On 5 February five UK pharmacists (Chik Kaw Tan, David Scott, Rachel Kenward, Rebecca Walters and Sue Banfield) left for Surabaya, Indonesia, for the sixth and final visit supported by a grant from the British Council, to teach and promote clinical pharmacy and drug information.
Surabaya is the capital of East Java, the second most populous province in Indonesia. The industrial city of Surabaya is second only to Jakarta in size and economic importance and has a population of between 4 to 5 million. The headquarters of the Indonesian Navy is situated here.
Indonesia is an archipelago of over 13,600 islands stretching 5000 km from the Asian mainland into the Pacific Ocean. It has a population of over 210 million comprising 350 ethnic groups who speak between them 600 languages and dialects!
At the University of Surabaya, the staff of PIOLK (Centre for Medicines Information and Pharmaceutical Care, CMIPC) were preparing to host the following:
Two parallel courses:
Fundamentals in Clinical Pharmacy II
(to increase clinical pharmacy knowledge and skills to enable competency
in prescription monitoring)
Fundamentals in Clinical Pharmacy IV
(Evidence Based Medicine and Drug Information)
A National
Seminar:
Towards rational prescribing and patient care
A visit to the Dr Saiful Anwar State Hospital in Malang to promote the development of a clinical pharmacy service
During the trip there were opportunities for exploring other parts of Indonesia.
PIOLK
Centre
for Medicines Information and Pharmaceutical Care (CMIPC) or Pusat Informasi
Obat dan Layanan Kefarmasian (PIOLK) was set up at the University of Surabaya.
The
University of Surabaya (‘Ubaya’) is a private
university and one of the top rated Pharmacy Faculties in the country.
Mission statement of PIOLK: To promote the effective, safe, rational,
and cost-effective use of medicines in the community.
PIOLK
currently comprises 5 departments: Medicines Information Centre, Indonesian
Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (InCPPE), Dept of Clinical
Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice Research Resource Centre, Health Education
Unit.
Functions of PIOLK:
- Centre of Excellence for Practice
- Model Centre
- Resource Centre
- Training Centre
The staff had very recently moved into a new and spacious office.
Mr Adji Prajitno is the head of the
Centre and has the support of several other staff.
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