FIP, as the global leader for pharmacy, has taken the initiative to build the “FIP World List of Pharmacy Schools”, which will be the most comprehensive and up-to-date list of pharmacy institutions from around the world. This global list is intended to guide all pharmacy stakeholders, from students to policymakers, in assessing the appropriateness and effectiveness of pharmacy education strategies. The availability, completeness and quality of FIP’s World List of Pharmacy Schools means it will provide a unique source of information for pharmaceutical workforce policies, procedures and plans.
Further background on the FIP World List of Pharmacy Schools:
The FIP World List of Pharmacy Schools is an initiative to monitor pharmaceutical capacity and capability, similar to those of many other global organisations, such as the World Medical Schools List held by the World Medical Association. Given 2021 is the World Health Organization’s Year of Health and Care Workers, the need for our global organisations to demonstrate increased capacity in all health workers is key to ensure our professions are not further diminished but amplified.
FIP is a founder member of the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) with doctors, nurses, dentists, and physiotherapists. All WHPA members have been requested to feedback their schools’ status to the WHO as part of pandemic preparedness, and FIP having a list of accredited pharmacy schools will help to identify where schools may be needed and created to ensure long-term pharmaceutical workforce capacity.
University of Ottawa
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Established in 2021, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences is located at the heart of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ottawa. Home to the brand new PharmD program in French, it aims at being a bilingual (French, English) global leader in educational innovation and in drug research and pharmaceutical care.
Our ambition is to promote training and research in pharmaceutical sciences in an inclusive environment and in both official languages of Canada. To do this, we rely on university professors, researchers and partners who are leaders in pharmaceutical sciences in community or hospital clinical settings. They contribute to improving the health of communities through the integration of education, research and patient care.
Beginning in the fall of 2023, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Ottawa will be offering the first ever Canadian undergraduate Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program in French outside of the province of Quebec. The goal of this program is to train future pharmacists who can practise:
• In community or hospital settings
• In healthcare teams or ambulatory clinics
• In the pharmaceutical industry or regulatory agencies
• In academia
Steeped in the unique context of francophone communities in Ontario and offered within the largest bilingual – English and French – university in the world, this pharmacy program will allow you to study in French while evolving in a bilingual environment. We also offer a research-oriented environment and a long history of health education experience in French as part of the uOttawa's PharmD program.