Shifa Center of Professional Excellence (SCOPE) is organizing International Annual Medication Management Conference (AMMC-Shifa 2022) in collaboration with Department of Pharmacy Services – Shifa International Hospitals Ltd, Islamabad.
This conference will be conducted under the theme of “Pharmacists strengthening the health systems”; a theme coined for this year’s World Pharmacist Day celebrations by International Pharmaceutical Federation – FIP (https://www.fip.org/)
Program Structure:
Day – 1: September 22, 2022
It marks the main conference day featuring distinguished speakers of national and international repute.
Our speakers are eminent, highly experienced pharmacists from different domains of pharmacy profession such as Regulatory, Hospital & Community Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Industry and Pharmacy Academia etc. While this year we are involving other distinguished healthcare professionals (Doctors and Nurses) in line with the theme of the conference, to reflect a true interdisciplinary collaboration for patient care.
Day 1 also shall be showcasing selected best posters at the conference. Moreover Shifa Pharmacy will observe the award distribution ceremony for its shining staff of Pharmacy Department.
Day – 2: September 23, 2022
Pharmacy Shifa will be hosting a workshop where participants will be learning important pharmacy practice related topics that can be utilized in their daily work to bring patient care to a more safe and appropriate level.
- See program outline for details.
Who Should Attend?
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy students
- Doctors and Nurses
- Healthcare Quality and patient safety staff
Submission of abstracts for the upcoming Annual Medication Management Conference (AMMC) Shifa 2023 is now open. All abstracts must present original research or quality/patient safety improvement project
The abstracts reporting data pending will not be accepted. Submission implies that the material has not previously been presented or published elsewhere before presentation at Annual Medication Management Conference (AMMC) 2023, Shifa. Please read the abstract guidelines below carefully before submitting.
Conference Theme:
“Pharmacy united in action for a healthier world”
The Themes for abstracts include:
Safe, Cost-Efficient and Effective:
- Medication Management & Use in healthcare organization
- Pharmaceutical Supply Chain management
- Appropriateness Review of Prescriptions
- Prescription, dispensing and administration
- Monitoring – achieving the goal of therapy
- Collaborative drug therapy management
- Patient and Family Education
- Quality assurance in medication management & use
List of Track:
Your abstract could be submitted under one of the official tracks for the conference:
- Medication Selection & Procurement
- Medication storage and distribution
- Medication prescribing
- Medication dispensing / preparation
- Medication administration
- Medication monitoring
- Medication Safety and Quality Improvement
Types of Abstracts presentation:
- Onsite Poster Presentation
Abstract Format:
Abstracts should be organized as follows:
Abstract title and affiliations: (they will not count as part of the 300 words limit)
Titles of more than 25 words (110 characters and spaces) will be truncated.
You must add at least 1 author and no more than 6 in total. You must have 1 presenting author for this submission.
Authors: mandatory information
- First name
- Last name
- Institute of each author
- Country
- Role: presenting author name, email, designation.
Background:
State the study question/hypothesis, rationale, or describe the challenge addressed by the research.
Aim/objectives:
State either the overall study goal or objectives planned for the research.
Design/Methods:
Describe study design, setting, desired outcomes, procedures and techniques used to collect and analyse information. Include a description of appropriate statistical analyses.
Results:
Present important/significant specific findings to date.
Conclusions:
Describe the implications of the results presented and summarize key recommendations. Explain specific findings on how the research addressed the study question or challenge.
Tables/Figures (Optional):
Authors may submit only one table or one figure per abstract. If more than one table or figure is submitted, one of them will be deleted.
A sample abstract is available on for your reference.
Abstract body:
- The abstract text should not exceed 300 words. Abstracts of more than 300 words will be truncated.
- Please note that abstract title and affiliations do not count as part of the 300 words.
- Abstracts can be submitted in English only. Abstracts submitted in other languages will not be considered. No simultaneous interpretation will be provided at the conference.
- Authors are responsible for proofreading and submitting an abstract without errors, as they will be reproduced in the form they were submitted. No changes will be accepted after the submission.
