This webinar will be organized to support AIM Members, Academic Pharmacy Section Members, and academic pharmacists from all around the world to plan and get prepared for the new academic year after the educational disruption by COVID-19 pandemic. From Europe to Middle East, different regional perspectives will be offered on reopening of the schools and returning to pharmacy education for the upcoming year. The webinar will support you to start the next academic year resourcefully and resolve different challenges at your institution. The speakers will share their experience and knowledge for the ongoing preparations in their schools, and the participants will be able to ask questions to have institutional solutions for return to pharmacy education. 

Learning objectives:

1. Explore different academic approaches from all around the world on how to plan and prepare for the upcoming academic year,
2. Address the new “must”s for the pharmacy education’s new academic year following COVID-19 related educational disruption,
3. Learn to foster a conscious culture for teaching and learning for the academics and students 

Misinformation regarding vaccines, lack of understanding regarding their important benefits, and limiting fears and beliefs are factors that present challenges to vaccination. The amount of misinformation about vaccines circulating on the Internet in recent years has generated a worrying level of hesitancy or outright opposition to the use of vaccines by growing anti-vaccination groups in many countries. This has been associated with the return or increase of diseases such as measles and whooping cough. Pharmacists play a critical role in building confidence in vaccines and providing evidence-based advice.

Learning Objectives:

After this webinar the participants should have a better understanding of the following topics:

1. (Dis)trust in medicines and vaccines
2. Benefits of vaccines
3. Evidence-based advice through pharmacist
4. Vaccination and quality of life for older adults
5. Engaging with members of the public in a meaningful way
6. How to interact efficiently with patients in a very short time