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【轉知FIP網路課程】MEPS Webinar #2: How Pharmacists Can Support and Advise Patients During Ramadan

2017-02-20

MEPS Webinar #2: How Pharmacists Can Support and Advise Patients During Ramadan

Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CET (Find your local time here)
Panellist: Brigadier General Dato Dr Halim Basari (Director of Pharmacy at the Health Services Division of the Malaysian Armed Forces Headquarters, Malaysia)
Chair: Mr Steve Shaddock (MEPS Vice President, Australia)

As a profession, pharmacists have an important role to play in advising and counselling patients receiving medicines. Part of that requirement entails consideration being given to the cultural background of the patient. Within the Muslim community Ramadan is a period of fasting from dawn until dusk and during this period there are a number of medicines/procedures that can and cannot be taken or done.

This webinar will provide information on how pharmacists can support a patient’s medicines requirements during Ramadan.

Learning objectives

1. Identify a pharmacist’s role in supporting a patient’s medicines requirements during Ramadan.
2. Be able to counsel patients on their medicines requirements in preparation for Ramadan.

3. Explain to patients changes that occur in the body due to fasting during Ramadan.

Speaker: Dr Halim Basari

Is the Director of Pharmacy at the Health Services Division of the MAF Headquarters & is in charge of the overall leadership & management of the military pharmaceutical care & pharmamedlog services within the MAF & the Ministry of Defence. He has extensive leadership & management experiences in the pharmacy practice, healthcare supply chains, military medical logistics and quality initiatives. He has been involved in developing new progressive pharmamedlog/ supply chain services and its related teaching/training aspects within the military circle.

His special interests are Halal Pharmaceutical, Shariah Compliant Pharmacy Practice/Medical Logistics and Pharmacy Robotics/Automation. He is a member and appointed Special Technical Officer on Halal Pharmaceutical with the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and a life member with the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS). He is a recipient of PPA, PPS, AMP (Perak), KMN and PAT medals. He was conferred his Dato’ship from His Royal Highness Sultan of Pahang in 2015. More>

This webinar is open to everyone free of charge. The recording of the webinar will be available to FIP members at fip.org/webinars.