Competency Development
FIP Development Goal 5 Education & Workforce Element
Globally, we will have:
Clear and accessible developmental frameworks describing competencies and scope of practice for all stages of professional careers. This should include leadership development frameworks for the pharmaceutical workforce.
Mechanisms
- Use of evidence-based developmental frameworks to support the translation of pharmaceutical science within scope of practice, across all settings and according to local/national needs.
- Support professional career development by using tools, such as competency frameworks, describing competencies and behaviours across all settings.
- Evidence of clear policy that links leadership development (from early
years) with competence attainment for the advancement of practice
activities.
FIP Development Goal 5 Practice Element
Globally, we will have:
Clearly defined developmental frameworks for practitioners describing competencies linked to professional services delivered in practice.
Mechanisms
- Use evidence-based competency frameworks that support the development of practitioners to deliver specific professional services within their scope of practice, such as medicines use review, adherence optimisation, compounding, prescribing, vaccinating or managing communicable and non-communicable diseases, to name a few.
- Define lists of essential and advanced services delivered by pharmacists and pharmacy support workers within their scope of practice.
- Define lists of competencies needed to deliver those services within specific scopes of practice.
- Ensure developmental frameworks that support leadership, humanistic and ethics development of the workforce.
- Support the development and training of service-led competencies through short courses, certifications and other continuing professional development opportunities.
FIP Development Goal 5 Science Element
Globally, we will have:
Framework describing competencies for all stages of professional careers in pharmaceutical sciences.
Mechanisms
- Define evidence-based competency frameworks for pharmaceutical scientists to effectively meet the needs in academia, industry, and regulatory bodies.
22 August 2022
Competence in the Global Pharmacy Workforce: A discussion paper (2008)
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22 August 2022
A survey of pharmacists’ perception of foundation level competencies in African countries (2018)
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22 August 2022
Structured Multi-Stakeholder Workshops to Advance a Global Transformative Roadmap for Pharmaceutical Workforce (2018)
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22 August 2022
Challenges and opportunities in conducting health services research through international collaborations: A review of personal experiences (2020)
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22 August 2022
A Global Comparison of Initial Pharmacy Education Curricula: An Exploratory Study (2020)
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22 August 2022
The development of a foundation-level pharmacy competency framework: An analysis of country-level applicability of the Global Competency Framework (2020)
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17 August 2022
Continuing Professional Development/Continuing Education in Pharmacy: Global Report (2014)
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15 August 2022
Transforming our Workforce: Workforce Development and Education - Systems, Tools, and Navigation (2016)
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15 August 2022
FIP Education Initiatives: Pharmacy Education Taskforce – A Global Competency Framework - Supporting the Development of Foundation and Early Career Pharmacists (2012)
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11 January 2022
FIP Global call to action for advancing pharmaceutical education (2021)
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11 January 2022
FIP Global Humanitarian Competency Framework (GbHCF): Supporting pharmacists and the pharmaceutical workforce in a humanitarian arena - Version 1 (2021)
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10 January 2022
Executive Summary: FIP Global Competency Framework - Supporting the development of foundation and early career pharmacists (Version 2, 2020)
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10 January 2022
FIP Global Advanced Development Framework: Quick Reference Guide - Supporting advancement of the profession (2020)
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10 January 2022
FIP Global Advanced Development Framework: Handbook - Supporting advancement of the profession (Version 1, 2020)
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10 January 2022
FIP digital health in pharmacy education: Developing a digitally enabled pharmaceutical workforce (2021)
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4 December 2021
Career development toolkit for early career pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientistis - Workbook (2020)
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4 December 2021
Career development toolkit for early career pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists (2020)
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7 November 2024
Shaping the future of pharmacy education: Unveiling the FIP Nanjing statements guidance document to 2030
21 June 2023
Strategies and activities in the development of patient care competencies in mental health for pharmacy students and practitioners
23 January 2023
Strategies to improve enrolment in schools of pharmacy - Launch of the FIP AIM Handbook
18 January 2023
Enabling life-course immunisation through pharmacy-based vaccination: Regulations and prescribing
13 December 2022
A framework for ethical decision making
As part of the series of continuing professional development (CPD) bites for pharmacists, Dr. Betty Chaar, the Chair of the FIP Expert Group on Ethics, presents a process for ethical decision-making to support pharmacists when faced with ethical dilemmas in practice.
13 December 2022
Professional Autonomy
This episode focuses on professional autonomy in pharmacy and the ethical dilemmas that pharmacists can face.
13 December 2022
Privacy and confidentiality
This episode focuses on privacy and confidentiality and the ethical dilemmas that pharmacists can face.
5 December 2022
Accelerating Pharmaceutical Science: innovating and collaborating to fight COVID-19 and 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
9 September 2022
Achieve equitable, inclusive and quality pharmaceutical education for all: Launch of the FIP toolkit for addressing inequities in pharmaceutical education
6 July 2022
The WHO Universal Health Coverage Competency Framework: Building more holistic and integrated health systems.
23 February 2022
Empowering self-care through pharmacy – Guidelines and resources for pharmacists
5 November 2021
Competencies and workforce development strategies for diabetes related roles
27 October 2021
FIP “Setting goals for the decade ahead” | Episode 17 | FIP DG 5: Competency development
12 October 2021
Confidence, complacency and convenience: Key elements of influenza vaccination strategies in times of COVID-19
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.
2 July 2021
Let's get Clinical - What do you know about PN symptoms, causes and management?
16 June 2021
Como começar uma organização de Jovens Farmacêuticos em início de carreira/ How to start an association of young pharmacists in start of career
8 June 2021
If you knew then what you know now: Sharing and assessing one year of remote and online learning
31 March 2021
Ciclo de webinars AFPLP-FIP: Oportunidades e desafios para a profissão farmacêutica no espaço lusófono - O papel do Farmacêutico na pandemia
15 May 2020
Experiential education in trying times It can be done! Let’s explore how
Panellists: Kirstie Galbraith, Patricia Acuna-Johnson, Fouad Sakr, RPh, Ralph Altiere, Vibhu Solanki, PhD, Jamila Jorden, Claire Anderson, Kyle Wilby, Marwan Akel, Priscilla Owusu-Mensah, Caroline Ruth Weinstein-Oppenheimer and Simon Furletti
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)
The following FIP programmes of work and structures support the implementation of this Goal:
