A look at Chinese pharmacies: a student's perspective.

As part of my fourth-year rotation, in June 2008 I had the opportunity to do my very first rotation in China and Japan as part of a foreign study program organized by Nova Southeastern University School of Pharmacy, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Coursework would include a two-week introductory course on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and one week of "cultural exploration" in Japan. Fourty-five students stayed at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, International School dorms. We toured the Chinese Medicine museum and two TCM hospitals in Beijing-Pharmacology Dongfang Hospital and Xi Yuan Hospital.