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FIP Development Goal 13 Education & Workforce Element 

Globally, we will have: 

Clear and manageable strategies to implement comprehensive needs-based development of the pharmaceutical workforce throughout the entire professional career life cycle.

Mechanisms

  • Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for holistic needs-based approaches to professional development across all settings and stages.
  • Develop strategies where pharmaceutical science and professional services are the driving forces for this activity.
  • Strategies to include policies addressing pharmaceutical workforce welfare, well-being and safety in the workplace.
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FIP Development Goal 13 Practice Element 

Globally, we will have: 

Clear pharmacy-led strategies to develop and implement needs- and evidence-based practice-related policies on service implementation, integration and remuneration, aligned with broader national health policies and priorities.

Mechanisms

  • Develop and implement policies and regulations through appropriate statutory and regulatory reform, that responds to patient and societal needs and extends the scope of pharmacy practice accordingly.
  • Use policy tools and regulations to support and shape pharmacy practice in all jurisdictions and provide adequate frameworks for service implementation, integration and remuneration.
  • Develop policies and mechanisms to incentivise and encourage intra- and inter-professional collaboration integrated care delivery.
  • Implement policy review systems that measure the validity, relevance, implementation and uptake of policies.
  • Develop emergency and contingency action plans to expand the scope of practice in emergency situations.
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FIP Development Goal 13 Science Element 

Globally, we will have: 

Defined strategies to implement needs-based pharmaceutical policies that drive national research priorities, intellectual property protection, licensing, and pricing decisions for medical products.

Mechanisms

  • Contribute to the development of global standards in regulation.
  • Support science-based policies guiding development and assessment of medicinal & medical products.
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Pharmacy-based pandemic vaccination programme: Regulatory self-assessment tool (2021)

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FIP Statement of Policy on Medicines Shortages (2020) Thumbnail

FIP Statement of Policy on Medicines Shortages (2020)

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FIP Regional Conference for the European Region - Delivering primary health care: Pharmacists taking the next leap forward (2020) Thumbnail

FIP Regional Conference for the European Region - Delivering primary health care: Pharmacists taking the next leap forward (2020)

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Give it a shot: Expanding immunisation coverage through pharmacists (2020) Thumbnail

Give it a shot: Expanding immunisation coverage through pharmacists (2020)

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FIP Statement of Policy: The role of pharmacists in promoting patient safety (2020) Thumbnail

FIP Statement of Policy: The role of pharmacists in promoting patient safety (2020)

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FIP Strategic Plan: 2019 to 2024 (2019) Thumbnail

FIP Strategic Plan: 2019 to 2024 (2019)

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Research, Development and Evaluation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Education and the Workforce: A Global Report (2017) Thumbnail

Research, Development and Evaluation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Education and the Workforce: A Global Report (2017)

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Transforming Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education in the Context of Workforce Development (2017) Thumbnail

Transforming Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education in the Context of Workforce Development (2017)

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Transforming our Workforce: Workforce Development and Education - Systems, Tools, and Navigation (2016) Thumbnail

Transforming our Workforce: Workforce Development and Education - Systems, Tools, and Navigation (2016)

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WHO-FIP Developing Pharmacy Practice: A focus on patient care - Handbook (2006) Thumbnail

WHO-FIP Developing Pharmacy Practice: A focus on patient care - Handbook (2006)

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FIP “Setting goals for the decade ahead” | Episode 14 | FIP DG 13: Policy development

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September 21, 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.

The expected outcomes of the event are:

  1. Describe the FIP Development Goals and explain the components of DG 13 (and its three elements: workforce & education, science and practice).
  2. Showcase the FIP tools, evidence, and resources to support DG 13 implementation across the three elements.
  3. Identify priorities across practice, science, and workforce & education within DG 13
  4. Discuss the importance monitoring and evaluation through data evidence and engage participants with FIP indicators development project
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Regulatory considerations when choosing device components in biosimilar development

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July 20, 2021
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How regulations impact pharmacy technician practice

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July 14, 2021

This Pharmacy Technician Symposium is the 3rd in a series and focuses on Pharmacy Technician regulations in the context of practice, education, continuing professional development and organizations. Four Pharmacy Technicians will share their experience

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Our work

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

FIP Statements of Policy 

Workforce Development Hub