Mongolia Pharmacist Licensing Exam case studies
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The Mongolia Pharmacist Licensing Exam (Монгол Улсын эмийн сангийн мэргэжлийн үнэлгээний шалгалт) is the professional assessment that pharmacy graduates sit before they are licensed to practise as a pharmacist in Mongolia. It is intended for graduates of a recognised pharmacy programme who need the credential to work in community pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, wholesalers, regulatory bodies, or industry. The Mongolia Pharmacist Licensing Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,540 words.
1Extemporaneous hydrochlorothiazide suspension for a 5.2 kg infant in a soum hospital
A 4-month-old girl weighing 5.2 kg is admitted to a soum hospital 180 km from the aimag centre with oedema from newly diagnosed nephrotic syndrome. The paediatrician prescribes hydrochlorothiazide 2 mg/kg/day in two divided doses alongside prednisolone.
898 words, about 4 min2Regulatory inspection of a district pharmacy: unqualified dispensing, expired stock, and a codeine combination
A district pharmacy in the ger district of Ulaanbaatar is inspected by the National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices after a complaint. The owner holds a pharmacy operating licence, but the only registered pharmacist has been on maternity leave for five months; two pharmacy technicians have been running the counter and have been selling amoxicillin 500 mg and a codeine-containing combination analgesic (8 mg codeine phosphate/500 mg paracetamol) on request, without a prescription.
928 words, about 5 min3Stevens–Johnson syndrome after three weeks of carbamazepine: causality, referral, and reporting
A 41-year-old woman from Darkhan was started on carbamazepine 200 mg twice daily three weeks ago for trigeminal neuralgia. She presents to the aimag hospital with four days of fever up to 39.2 °C, painful erosions of the mouth and lips, and a spreading dusky maculopapular rash; today about 12% of her body surface has begun to detach and the Nikolsky sign is positive.
800 words, about 4 min4Warfarin, an OTC NSAID, and co-trimoxazole: bleeding gums and an INR of 6.4
A 58-year-old man with a mechanical mitral valve on warfarin 3 mg daily comes to a Ulaanbaatar pharmacy with gum bleeding for three days and new bruises on both forearms. His last INR was 2.6, six weeks ago.
910 words, about 5 min5Licorice root tea, hypokalaemia, and resistant hypertension in a herder's wife
A 66-year-old herder's wife from Arkhangai presents to the aimag outpatient clinic with headache, muscle weakness, and palpitations for three weeks. Blood pressure is 172/96 supine and 150/88 standing.
1,004 words, about 5 min