On 30 October 2018, Faculty of Pharmacy of Universitas Gadjah Mada held a guest lecture for all of its master and PhD students by inviting Prof. Dr. Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman as the invited lecture. The Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy Prof. Dr. Agung Endro Nugroho, M.Si., Apt., during his welcoming speech, stated that this general lecture was the implementation of the collaboration between UGM and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) to broaden knowledge about clinical pharmacy.
It’s not Prof. Dr. Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman’s first visit to UGM as previously he was invited to be the external examiner for the master and doctoral program. This event also becomes the concreate form of collaboration between UGM and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
During the lecture, Prof. Syed Azhar addressed the topic of clinical pharmacy. There are 4 sub-topics presented by Prof. Syed Azhar, such as understanding basic information regarding infectious diseases, recognizing the signs and symptoms of infectious diseases, monitoring the infectious disease conditions, and understanding principles of antibiotics selection. It is hoped that through this guest lecture students can improve their pharmaceutical competence.