Submission:
- Abstracts must be sent through an e-mail as an attachment (on sample template) to abstract-ammc@shifa.com.pk
- Fax or hard copy will not be accepted.
- Online submission will be open till 20th October 2023. No further changes are accepted after that deadline.
- The corresponding author will receive an email confirming that the submitted abstract has been received. Contact abstract-ammc@shifa.com.pk if you do not receive the confirmation by 1st week of September.
- Please do not submit an abstract if none of the authors intends to present it virtually or physically, in the event that it is accepted.
Reviewing:
- All submitted abstracts will be sent for peer review by a panel of national experts in the field of Pharmacy Practice/Medication management.
- Each abstract will be reviewed and scored by at least three reviewers to determine which abstracts are accepted and whether they are best suited for onsite poster presentations.
It gives me great pleasure to invite you to a hybrid International Annual Medication Management Conference (AMMC-Shifa 2023) & Workshop, scheduled for December 15nd & 16rd, 2023. (Hosted by Department of Pharmacy Services – Shifa International Hospitals Ltd. Islamabad)
This conference will be conducted under the theme of “Pharmacists strengthening the health systems”in line with the ‘World Pharmacist Day’ celebration theme for 2023 given by International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
We are honored to have distinguished speakers that are professional icons of pharmacy and healthcare as a whole, and will surely enlighten our minds with their expert talks. We expect quality abstract submissions from all over the Pakistan for the posters, followed by a healthy attendance in the workshop designed to highlight important pharmacy practice pearls.
So hurry and get yourselves registered!
The last year’s conference was a major success with more than 500 people joining us from all over the world. I truly hope that this year too you will be able to take out time from your personal and professional commitments to join us for this conference and workshop to have an unmatched learning experience.
Salwa Ahsan
Chairperson, Organizing Committee, AMMC – Shifa 2022
faisal aziz sandeela
Rehan Anjum
Farhan Jilani
Nabeel Qamar
Aziz Ullah Khan
Sundus ayub awan
Sundus Maria
Muhammad Gulzaib
Halim
Muhammad Junaid Ali
Dr. Manzoor H. Qazi
Chief Guest – AMMC 2022
Dr. Manzoor H. Qazi is a founding member of Shifa International Hospital and has been a board member since its inception.
He is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology from American Board of Internal Medicine and Cardiology.
He previously has been fellow American College of Cardiology, American Chest Physician and American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review for Physicians.
Currently he is working as Chief Executive Officer, Shifa International Hospitals Ltd and also a member BOG of Shifa Foundation.
Mr. Asim Rauf
Key Note Speaker – AMMC 2022
Mr. Asim Rauf, is currently working as Chief Executive Officer of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan since 2019. He has a post graduate degree in Pharmaceutics and working in the field of pharmaceutical sciences from last 26 years. He earned a good repute among national and international health experts’ community.
His vast and progressive experience includes management and decision-making level positions in the field of pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply chain, implementation of drug regulations, hospital pharmacy management and connoisseur drug information. While working with the national regulatory authority and ministry of national health, he earned experience of developing, reviewing and implementation of policies and regulations for all types of Therapeutic Goods. He raised voice at key platform and advocated rational use of medicines (RUM) in the country.
He has visited hundreds of pharmaceutical manufacturing units at domestic and international level for the purpose of GMP audit, both in individual capacity and as team member.
He has gear up the DRAP to achieve WLA status and PIC/s membership, through transformation of national regulatory framework on modern scientific evidence-based system.
Mr. Robert J. Moss
Speaker – AMMC 2022
Mr. Moss is currently serving as the President of the Hospital Pharmacy Section of the International Federation of Pharmacists (FIP).
Mr. Rob Moss was trained as a hospital pharmacist in Haarlem, The Netherlands. He has worked in a clinical setting since. Mr. Moss also works as a consultant in hospital pharmacy, helping improve patient care, optimise organisations and educate hospital pharmacists and other professional staff.
He is passionate about optimising health systems by integrating new developments in IT and eHealth technologies in work processes. Both in high and low-and middle-income countries. He is an expert on substandard and falsified medication regulation.
