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THE FUTURE OF PHARMACY

INTERNATIONAL PHARMACY JOURNAL

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2 . I l l e s V a n d Sut h e r l a n d K . Mana gin g ch a n g e in t h e NHS. Orga ni s a t i o n a l ch a n g e – a re v i e w fo r he a l t h c a r e ma n a g e r s , p r of e s s i o n a l s a n d re s e a r c h e r s . NCCSDO. 2001 . http://www.comorbidity.org. au/sites/www.comorbidity.org.au/files/Managing%20 Change%20in%20the%20NHS.pdf (la s t a c c e s s e d on 2 2 May 201 2 )

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t o d e b a t e h o w, in o ur k n o w l e d g e - r i c h s o c i e t y ; we c a n p r o v i d e t h e n e e d e d k n o w l e d g e , sk i l l s a n d at t i t u d e s fo r o ur gr a d u a t e s t o ma k e p o s i t i v e im p a c t s in h e a l t h .

Among it s p o r t f o l i o of e v i d e n c e - b a s e d r e s o u r c e s , FIP Ed ha s sh o w n l e a d e r s h i p gl o b a l l y in t h e a r e a of co m p e t e n c y b a s e d a p p r o a c h e s t o e du c a t i o n . The Pha r m a c y Educ a t i o n Ta sk f o r c e h a s d e v e l o p e d a Gl o b a l Comp e t e n c y Fra m e w o r k , whi c h d e s c r i b e s t h e n e c e s s a r y p r a c t i t i o n e r co m p e t e n c i e s ( sk i l l s , at t i t u d e s a n d b e h a v i o u r s) in a ll p h a r m a c y s e t t i n g s a n d is a f r a m e w o r k t h a t c a n b e a d a p t e d t o lo c a l n e e d s t o sup p o r t p r a c t i t i o n e r d e v e l o p m e nt 3 . This a n d ot h e r ini t i a - t i v e s r e l a t e d t o t h e us e of t e c h n o l o g y in e du c a t i o n , qu a l i t y a s s u r a n c e a n d s o c i a l a c c o u nt a b i l i t y, h a v e b e e n id e nt i fi e d , t hr o u g h num e r o u s co n s u l t a t i o n s a n d int e r a c t i o n s wit h FIP memb e r s , a s b e in g i m p o r t a nt a sp e c t s of e du c a t i o n t o sh a r e a n d dis s e m i n a t e inn o v a t i v e a n d b e s t p r a c t i c e s .

We will co nt i n u e t o wo r k t o a d v a n c e t h e p r of e s s i o n , t hr o u g h f a c i l i t a t i n g c h a n g e in e du c a t i o n , t o de v e l o p t h e s o c i a l r o l e of in s t i t u t i o n s in fo s t e r i n g inn o v a t i o n a n d b ui l d i n g l e a d e r s fo r t h e f ut u r e .”

More about the FIP Education Initiatives FIPEd i s wo r k i n g t o s t i m u l a t e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n a l c h a n g e in ph a r m a c y a n d p h a r m a c e u t i c a l e du c a t i o n a n d e n ge n d e r t h e d e v e l o p m e nt of o ur di v e r s e p r of e s s i o n , t o w a r d s m e e t i n g p r e s e nt a n d f ut u r e s o c i e t a l a n d wo r k f o r c e n e e d s a r o u n d t h e wo r l d .

FIPEd br in g s t o ge t h e r v a r i o u s s t a k e h o l d e r s in c l u d i n g nat i o n a l a n d r e g i o n a l p h a r m a c y - e d u c a t i o n o r g a n i s a t i o n s , l o c a l e du c a t i o n in s t i t u t i o n s a n d le a d e r s in p h a r m a c y e du c a - t i o n . B y p r o v i d i n g a uni q u e gl o b a l p l a t f o r m fo r e xc h a n g e , m e nt o r i n g a n d le a r n i n g fo r le a d e r s a n d a c a d e m i c s , fo c u s - s i n g o n t h e d e v e l o p m e nt of le a d e r s h i p sk i l l s a n d a c a d e m i c ma n a g e m e nt a n d p e d a g o g i c sk i l l s ; b ui l d i n g , a d v o c a t i n g fo r, a n d di s s e m i n a t i n g e v i d e n c e - b a s e d gui d a n c e , co n s e n s u s - b a s e d s t a n d a r d s , t o o l s a n d r e s o u r c e s fo r e du c a t i o n a l d e v e l o p m e nt ; d e v e l o p i n g e du c a t i o n - r e l a t e d p o li c y t h a t sup p o r t s t h e a d v a n c e m e nt of t h e p r of e s s i o n t o b e a d v o c a t e d fo r a n d im p l e m e nt e d wit h a n d by s t a k e h o l d e r s at gl o b a l , r e g i o n a l a n d lo c a l l e v e l s .

All int e r e s t e d a r e in v i t e d t o p a r t i c i p a t e a n d b e a c t i v e in FIPEd t o e n s u r e o n go i n g inn o v a t i o n in p h a r m a c y e du c a - t i o n a n d t o imp a c t o n o ur f ut u r e l e a d e r s in p h a r m a c y a n d ph a r m a c e u t i c a l s c i e n c e s .

For mo r e inf o r m a t i o n co nt a c t education@fip.org .