The World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2)
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 The
World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the 61st
Congress of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), opened
in Singapore on 2 September. Over 2,200 participants from 84 countries
attended the congress, the theme of which was “Combining practice
and science to extend horizons”.
There follow reports on symposia covering complementary medicines,
increasing awareness of pharmacy, direct-to-consumer advertising,
the internet and e-pharmacies, preventing medication errors, quality
of information on the internet and providing medicines information
to elderly people
Reports 8
September / 15
September / 22
September / 29
September / 6
October
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Pharmacists’ interactions
with complementary and alternative medicine A variety of aspects
of the interaction between pharmacists and complementary and alternative
medicines (CAMs) were discussed by the speakers at a joint symposium of
the Academic Section, the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Section and the
Pharmacy Information Section of FIP on 5 September...[more]
How to increase pharmacy awareness Increasing
pharmacy awareness begins with individuals and is a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week
process, Professor Zubin Austin, University of Toronto, Canada, told pharmacy
students at a symposium on 5 September...[more]
The potential of DTC advertising Speaking
at a symposium on “Consumerism” on 3 September, Dr Hubertus
Cranz director-general of the Association of the European Self-Medication
Industry, Belgium, stated that the increase in direct-to-consumer (DTC)
advertising has the potential to make a major impact on use of medicines
and health care services, and is highly debated globally...[more]
Opportunities for health care from the internet
and e-pharmacies The internet is a part of everyday life, but
pharmacists have to remember that it is a tool and not a business...[more]
Pharmacists can help prevent and minimise medication
errors Medication errors would never be completely eliminated,
simply because to “err is human,” according to Dr Sumon Sakolchai
(faculty of pharmaceutical science, Khon Kaen University, Thailand). However,
pharmacists, doctors and nurses could do much to prevent and minimise
them...[more]
Ensuring the quality of information on the world
wide web Speaking at a symposium on quality management of information
on the web on 4 September, Joan Dzenowagis, World Health Organization,
Switzerland, said that improving the quality of health information on
the internet is a significant challenge...[more]
Challenges of providing information on medicines
to elderly people Speaking at a Pharmacy Information Section
symposium on the information needs of elderly patients on 6 September,
William Simonson, president, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists,
United States, said that providing information on medication to older
people poses a significant challenge to pharmacists...[more]
Next year in Nice The next congress
of the International Pharmaceutical Federation will take place in Nice,
on the French Riviera, from 31 August to 5 September 2002...[more]
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