Society's head of education to leave
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is to lose its head of education in June, when Robert Dewdney leaves to take up an appointment as director of academic support in the Welsh school of pharmacy, Cardiff University.
Dr Dewdney joined the Society’s staff in 1986 and has been head
of education since 1989.
Announcing Dr Dewdney’s move during the April
Council meeting,
the President, Gill Hawksworth, thanked him personally and on behalf
of the Council and staff for his work over the years. It was hard to
imagine the Society without him. He had made a major contribution to
the Society, the profession and pharmacy education over the years. Changes
made under his wing included the four-year degree course, the competency-based
approach to preregistration training, a well-developed and revised system
for undergraduate degree accreditation and the system for pharmacy continuing
professional development.
Every Council member who had worked with him had been impressed by his knowledge,
intellect, integrity and sheer capacity for hard work. The Council would miss
him, but it congratulated him on his appointment. The Society would not lose
him completely because he had agreed to do some consultancy work, for which the
President was grateful. She wished him the best in his future career.
Dr Dewdney, in reply, said that he was moving because he wished to try something
new and different after 17 years. He was pleased to have continuing links with
the Society. He wished the Council and staff all the best in the future.
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