The Pharmaceutical Press, the publications division of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, has published the second book of multiple choice questions in pharmacy practice, edited by Dr Lilian M. Azzopardi, senior lecturer at the Department of Pharmacy.

Further MCQs in Pharmacy Practice consists of contributions from Professor Anthony Serracino-Inglott, Dr Maurice Zarb-Adami, Professor Steve Hudson from the University of Strathclyde, Professor Sam Salek from the University of Cardiff and Professor Vincenzo Tortorella from the University of Bari, in addition to the contribution by Dr Azzopardi.

The book contains practice-oriented questions with brief explanations. Among the topics are general interventions in pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical care, pharmaceutical calculations, drug administration, nomenclature, abbreviations, formulations, biochemical tests, side-effects, and medicinal structures.

Additional interactive multiple choice questions are available online at www.pharmpress.com/onlineresources. The book was published following the very favourable reception of the publication on the same topic three years ago.

The book has a foreword by Peter H. Vlasses, executive director of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), USA, and a Preface by Professor Benito del Castillo Garcia, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy at the University Complutense of Madrid and president of the European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy.

A book launch is being held at the Sixth Malta Medical School Conference, on Thursday at 8 p.m. at Palazzo Castellania, Ministry of Health, Elderly and Community Care. Professor Hudson and Professor Tortorella will attend.

The event is sponsored by A.M. Mangion, Agenda Bookshop, Cherubino, Malta Enterprise, Poligas, Schering-Plough, Servier, the University of Malta and the Ministry of Health, Elderly and Community Care. For more information contact the Department of Pharmacy on 2134-4971.