Global view on education begins to take shape
Progress towards a global view on pharmacy education has been made at a roundtable discussion, which took place early this month at the International
Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) congress in Beijing.
The FIP’s pharmacy education taskforce met with representatives
from the World Health Organization and UNESCO, as well as regional and
national pharmacy leaders, to discuss the implementation of a two-year
plan of action to improve the quality and capacity of pharmacy training
internationally.
Claire Anderson, professor of social pharmacy, division of social research
in medicines and health, at the University of Nottingham school of pharmacy,
and chairman of the taskforce, told The Journal that there are “severe
differences in education globally, and we want to come out with some
recommendations about what a modern pharmacy education should be like”.
She said that the taskforce is particularly interested in global pharmacy
workforce shortages, which exist because of migration, lack of training
and lack of academics, among other factors.
The Pharmaceutical Journal is publishing an FIP
congress supplement,
which will be also be available on requestat
the end of October 2007.
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