This session is open to pharmacy academics, educators, students and stakeholders in academia and education.
Following the 2018 World Health Organization Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care, the global imperative for further developing pharmacy’s place in primary health care has never been stronger. The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) aims to ensure ‘’Pharmacy delivering global primary health care’’ and coordinate a concerted regional effort to progress this imperative. This session will facilitate collaboration of academic leadership in order to identify, address and monitor regional trends and needs in pharmacy education. The participants will initiate specific discussions around needs-based approaches and inter-regional commonalities for transformation in pharmacy education. A call for action will be developed by the participants, which will be provide proof of concept and leadership model for pharmacy educators and academic leaders in other WHO regions.
14:00– 14:10 | Welcome and Introduction
Chair: Mohamad Rahal, Lebanese International University Chair: Pierre Moreau, Kuwait University Speaker: Catherine Duggan, FIP CEO |
14:10 – 15:00 | Workshop I: Needs-based approach to transform pharmacy education
Chair and Facilitator: Mohamad Rahal, Lebanese International University Speaker and Facilitator: Rula Darwish, University of Jordan |
15:00- 15:30 | Presentation by groups and Q & A
Facilitator and Reporter: Banan Abdulrzaq Mukhalalati, Qatar University |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break & Networking |
16:00 – 17:00 | Workshop II: FIP Nanjing Statements as a tool to transform pharmacy education
Chair and Facilitator: Pierre Moreau, Kuwait University Speaker and Facilitator: Banan Abdulrzaq Mukhalalati, Qatar University |
17:00 – 17:20 | Group discussion and Q&A
Facilitator and Reporter: Iman Bashiti, Applied Science University – Reporter |
17:20 – 17:30 | Next steps, wrap-up and close
Chair: Mohamad Rahal, Lebanese International University Chair: Pierre Moreau, Kuwait University |
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
This session is open to all pharmacy academics, educators, students and any stakeholders in academia and edcuation.