Plenary Session II: Pharmacists delivering primary health care: best practices from the region

Chairs

Dominique Jordan, FIP President (Switzerland) and Abla Bsoul, University of Jordan (Jordan)

Programme

Keynote presentations

11:00 – 11:10 Developing pharmaceutical services for primary health care in Kuwait
Jenan Shabaan, Quality & Safety Coordinator in Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health (Kuwait)

11:10 – 11:20 Competency-based education for primary health care in EMR: Are we preparing the pharmacists of the future?
Dalia Bajis, University of Sydney (Bahrain)

11:20 – 11:30 Improving primary health care through hospital pharmacy: Highlights from the EMR
Wael Abi Ghanem, Chief Pharmacist-Pharmacy department- Saint George Hospital UMC-Lebanon & FIP-Hospital Section Vice president EMRO region (Lebanon)

11:30 – 12:30 High-level panel discussion
Panel moderator: Nizar Mhaidat, Head of the Joint Procurement Department for Pharmaceuticals & Medical Supplies (Jordan)
Panelists:

  1. Khalid Al Breikan, President of Saudi Pharmacy Society (Saudi Arabia)
  2. Nurul Farah, President of Indonesian Pharmacist’s Association IAI (Indonesia)
  3. Mariam Galadari, President of Emirates Pharmacy Society (UAE)
  4. Samira Goussous, FIP Vice President & Regional Conference Global Liaison (Jordan)
  5. Zakiya Aldeghaishi, Ministry of Health (Oman)

Key questions to discuss:
How do we track progress & monitor of our service provision?
How can we better evaluate our professional impact on local populations?