In the hospital Out-Patient Department (OPD), the ()normally is mainly responsible in generating prescriptions. In the Philippines, hospitals such as the medical centers, general hospitals, and provincial hospitals, that maintain teaching or training facilities, allow post-graduate interns or externs to write a (). Actual situations in the hospital OPD, reveal that the bulk of prescriptions generated are coming from resident physicians and not by medical specialists or consultants, as claimed. The attention of the medical specialist is called for, only in extreme emergencies at the OPD.