Monash students IPSF win
August 17, 2011
A GROUP of pharmacy students
from Victoria’s Monash University
have shown off their excellence to
the world by taking out the top
prize in the Clinical Skills competition
at the recent International
Pharmaceutical Students’
Federation (IPSF) World Congress in
Hat Yai, Thailand.
The event wrapped up last
weekend, attracting 415 delegates
from 51 countries and providing
participants with a world view on
the practice of pharmacy.
Ten Monash students took part in
the congress, in which the Clinical
Skills competition requires
contestants to focus on ways of
identifying and solving drug-related
problems in clinical practice.
Monash was also involved up the
front of the event, with senior
lecturer Professor Jennifer Marriott
delivering two keynote addresses
on pharmacy education.
“The IPSF congress is a unique
opportunity for students to meet
with peers from all over the world
to share information on pharmacy
practice in a global perspective,”
Marriott said.
IPSF was founded in 1949 and
now represents about 350,000
pharmacy students and recent
graduates across the globe.
The winner of the individual
Clinical Skills event, fourth year
student Michelle Garner, said being
part of the event “has definitely put
Monash’s pharmacy course and the
Australian pharmacy profession
into perspective, and I feel very
lucky with what we have in
Australia”.
IPSF works closely with the
International Pharmaceutical
Federation (FIP), with its secretariat
hosted by FIP at its The Hague
headquarters in the Netherlands.
Next year’s IPSF congress will be
held courtesy of the Egyptian
Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation
in Hurghada, Egypt from 01-11 Aug
2012 - more info at ipsf2012.org.
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