UNAIR NEWS –聽Various activities have been conducted to commemorate the 54th Anniversary of Faculty of Pharmacy 东京热.聽This time, the Faculty of Pharmacy UNAIR held a Workshop and Training themed “Pharmacotherapy Update-3: Off Label Drugs in Community and Clinical Setting”.聽The event taking place at the IPTEKDOK Grabik-Faculty of Medicine building of UNAIR Campus A was the 3rd event of聽Pharmacotherapy Update.
“Previously, it was held in 2007 and 2010 to discuss off label drugs,” said Suharjono as chairman of the committee as interviewed by UNAIR News.
Although it has been going on for the third time, according to Suharjono the implementation of聽Pharmacotherapy Update聽-3 was very different from previous activities because, this time, it was done for two days, Saturday and Sunday 14-15 October 2017 and discussed more topics.
“This workshop and training was attended by 380 participants from practitioners of hospital, pharmacies, clinics, community health centers, pharmacy schools, and pharmacy students,” he explained.聽“The participants come from various provinces in Indonesia such as Papua, Maluku, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java, and Bali,” he added.
Dr.聽Umi Athiyah, MS, Apt., as the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy UNAIR explained that the聽update聽of knowledge and聽technology聽to face the challenges in the future is really necessary.聽For her, this is an attempt to avoid聽miscommunication聽that can make frictions of pharmacists and clinicians.
”聽Off聽label聽drug information聽has not been widely known and understood by health workers, both doctors and pharmacists, because聽off label聽drug prescription聽will also have an impact on ethical rules and drug costs,” said Umi.
Author: Akhmad Janni
Editor: Nuri Hermawan
