Mission of the Pharmaceutical Department
SNUH Department of Pharmacy contributes to healthy and happy life of patients through providing the optimal pharmaceutical service at the warm-hearted of healthcare.
Visions of the Pharmaceutical Department
1. Pay attention to and understand patient’s circumstances and provide personalized pharmaceutical service.
1. Value mutual respect and cooperation. Maintain joyful workplace for myself and colleagues and promote growth.
1. Be flexible in responding to changes and lead advancement in pharmaceutical affairs.
1. Materialize human-centered social value.
Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Department
The Pharmaceutical Department is in charge of preparations and medication counseling for outpatient and inpatient prescriptions of adults and pediatric patients, aseptic preparations of anticancer drugs, intravenous injections, and total parenteral nutrition, provision of pharmaceutical information, pharmacy preparations and supply, and drug management. We provide clinical pharmaceutical services including consultations on total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) as well as drug utilization reviews (DUR) and medication counseling on anticoagulants, organ transplant drugs, intensive care drugs, respiratory drugs, kidney drugs, tumor drugs, and polypharmacy.
We are also paying close attention to drug selections, drug master management, drug supply, and researching quality control and clinical pharmacology of the drugs used. To contribute to the development of pharmaceutical care, we are reinforcing our professional core competencies through employee training, our pharmacist residency program, been going on since1983, and education for students in and outside of Korea.
Recently we aim to help patients recover their health and improve their quality of life with our counseling to manage their own lifestyle and stress, which are the deep causes of the disease.