He previously served as a board member for the Dutch Associations of Hospital Pharmacists and as director of professional development in the Board of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists.
One of Mr. Rob’s current assignments is stakeholder manager for the Dutch National COVID Medication Coordination Centre. In all these capacities he strives to contribute to improve (hospital) pharmacy services and outcomes at National, European and global level.
Mr. Matthew Grissinger
Speaker – AMMC 2022
Mr. Grissinger is the Director of Education at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). He first joined ISMP in 2000 as an ISMP Safe Medication Management Fellow.
Prior to joining ISMP, he served as a home care and long-term care pharmacy surveyor for the Joint Commission.
He is a chapter contributor to a textbook published by McGraw-Hill entitled Pharmacy Management: Essentials for All Practice Settings, Essentials of Nurse Informatics, Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, and Medication Errors.
Mr. Grissinger serves as the Chair for the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP), and Co-Chair of the National Quality Form (NQF) Common Formats Expert Panel. He is also an adjunct assistant professor for Temple University School of Pharmacy.
Mr. Abdul Latif Sheikh
Speaker – AMMC 2022
Mr. Sheikh is a graduate of Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University, New York, U.S.A.
Currently he is working as a President/CEO, Pakistan Society of Health System Pharmacists and a Member of Standards Advisory Panel, Joint Commission International, USA.
He was Member of Prime Minister’s Task Force on Health and he was among the Founding Directors of Pharmacy Services of Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
Dr. Syed Mairajuddin Shah
Speaker – AMMC 2022
Dr. Shah is presently working with the Aga Khan University Hospital as the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Secondary Hospitals Pakistan.
He is associated with AKU since 1992 under various leadership and management positions including Director Operations, Medical Director, Senior Manager Clinical Affairs, Manager Physician Relations, Family Physician and Lecturer Community Health Sciences. He is a medical graduate of 1990 from Sindh Medical College Karachi, MCPS Family Medicine and an MBA from the IQRA University Karachi. He is Certified Quality Professional from QPSP, Certified Quality Manager from ASQ, Certified Professional Health Care Quality from USA and an Ex-International Physician Surveyor for the Joint Commission International Accreditation, USA. He served as the past Vice-Chairman and Chairman of QPSP in the past.
Dr. Shah is a practicing Family Physician with the Department of Family Medicine, AKU since 1993 and a Lecturer with the Department of Community Health Sciences, AKU since 2002.
Dr. Ejaz Cheema
Speaker – AMMC 2022
Dr. Cheema is working as a Professor and Founding Dean School of Pharmacy University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
He is an experienced pharmacist practitioner and Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in practice and in the higher education industry.
He has worked as Program Director of Masters of Pharmacy in University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
He has earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics focused on Pharmacy Practice from University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
Dr. Ayaz Ali Khan
Speaker – AMMC 2022
Dr. Khan, has a versatile professional experience of 35 years. He has worked as Member (Regulatory Expert) in the Policy Board of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for (two tenures), and as Director Pharmacy /Drug Controller / Secretary Purchase Cell Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Lahore.
Dr. Khan, Represented Govt. of Punjab as focal person on drugs related issue on various high-level forums and has established Centralized Pharmacovigilance, ADR Reporting center at Punjab level.
He was a member of Pharmacy Council of Pakistan and contributed a role in making rules and regulation for Pharmacy institutions.
Dr. Ayaz Ali Khan was a member of HEC National Curriculum Committee to design first uniform curriculum of Pharm. D. and to start Doctor of Pharmacy Programme in Pakistan.
Dr. Sadaf Faisal
Speaker – AMMC 2022
Experienced Clinical Pharmacist with more than a decade experience. Her primary interest is in community, hospital, primary care and long-term care settings.
Dr. Faisal is a Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacist with knowledge and expertise to practice pharmaceutical care for the geriatric population and to optimize medication use in older adults, including addressing declining medication management capacity.
Currently she is working as Sessional Instructor in University of Waterloo, Canada.
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