Unity diversity and the standardization of clinical pharmacy service

The original idea of ACCP came from Asian pharmacists who were looking for a practical conference at which they could exchange and share ideas on the concept of clinical pharmacy. In 1996, representatives from China, Korea, Japan, and USA met in Seoul, Korea to plan for the first conference. As a result, the first East Asia Conference on Developing Clinical Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy Education (EACDCPPE) was held in America in 1997. Only 36 representatives attended and pioneers planned it as bi-annual meeting. In 1999, the second EACDCPPE was successively held in Shanghai. This conference enabled more representatives in Asian countries to realize the differences between Asian and Western countries in the development of clinical pharmacy. When the third conference was held in Japan in 2003, the title of the conference was changed to Asian Conference on Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). This opened the conference to more Asian countries; also the subject of clinical pharmacy was more strengthened. With a series of other Asian countries such as Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, and so on attending ACCP, as well as with the rapid development of clinical pharmacy in Asia, every country was enthusiastic about attending and holding this conference. At the 5th conference in Malaysia in 2005, the decision was made among the representatives of the member countries to hold the conference annually instead of biannually for efficiency and convenience in regard to communicating and sharing about clinical pharmacy. During the past 20 years, ACCP has been a major event in the clinical pharmacy scope in Asia and has been conducted in various countries especially in Asia. Clinical pharmacists have attended this prestigious meeting to share their experience in the fields of practice, research, and education on clinical pharmacy. Clinical pharmacist experts from USA, Canada, Australia, and UK have continuously come to transfer their knowledge and shared advance clinical pharmacy practice experiences. This conference supports rapid knowledge and experience transfer and enhances the emergence of clinical pharmacy practice in Asia. Indonesia hosted the 8th ACCP in Surabaya in 2008, and again this year Indonesia has successfully hosted the 17th ACCP in Yogyakarta from 28th to 30th July 2017. This year’s conference was also a celebration of 20 years of ACCP with the theme “ Unity in Diversity and the Standardisation of Clinical Pharmacy Services/’ At ACCP 2017, there were 6 preconfcrcncc workshops, poster sessions consisted of 199 posters, 21 oral presentation sessions consisted of a total of 142 oral presentations, and there were symposiums with 47 speakers, 2 plenary sessions with 4 speakers and 4 keynote speeches regarding various current issues in clinical pharmacy. About 1 ,133 participants attended the conference from 16 different countries. This ACCP 2017 proceeding provides an opportunity for readers to engage with selected papers presented at the 17th ACCP 2017. This book is also a valuable contribution to gaining a better understanding about the development of clinical pharmacy particularly in Asian countries and the future global challenges. Readers will find a broad range of research reports on topics of clinical pharmacy, social and administrative pharmacy, pharmacy education, pharmacocconomics, pharmacoepidemiology and other topics in pharmacy. The readers will also discover both common challenges and creative solutions emerging from diverse settings in developing clinical pharmacy services. The editors would like to thank all those who have contributed to submit full papers for this 17th ACCP conference. We received 119 papers from the conference and after a rigorous peer-review, 68 papers were accepted for publication in this proceeding of which 56 arc from Indonesia and 12 from Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. We would like to express our special appreciation and sincere thanks to the scientific committee and the reviewers who have selected and reviewed the papers, and also the technical editor’s team (Ms Aric Sulistyarini and Ms Muffarihah ) who helped carry out the page layout and check the consistency of the papers with the publisher's template. It is a great honour to publish selected papers in this proceeding by CRC Press/Balkema (Taylor & Francis Group). Our special gratitude goes to the steering committee, the chairman of the conference and the members of the organizing committee involved in preparing and organizing the conference. Finally, we would like to thank Universitas Airlangga, Indonesian Pharmacist Association, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and Universitas Sanata Dharma for their endless support during the conference. Last, but not least, we also place on record our sense of gratitude to one and all who, directly or indirectly, have lent a helping hand to this conference

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