RPSGB president at book launch

The President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB), Dr Jillian Hawksworth, will be visiting Malta next Thursday to participate in the launch of the book MCQs in Pharmacy Practice, edited by Dr Lilian Azzopardi, lecturer at the Department of Pharmacy. The book published by the Pharmaceutical Press, UK is being looked at as a possible European benchmark for testing the knowledge of those who would be given a warrant to practice as pharmacists in Europe. It is being recommended to be used as an aid by those preparing for pre-registration examinations.

Dr Azzopardi is also the author of the book Validation Tools for Community Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Care for the Third Millennium, which was also very well received internationally. Dr Azzopardi is now co-ordinating the setting up of standards for community pharmacy for the International Federation of Pharmacists (FIP). She has recently been appointed a member of the Documentations and Publications section of the Research, Education, Special Interests and Publications Committee during the Valencia meeting of the European Society for Clinical Pharmacy. She also co-ordinates the association's newsletter.

Also participating in the book launch will be Professor Steve Hudson, Professor of Pharmaceutical Care at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and one of the contributors to the book. Professor Hudson is external examiner to the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Malta and a member of the executive committee of the European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy.

The book will be launched next Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Ministry of Health in Valletta by the Minister of Health Dr Louis Deguara and the University Rector Professor Roger Ellul Micallef as part of the Fifth Medical School. The book launch is sponsored by Agenda University Campus Bookshop, Alta Care, Amino Chemicals, Glaxo SmithKline, Les Laboratoires Serviers, the University of Malta and the Ministry of Health.