THE pharmacy department of North South University (NSU) stepped into the global arena when two bright students of 4th year pharmacy (2nd batch), Md. Mohammad Kawsar Sharif and Samiul Alam Rajib participated in several international pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences related conferences, workshops and training programmes. This July, Mohammad Kawsar Sharif was invited to attend an internship programme in pharmaceutical sciences at the College of Pharmacy - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, under the supervision of American Pharmacists Association (APhA).

 

During his work at the college of pharmacy, he got exposure to the pharmacy education, research and practice system, patient care management, patient pharmacotherapy assessment, collaborative drug therapy management, medication therapy management etc. Furthermore, last year in August he was the attendee of the 54th IPSF World Congress in Cluj-Napoca, Romania to represent Bangladesh for the first time in such an important event. There he was invited to conduct a workshop on drug counterfeiting.

 

Md. Samiul Alam Rajib participated in the 55th International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (IPSF) - World Congress as an official delegate which took place in Bali, Indonesia from 3 -13 August, 2009. This world congress is the largest get together of pharmacy students in the world. Samiul Alam Rajib presented a scientific poster, which was an original research work of another student of the same department, Mohammad Kawsar Sharif. The title of the poster was “Controlling Infectious Disease in Bangladesh: The epidemiological fact sheet of infectious diseases like tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS; their prevalence and incidence and the identification of potential partners when planning and implementing surveillance systems.'

 

The Vice Chancellor of North South University, Dr. Hafiz G A Siddiqui called on both these students and congratulated them for their accomplishments and encouraged them for such activities.

 

Source: thedailystar.net