month, with a seasonal maximum of 3,600.
678 words, about 3 min2Diclofenac, ACE inhibitor and metformin in an older patient with CKD
S., 68, attends a community pharmacy in Phnom Penh with a 3-day history of nausea, dizziness on standing, and reduced urine output. She has hypertension and type 2 diabetes and takes lisinopril 20 mg daily, metformin 1 g twice daily, amlodipine 10 mg daily, and furosemide 40 mg daily.
595 words, about 3 min3Unregistered Andrographis capsules and a diabetes medicine claim
A community pharmacy in Siem Reap is offered a consignment of 200 bottles of 'Smau Daek' capsules by a local producer. The label states 500 mg dried Andrographis paniculata extract per capsule and claims 'controls blood sugar, replaces metformin.' The bottles have no batch number, no expiry date, and no MoH registration number.
563 words, about 3 min4A suspicious dental diazepam prescription and a delayed controlled-drug register
A pharmacist in a licensed pharmacy in Phnom Penh receives a handwritten prescription from a private dental clinic for a 24-year-old man: 'Diazepam 10 mg tablets - 100 tablets - take 2 tablets at night - repeat ×3.' The prescription has the clinic stamp but no prescriber registration number, no patient address, and no date. The patient says he has 'tooth pain and cannot sleep' and asks to pay cash for all repeats today.
536 words, about 3 min5Dengue cluster in a Kratie village: rapid risk assessment
During the third week of July, a health center in a rice-farming village in Kratie reports 48 suspected dengue cases from a population of 1,200. Of these, 30 are NS1-antigen positive, 6 have been hospitalized, and 1 died.
513 words, about 3 min