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I shared my experiences with my fellow academic pharmacists, council members of the PSSL and with
our students. I have acknowledged the FIP foundation for Education and Research in all these instances.
I wrote to the Faculty Board in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jaywardenepura and
included in my progress report to the Research and Higher Degree Committee of Faculty of Medicine,
University of Colombo and acknowledged the receipt of the travel grant from the FIP foundation for
Education and research.
Finally I am extremely grateful to the FIP foundation for Education and Research for giving me the
privilege as one of the recipient of the 2007 FIP travel grant to China. I would have never been there
without your generous funding.
I do pledge that the knowledge and the experience I gained will be used to improve the profession of
Pharmacy in Sri Lanka.
Report on participation at 67th International Congress of FIP, Beijing, China 2007
By
Syed Shamim Raza, Pakistan
2007 FIP Congress Travel Grant Awardee
Attending the International Congresses organized by FIP every year is a unique learning experience
for me. The Beijing conference was my third FIP conference and my second as a FIP Foundation travel
scholarship recipient (the first was Sydney, 2003). Traveling to Beijing was more than a pure scientific
and professional experience for me. Besides achieving most of my expected learning objectives, I met
some renowned researchers, professionals and academics. It was also fascinating to attend the opening
ceremony held at the Great People's Hall and also attend the Goodbye Dinner at the Great Wall, one
of the world's wonders.
On Sunday, September 2 from 0900 - 1230 I attended the forum for innovators in pharmacy practice.
Alison Roberts from the University of Sydney was impressive; the Danish experience was also good.
I also attended the FIP/IPSF Students' day, with the theme of social dimensions of developing the pharmacy
profession. My friend Billy Futter of Rhodess University was superb and Tana Wuliji was also impressive.
Overall it was an exceptionally well attended and good program.
At night I enjoyed the welcome party held at courtyard of Jiuhua Spa & Resort Hotel. The food was
good and music band was awesome. The party ended late night with lots of fun and dance, the
atmosphere was really informal and people were mingling around with each other. I met with Indian
and some South Africans friends.
On September 04 I attended session on clinical trials in Asia organized by FIP Hospital Pharmacy
Section and FIP Industrial Pharmacy Section. It was a very good learning experience for me as I am
looking after the clinical trials in my department and am also a member of my hospital ERC/IRB. In
the afternoon I attended the session held on services and benefits that pharmacists are offering to
society and describing the value of pharmacists. The theme of the program was Is there enough evidence
for the value of pharmacists? Attending the session I learnt that in developing countries like Pakistan