Academic Capacity
FIP Development Goal 1 Education & Workforce Element
Globally, we will have:
Engagement with pharmaceutical higher education development policies and ready access to leaders in all sectors of pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical science in order to support supply-side workforce development agendas.
Mechanisms
- Increase the capacity to provide a competent pharmaceutical workforce by developing initial education and training programmes that are fit for purpose, according to national health resource needs (clinical practice, pharmaceutical science areas and stakeholders across all cadres).
- Develop new and innovative ways to attract young pharmacists into all areas of pharmaceutical practice and science (e.g., encourage young pharmacists to consider careers in clinical academia, as preceptors/trainers, in industrial pharmacy, regulatory sciences, nuclear and veterinary pharmacy, among others).
- Capacity building should include the ability to meet minimum national standards of facilities, educators and student support in order to ensure access to quality education for all students.
- Enhance interdisciplinary & interprofessional education and collaboration with key stakeholders, including governments, national and international health & pharmaceutical organisations and patient advocacy groups to achieve sustainable solutions for capacity development.
- The clinical academic educator workforce needs more attention to training, career development and capacity building, which must, importantly, include research capacity enhancement.
- Using data and evidence to support investment in pharmaceutical higher education
FIP Development Goal 1 Practice Element
Globally, we will have:
Capacity for in-practice training and development linked with education providers; pathways for professional advancement from foundation training through to advanced practice and/or specialisation.
Mechanisms
- Develop the capacity and infrastructures for teacher practitioners and in-practice education providers to support practice advancements including the provision of specialist training.
- Develop frameworks, standards, and structures for post-graduate and advanced education and training.
- Develop interprofessional and interdisciplinary education and training structures integrated in practice.
- Develop robust training performance indicators that can be utilised within training programs across a variety of practice settings, allowing for evaluation of performances and assessment of competences
FIP Development Goal 1 Science Element
Globally, we will have:
Institutional academic capacity to deliver quality pharmaceutical sciences education and training for pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists who contribute to patient care, new discoveries and development, clinical utilisation, marketing regulations, and the economic assessment of health products.
Mechanisms
- Collaborate with academic leaders, professional organizations, regulatory bodies, and the pharmaceutical industry to define regional and global needs for the pharmaceutical sciences.
- Build relationships with relevant stakeholders to best align scientific content of academic courses with contemporary professional practice in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.
- Inventory global pharmaceutical sciences training opportunities to broaden student access to curricular content.
15 August 2022
Turning the World of Pharmacy Education into a Global Community Through Sharing (2014)
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15 August 2022
Oversupply and Under-resourced: The Global Context of Pharmacy Education (2013)
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11 January 2022
FIP Global call to action for advancing pharmaceutical education (2021)
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10 January 2022
Curriculum for pharmacy students on substandard and falsified medicines: Curriculum guide and competency framework (2021)
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10 January 2022
FIP digital health in pharmacy education: Developing a digitally enabled pharmaceutical workforce (2021)
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1 December 2021
Global Vision for Education and Workforce: Presented at the global conference on pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences education (2016)
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1 December 2021
Nanjing Statements Statements on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education (2017)
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7 November 2024
Shaping the future of pharmacy education: Unveiling the FIP Nanjing statements guidance document to 2030
4 July 2024
Pharmacy practice research summer meeting for PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and supervisors
29 May 2024
Enabling pharmaceutical education transformation in the Western Pacific region: Launch of FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre for Excellence
24 January 2024
Advancing future pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences: Launch of the FIP AIM academic capacity assessment tool
20 October 2023
Enabling pharmaceutical education transformation in South East Asia: Launch of FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre for Excellence
18 April 2023
Developing a high-quality research proposal - The FIP Foundation and ECPG Grant for Professional Innovation
23 January 2023
Strategies to improve enrolment in schools of pharmacy - Launch of the FIP AIM Handbook
9 December 2022
Delivering high quality pharmaceutical education now and in future pandemics
24 November 2022
Supporting pharmacy leaders and educators for implementing competency-based education in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education: Launch of the FIP CBE implementation handbook
2 November 2022
Launch of the FIP global competency framework for educators and trainers in pharmacy
31 October 2022
FIP AIM Global Academic Leaders Forum (GALF) 2022
If you'd like to join this workshop, please contact [email protected]
9 September 2022
Achieve equitable, inclusive and quality pharmaceutical education for all: Launch of the FIP toolkit for addressing inequities in pharmaceutical education
4 July 2022
Pharmacy Practice Research summer meeting for PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and supervisors
12 April 2022
Pharmacy school management for the shifts towards remote learning and virtual pharmacy education
14 February 2022
FIP CPS Champion for Change 2021: How can pharmacists better help patients with mental health problems?
5 November 2021
Competencies and workforce development strategies for diabetes related roles
15 September 2021
Pharmacy education in Sub-Saharan Africa and AFPLP Resolution on Core Undergraduate Education Areas for Pharmacists in the Portuguese-Speaking World
The event will be deliverted in English and Portuguese languages.
13 September 2021
Understanding and managing headaches in the community: Therapeutic approaches and advancements in the Americas
13 September 2021
Understanding and managing headaches in the community: Therapeutic approaches and advancements in the African region
13 September 2021
Understanding and managing headaches in the community: Therapeutic approaches and advancements in the Western Pacific region
1 July 2021
Setting up new FIP UNITWIN centres for excellence and establishing pharmacy schools’ associations: Launch of the FIP UNITWIN pathfinder toolkit
26 May 2021
FIP “Setting goals for the decade ahead” | Episode 5 | FIP DG 1: Academic capacity
2 March 2021
Navigating an academic career in the field of pharmaceutical sciences
18 February 2021
Increasing enrolment in higher education to strengthen and improve the pharmacy profession
5 August 2020
Addressing inequities in pharmacy education due to COVID-19 – Learnings from Africa, Asia and Latin America
5 August 2020
Addressing inequities in pharmacy education due to COVID-19 – Learnings from Africa, Asia and Latin America
Moderator: Ralph Altiere. Facilitator: Nilhan Uzman. Panellists: Bhojraj Suresh, Derick Munkombwe, Alison Williams, Patricia Acuna-Johnson, Nguyen Van Hung and Jennie Lates.
28 July 2020
Creativity in pharmacy education
Moderator: Ruth Edwards. Facilitator: Nilhan Uzman. Panellists: Richard Silvia, Maria Allinson, Amrita Multani and Sara Ibrahim.
14 November 2019
Celebrating three years of Nanjing Conference: How young pharmacy workforce and students can be involved
Speakers: Lina Bader (FIP), Miranda Law (Howard University College of Pharmacy), and Alison Williams (IPSF)
16 November 2018
2nd European Faculty Development Workshop
2nd European Faculty Development Workshop: November 16-18, 2018 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
3 May 2017
Official launch - Report on the outcomes of global conference on pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education
Speakers: Philip Schneider and Ian Bates
The following FIP programmes of work and structures support the implementation of this Goal:
FIPx – FIP Train the Trainer online course
FIP Academic Institutional Membership (AIM)
FIP Academic Pharmacy Section (AcPS)
FIPWiSE: Women in Science and Education initiative
