FIP Workforce Vision

The International Pharmacy Federation (FIP) has released a vision to transform the pharmacy sector’s education and workforce worldwide, saying change is vital to meet future  challenges.

At a conference of pharmacy leaders in Nanjing, China, the FIP released its Global Vision for Education and Workforce which it said would provide the leadership needed to improve patient outcomes and close the gaps in the development, distribution and responsible use of medicines. The FIP said this could only be achieved through supporting and developing high standards of education and training, “through a workforce that is adaptable, diverse, committed to lifelong learning and prepared to lead change in practice.” 

“It is our vision that all patients will have access to the best pharmaceutical health care through a high quality pharmaceutical workforce,” FIP education chairman Prof William Charman said. “There can be no health care without a properly qualified workforce,” he said. 

The vision is accompanied by a set of 13 Pharmaceutical Workforce Development Goals that set out directions for action and provide a platform for obtaining public and private financial support.  The goals are split into three categories:

1. education providers;
2. the workforce;
   
3. policy, strategy, planning and monitoring.

“With this vision and these goals we are providing an objective, and the aspiration for the journey of transforming pharmaceutical education in the context of future workforce needs, in a country relevant manner,” Charman said.

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Source: PharmacyDaily.com.au, Tuesday 8 Novmber 2016