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 Bergen
Centre for Pharmacy | Faculty of Medicine
The Centre for Pharmacy has been educating pharmacists since 2003. It offers a 5-year integrated master’s degree, which includes 6 months of placement in pharmacy, and a one-year master’s project. Between 25 and 35 students are enrolled in the pharmacy program per year.
The Centre is organizationally placed under Department of Clinical Science at the Faculty of Medicine, but exists as a collaboration between The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine.
The Centre has an active focus on pedagogical development, SOTL (Scholarship of teaching and learning) and students as partners, through projects such as FREMFARM.
The Centre collaborates with the other Norwegian Schools of Pharmacy, as well as with international collaborators such as Muhimbilli University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania and the University of Western Australia, Australia.