Quality Assurance

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.

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.

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.

FIP Global call to action for advancing pharmaceutical education (2021)

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Curriculum for pharmacy students on substandard and falsified medicines: Curriculum guide and competency framework (2021)

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Pharmacy-based pandemic vaccination programme: Regulatory self-assessment tool (2021)

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FIP–WHO technical guidelines: Points to consider in the provision by health-care professionals of childrenspecific preparations that are not available as authorized products (2016)

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FIP Guidelines For Dissolution Testing of Solid Oral Products - Joint Report of the Section For Official Laboratories and Medicines Control Services and the Section of Industrial Pharmacists of the F.I.P. (1997)

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

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Quality Assurance of Pharmacy Education: the FIP Global Framework, 2nd Edition (2014)

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FIP pharmacy education in Sub-Saharan Africa (2020)

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Shaping the future of pharmacy education: Unveiling the FIP Nanjing statements guidance document to 2030

Advancing future pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences: Launch of the FIP AIM academic capacity assessment tool

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Pain management and counselling: how can pharmacists support patients in achieving better quality of life

The launch of the GbCF Handbook

Delivering high quality pharmaceutical education now and in future pandemics

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Sports pharmacy: Global opportunities for pharmacists in the sports setting

Supporting pharmacy leaders and educators for implementing competency-based education in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education: Launch of the FIP CBE implementation handbook

FIP quality assurance in pharmacy education survey

Launch of the FIP global competency framework for educators and trainers in pharmacy

Pharmacy school management for the shifts towards remote learning and virtual pharmacy education

Global frameworks to support career development

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

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)

Assessment of interprofessional education

Speaker: Sylvia Langlois

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

FIP Hub