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PART 5 USING FIP EDUCATION INITIATIVE RESOURCES AND NETWORKS TO IMPLEMENT EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHANGE

Authors | FIP Education Initiative Development Team:

Claire Anderson, Professor of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, UK, claire.anderson@nottingham.ac.uk; Ian Bates, Director of the Development Team, FIP Collaborating Centre, University College London School of Pharmacy, UK, i.bates@ucl.ac.uk; Tina Brock, Associate Dean for Teaching & Learning, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, USA, brockt@pharmacy.ucsf.edu; Andrew Brown, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Discipline of Pharmacy, University of Canberra, Australia, andrew.brown@canberra.edu.au; Andreia Bruno, FIPEd Project Coordinator and Researcher, FIP Collaborating Centre, University College London School of Pharmacy, UK, education@fip.org; Diane Gal, FIP Project Manager, International Pharmaceutical Federation, diane@fip.org; Kirstie Galbraith, Director of the Postgraduate Studies and Professional Development Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Australia, kirstie.galbraith@monash.edu; Jennifer Marriott, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Australia, jennifer.marriott@monash.edu; Timothy Rennie, Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy , University of Namibia, Namibia, trennie@unam.na; Michael J. Rouse, Director, International Services, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), USA, mrouse@acpe-accredit.org; Toyin Tofade, Assistant Dean, Experiential learning Program, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, USA, ttofade@rx.umaryland.edu.

Summary

The FIP Education initiative (FIPEd) was established by FIP in 2011, with the mission to bring together organisations and leaders who are working to improve health through advancing pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education. FIPEd works to stimulate transformational change in professional pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and pharmaceutical education to advance and develop our diverse profession towards meeting present and future health care needs around the world (www.fip.org/education).

The capacity to provide pharmaceutical services in each country is dependent upon having an assured competent and capable workforce and a similarly integrated academic workforce to train and support sufficient numbers of new pharmacists and other support staff at both entry-level and advanced levels.

An adaptable quality assurance framework has been developed and adopted by FIP. Advocacy continues to encourage systems to improve quality assurance and accreditation of pre-service education. One such example is India, where the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has proposed to establish the National Task Force for Quality Assurance in Pharmacy Education.

The Global Competency Framework (GbCF v1) a mapping tool, for the creation of country specific needs for the development of practice and professional development of the pharmaceutical workforce has been adapted and revised in several countries.

5.1 Advancing Pharmacy Education Globally

FIP Education Initiative, known as FIPEd, is the umbrella directorate bringing together all of FIP s education actions; strengthening our projects and our partnerships with the World Health Organization (WHO) and with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

FIPEd comprises the Academic Institutional Membership (AIM), the Academic Pharmacy Section (AcPS) and the Education Development Team (EDT), a reformulation of the former FIP-WHO-UNESCO Global Pharmacy Education Taskforce (PET). Advocating for the use of needs-based education and training strategies (Figure 5.1) where pharmacy education provision is socially accountable, where practice and science are evidence-based and practitioners have the required competencies to provide the services needed by their communities.

Figure 5.1: Needs-Based Professional Educational Model (PET 2008-Present).

WHO-UNESCO-FIP Education Initiative Development Team

It also provides a global platform for exchange, mentoring and learning for leaders and academics, focusing on the development of skills in the areas of leadership, academic management and pedagogy. FIPEd builds, advocates for, and