Day 12: Wed 13 Sep - Seoul
Another early start –6:30am breakfast for 7:15am breakfast session at COEX. I am quite pleased I made the effort to get up early and have breakfast as there was no breakfast at the session, not even coffee. After a short break, we started the first MEPS session which consisted of three presentations on the theme Pharmacy Inspections: Standardising pharmacy practice one site at a time. We then held a panel discussion on who conducts inspections and under what authority, what activities are inspected/audited and how are the results communicated and addressed. I represented SOCOMD on the panel discussions. After lunch, we held the MEPS Business meeting, followed by the second MEPS session – Humanitarian pharmacists: Time to develop a competency framework. I co-chaired the session with Steve. After a quick change of clothes back at the hotel, it was time to depart for the MEPS dinner. Mr Chang (from the Local Organising Committee) was there to pick s...