Parallel Session 1 – Global trends: Mapping workforce, service and practice needs Part I

Chair

Wael Ali, EMROPharm Forum Committee Member (Egypt)
Mayyada Wazaify, University of Jordan (Jordan)

Introduction

Using global models of pharmacy practice in primary health care, participants will identify common priority areas for service development across the region.

Programme

14:00 – 14:20 The FIP Global Goals for Pharmacy: Transforming pharmacy practice, workforce, and science
Catherine Duggan, FIP Chief Executive Officer (The Netherlands)

14:20 -14:30 Q&A

14:30 – 14:50 Pharmaceutical Services in the Region: Merging the FIP & WHO visions
Adi Al-Nuseirat, Technical Officer, Essential Medicines and Pharmaceuticals, Department of Health System Development, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)

14:50 – 15:10 Expanding the role of pharmacists in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: advancing our services to meet health care demands
Muamar Shaheen, Canadian Registered Pharmacist, Hebron University (Palestine)

15:10 -15:30 Q&A

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

Parallel Session 1 Continued

Driving Outcomes Workshop

Moderators:
Ema Paulino, Professional Secretary, FIP (Portugal)
Ian Bates, Director of the FIP Workforce Development Hub & UCL School of Pharmacy (United Kingdom)

Key questions to discuss:
What are the regional practice and service development needs? What the priorities for action?