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NEW 2019 Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy (AASP) Conference addresses the future of pharmacy education

  • 2019-07-30
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The 2019 AASP Conference, which was held at Ajou University from July 3rd to the 5th, discussed the direction of pharmacy education and the fostering of pharmacists in Asia.

The Conference, which was co-hosted by the Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology (KSPST) and AASP, featured lectures on the latest research results, a symposium, and a poster release.

AASP was founded in 2001 to seek the development of and cooperation in Asia's pharmacy education and has colleges of pharmacy, pharmaceutical and bio companies, and healthcare-related institutions in Asian countries as its members, including those from South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and India.  

The 2019 AASP Conference, which was held under the theme "Impact of Rapidly Changing Environment on Pharmacy Education, Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Asia," was attended by about 600 participants from 23 countries, including students, professors, researchers, and prominent scholars in relevant industries.

Beom Jin Lee, Dean of Ajou's College of Pharmacy and President of KSPST, said, "The AASP Conference held extensive discussions on the future direction of pharmacy education and the fostering of pharmacists now that tailored patient services are necessary amid the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and aging," adding, "It also was an opportunity to share knowledge and information on global advanced technologies and discuss the latest research trends for the development of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. Thus, the Conference served as a venue for the development of pharmacy education and research in Asia."

He went on to say, "It is important to design a core curriculum and academic guidelines for Asian colleges of pharmacy so that individual institutions can share and then combine their distinctive education.”