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.
Hadhramout University
Department of Pharmacy
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Hadhramout University (HU) was founded by the Republican Decree No. (45) of 1993. Its main campus is located in Mukalla City, the capital of Hadhramout Governorate. The bachelor’s degree program began in the academic year 1995-1996 with the opening of three faculties, Engineering and Petroleum, Women’s Faculty, and Education Faculty. In the academic year 2019-2020, the number of faculties reached fifteen. In addition to the faculties, the university also has five research centers, an advisory center, and several service centers. The university also has training centers such as; a university hospital, a family medicine center, and a university kindergarten.
Since its establishment, the university has worked to keep abreast with modern developments in the field of quality. In 2011, the Academic Development and Quality Assurance Center was established, which worked to develop the capabilities of staff members in various fields related to the teaching and research process, through the organization of workshops and training courses. During the past five years, 101 training courses were organized targeting about 3,535 staff members and their assistants, and each member participated in an average of 6 training courses. Apart from local continuous training programs, the university worked to send teaching assistants abroad to various universities to obtain master’s and Ph.D. degrees. In the academic year 2017-2018, the number of staff members and their assistants who were sent abroad was 228 out of 809.
The university is a member of the Arab Universities Union and the Islamic World Universities Union. The university president was elected at the fiftieth session of the union’s conference as a member of the union’s executive office.
In September 1997, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science was established with the vision of establishing a modern faculty in teaching medical professions in Yemen that meets the health needs of society at the national, regional, and global levels. 3 academic programs are available which are; Bachelor Degree in General Medicine & Surgery, Bachelor Degree in Medical Laboratories, and Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD).
Pharm D program was launched in May 2012, which is considered to be the first pharmacy program at the level of universities in Yemen, to meet the rising needs for modern pharmaceutical education that enables our graduates to deal with health challenges and changes in practice along with meeting the needs of community health at the national, regional and global levels.