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FIP Development Goal 3 Education & Workforce Element 

Globally, we will have: 

Transparent, contemporary and innovative processes for the quality assurance of needs-based education and training systems.

Mechanisms 

  • Ensure the quality of the workforce by quality assuring the continuous development and the delivery of adequate and appropriate education and training; quality assurance needs to address academic and institutional infrastructure in order to deliver the required needs and competency-based education and training.
  • Establish standards-based global guidance for quality assurance of pharmacy and pharmaceutical science education in the context of local needs and practice.
  • Implement fair, effective and transparent policies and procedures for quality assurance of pharmacy and pharmaceutical science education and training.
  • Define critical stakeholder input on development of adequate education and training and fair and effective policies, including necessary student input.
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FIP Development Goal 3 Practice Element 

Globally, we will have: 

Transparent, contemporary and innovative processes for the quality assessment, monitoring and improvement of services in practice.

Mechanisms 

  • Define standards for practice by pharmacists and pharmacy support workforce in community, hospital and other direct patient care roles.
  • Develop standards-based guidance, practice support tools and self-assessment tools for the implementation and delivery of professional services that are aligned with patient, community and health system
    needs.
  • Ensure systems are in place for upholding ethical practice across all areas of pharmaceutical practice.
  • Establish mechanisms and indicators for quality improvement including collaborative working, patient safety and professional standards.
  • Ensure the quality and effectiveness of pharmaceutical services by assuring the education, training, performance and professional development standards that develop a workforce fit to deliver those services.
  • Establish mechanisms for (‘real world’) pragmatic and useful evidence-based service implementation and service evaluation and monitoring such as audit systems, patient feedback, health outcomes research and
    cost effectiveness measures.
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FIP Development Goal 3 Science Element 

Globally, we will have: 

Quality and integrity in pharmaceutical research, development, manufacturing, and regulations to assure access to safe and effective medical products globally.

Mechanisms 

  • Create an accessible library of guidance documents defining quality assurance criteria for various pharmaceutical sciences focus areas.
  • Develop tools to improve knowledge of national regulatory requirements for medical products
  • Collaborate with global and regional stakeholders to develop mechanisms aimed at reducing substandard and falsified medical products.
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Quality Assurance of Pharmacy Education: the FIP Global Framework, 2nd Edition (2014)

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FIP Statement of Policy: Quality Use of Medicines for Children (2008)

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FIP “Setting goals for the decade ahead” | Episode 18 | FIP DG 3: Quality assurance

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November 10, 2021

The FIP Development Goals Digital Programme “Setting goals for the decade ahead” is a comprehensive online event series providing coverage of the 21 goals over 21 events in 2021. Starting in March, the 21 digital events aim to provide description, direction and context for each specific goal, with a global plan for the decade ahead and how each nation, within each region can identify and prioritise which goals are the priorities and how the goals can support developments and transformation for them.

This programme is all about engaging the profession and supporting the profession to deliver in relevant and purposeful ways. By engaging our profession, members & colleagues everywhere with these relevant and applicable goals for the decade ahead, we can provide tools, monitoring and evaluation through data evidence, and identifying priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education.

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Our work

The following FIP programmes of work and structures support the implementation of this Goal:

FIP’s Forum of Professional Regulators

Patient Safety Programme 

FIP SIG: Regulatory Sciences and Quality 

FIP UNESCO-UNITWIN Programme

Workforce Development Hub