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THE FUTURE OF PHARMACY

INTERNATIONAL PHARMACY JOURNAL

TABLE 1: NEEDS BASED APPROACHES TO PHARMACY EDUCATION – A CASE STUDY OF PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES (PICS)

THE PHARMACY WORKFORCE IN PICS

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PHARMACY EDUCATION ISSUES

t "MBDLPGFEVDBUJPODBQBDJUZUPTVQQPSUDPNQFUFODZEFWFMPQNFOUPGUIFDBESFTJOWPMWFEJOQIBSNBDZSFMBUFETFSWJDFT i s o n e of t h e m a i n is s u e s af f e c t i n g p h a r m a c y wo r k f o r c e d e v e l o p m e nt in PICs.

THE NEEDS BASED APPROACH USED

t "OFXBQQSPBDIIBTCFFOEFWFMPQFEJOWPMWJOHBQBSUOFSTIJQCFUXFFOUIF6OJUFE/BUJPOT1PQVMBUJPO'VOE 6/'1"  Pacifi c sub r e g i o n a l of fi c e , t h e Univ e r s i t y of Canb e r r a , Minis t r y of Healt h of fi c i a l s a n d t h e h e a l t h p e r s o n n e l wit h i n id e nt i fi e d PICs.

RESULTS SO FAR

t $VMUVSBMQSJODJQMFTPGMFBSOJOHBOEB1IBSNBDZ$PNQFUFODZ'SBNFXPSLGPS1*$TIBWFCFFOEFWFMPQFEBOEVTFEUP cr e a t e n o v e l , e x p e r i e nt i a l co m p e t e n c y b a s e d t r a i n i n g a p p r o a c h e s fo r sp e c i fi c c a d r e s . t 5IFGPDVTPOFYQFSJFOUJBMFEVDBUJPONFUIPETUPEFWFMPQXPSLCBTFEDPNQFUFODZIBTTIPXORVJDLDPNQFUFODZ

de v e l o p m e nt wit h im m e d i a t e a p p l i c a t i o n t o t h e wo r k p l a c e .

LESSONS LEARNT

t &OHBHJOHQSBDUJUJPOFST MPDBMMZBDUJWFJOUFSOBUJPOBMPSHBOJ[BUJPOTBOEBDBEFNJB JTBDPOTUSVDUJWFXBZUPQSPNPUF th e n e e d s a n d b e s t p r a c t i c e of p h a r m a c y e du c a t i o n . t 5IFGPDVTPOFYQFSJFOUJBMFEVDBUJPONFUIPETUPEFWFMPQXPSLCBTFEDPNQFUFODZIBTTIPXORVJDLDPNQFUFODZ

de v e l o p m e nt wit h im m e d i a t e a p p l i c a t i o n t o t h e wo r k p l a c e . t &OHBHJOHQSBDUJUJPOFST MPDBMMZBDUJWFJOUFSOBUJPOBMPSHBOJ[BUJPOTBOEBDBEFNJB JTBDPOTUSVDUJWFXBZUPQSPNPUFUIF

n e e d s a n d b e s t p r a c t i c e of p h a r m a c y e du c a t i o n .

THE FUTURE

t 5IFBCJMJUZUPJOUFHSBUFUIJTBQQSPBDIUPQIBSNBDZDPNQFUFODZEFWFMPQNFOUJOUPFYJTUJOHBDBEFNJDJOTUJUVUJPOTJTZFU to b e p r o v e n wit h co n s t r a i nt s o n r e s o u r c e s a n d lim i t e d a c a d e m i c s in t h e r e g i o n b e i n g co n s i d e r a b l e b a r r i e r s .