Keynote presentation:

09:00 – 09:30 The FIP Workforce Transformation Programme: Global needs-based solutions
Ian Bates, Director of the FIP Workforce Development Hub & UCL School of Pharmacy (United Kingdom)
& Lina Bader, FIP Lead for Workforce Transformation & Development (The Netherlands)

Case examples:

09:30  – 09:40 Transforming the workforce: FIP-JPA Workforce Transformation Programme in Jordan
Zeid Al Kilani, JPA President and Saja Al Nahar, Yarmouk University and JPA (Jordan)

09:40 – 09:50 Transforming the workforce: IAI- FIP Workforce Transformation Programme in Indonesia
Nurul Farah, President of Indonesian Pharmacists Association & Sherly Meilianti, UCL School of Pharmacy (Indonesia)

09:50 – 10:00 Academic transformation in Africa: Learnings from the FIP UNESCO programme
Nilhan Uzman, International Pharmaceutical Federation & UNESCO-UNITWIN, (Turkey)

10:00 – 10:10 Workforce needs in Qatar: Preliminary results from a national needs-assessment
Banan Mukhalalati & Meram Elsayed Ibrahim, Qatar University (Qatar)

10:10 – 10:20 A framework for continuing professional development in Kuwait
Asmaa Al Haqan, UCL School of Pharmacy & Kuwait University (Kuwait)

Q&A

10.30 – 11:00 Coffee break

Parallel Session 4 Continued

Driving Outcomes Workshop

Moderators: Ian Bates, Director of the FIP Workforce Development Hub & UCL School of Pharmacy (United Kingdom) & Lina Bader, FIP Lead for Workforce Transformation & Development (The Netherlands)

Key questions to discuss:  

• What are the Eastern Mediterranean region’s workforce development needs?
• What are the priorities for development to deliver better primary health care?
• How can we work together as a region to transform our workforce?