This report describes the global capacity trends observed in the pharmaceutical workforce from 2006 to 2016, building on the FIP 2015 Global Pharmacy Workforce Intelligence Trends Report; this report features additional analysis to track global and national trends, including gender distribution and capacity growth mapped to regional variation and country-level economic indicators.

This report was released in a landscape of challenges such as substandard and falsified medicines, and a shortage of human resources in the health supply chain. The need to ensure effective and safe medicines supply prompted FIP to take a close look at the actual role of pharmacists in pharmaceutical supply chains. This report aims to provide a foundation from which improvement can develop. The report points out that investment in training and education are needed to strengthen pharmacists’ roles in supply chains, and it details the competencies that these roles require.

A publicly accessible summary of the 2015-17 detailed survey that FIP conducts every two years on the state of the pharmacy profession at the global level, giving an overview of topics ranging from the distribution of pharmacists in different sectors and access to pharmacies, to models of generic medicines dispensing/substitution and the availability of medicines online. The full report is available to FIP member organisations only.

A descriptive global study of the pharmacy support workforce, commissioned by FIP’s Board of Pharmaceutical Practice. It aims to give a picture of the varied support workforce between countries, describing differences in the roles and competencies, responsibilities, supervision of, education, regulation, legislation and liability of the pharmacy support workforce around the world, as well as four specific models that emerged from the data.

This document is intended as a tool for FIP member organisations to support the adoption of the FIP’s 13 Pharmaceutical Workforce Development Goals on a national level. The report features expert recommendations and comprehensive case studies from 21 countries around the world which demonstrate that the goals are measurable, feasible and achievable. It is intended for all pharmacy stakeholders to catalyse needs-based planning, priority setting and forward actions towards implementing the goals.

A full report of FIP’s Global Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education in Nanjing, China, 2016. At this historic event, FIP adopted a transformative workforce roadmap, setting out the desired milestones for education and workforce development of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. This report contains a description of the conference’s three main outcomes: (1) the Global Vision for Education and Workforce; (2) the Pharmaceutical Workforce Development Goals (PWDGs); and (3) the Statements on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education (“the Nanjing Statements”). It also contains a chapter on implementing the outcomes of the conference and a list of resources developed by FIP to enable action and which are adaptable to local needs.

The Pharmaceutical Workforce Development Goals (PWDGs) aim to facilitate national implementation of FIP’s Global Vision for Education and Workforce. The PWDGs provide action-oriented workforce planning, ways of monitoring progress towards global achievement of the workforce vision and a consistent structure for coherent and comprehensive national workforce development actions.

The Global Vision for Education and Workforce provides a description of the future directions of our profession and how education can support the progression of medicines science and practice. Through this vision, FIP seeks to promote and enhance the health and well-being of civil society through professional leadership and development of our professional workforce.

A global impact monitoring report that presents a collection of case studies from 14 countries around the world describing successful implementation of FIP Education (FIPEd) tools and resources. This report contains detailed evidence-based descriptions of innovation, data and analysis of workforce development tools that have been to assist with transforming pharmacy education.

A compendium of case studies and best practices of interprofessional education from around the world. The report reflects innovation and creativity centred on interprofessional education (IPE) and the case studies highlight diverse approaches and show that IPE is becoming a more mainstream education activity for students, trainees and practitioners worldwide.

The first publication of its kind to provide a comprehensive baseline on the current global workforce trends, capacity building and pharmacist numbers. This is the fourth in a series of workforce reports produced every three years, and contains a trend analysis conducted with data from three previous workforce intelligence reports (2006, 2009, 2012), which covers data from 51 countries and territories.

This summary document provides key messages, guidance and navigation for pharmacy stakeholders such as professional associations, higher education institutions and employers to prepare briefings and communiqués on interprofessional education for their own networks and stakeholders.

The first ever international overview of the extent of the advanced and specialised roles that pharmacists are undertaking, and the mechanisms supporting these developments. This reports expands the global evidence base on the global status of advanced and/or specialised pharmacy practice scopes and the models in which they exist, informing the implementation of Pharmaceutical Workforce Development Goal 4: Advanced and Specialist Development. Forty-eight countries and territories were surveyed to obtain country-level information regarding policy and implementation of advanced practice and specialisation. In addition, a series of seventeen country case studies were presented to illustrate an in-depth view of policy and implementation trends. The report outlines trends in policy development related to advanced and specialised roles, such as the development of national definitions, criteria and professional recognition systems.

Summary of key findings of the “Advanced practice and specialisation in pharmacy: Global report, 2015”. The intention of this document is to provide helpful guidance and navigation for FIP’s stakeholders and to inspire FIP member organisations to consider strategy development and actions at national level, and to enable them to prepare briefings and communiqués for their own networks and stakeholders.

An updated and expanded version of the “Global framework for quality assurance of pharmacy education, version 1” adopted by FIP in 2008. The framework is offered primarily as a tool — to be used in whole or in part — to facilitate the establishment of systems of quality assurance in countries where no such formal systems exist or for improvement of existing systems. Where regional similarities and collaborations exist, the framework may also be applied at a regional rather than national level. In addition to the framework, the document provides an overview of prerequisites for quality assurance in pharmacy education, and quality criteria and quality indicators for pharmacy education.

The first publication of its kind to provide a baseline on the current status, transformation and scaling up of pharmaceutical education worldwide, this report provides a baseline on the current status, transformation and scaling up of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education globally. It presents the current pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education and workforce situation across 109 countries and territories around the world, representing around 175,000 pharmacy students and 2,500 education institutions worldwide.

The Global Competency Framework promotes the development of knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours that an individual develops through education, training, development and experience as means to create a capable practitioner workforce in all healthcare professions. The framework is divided in four areas of practice, 20 competencies and 100 behavioural competencies. It is intended to act as a mapping tool and can be adapted according to the country or local needs.

A comprehensive report with an overview of global pharmacy workforce and education trends in 2012. This document presents the pharmacy workforce situation in 90 countries and territories around the world, representing nearly four million pharmaceutical human resources for health. It also offers an analysis of pharmacy education, academic and training capacity, quality assurance, practitioner development approaches, leadership development, and education research. The pharmacy support workforce was also examined as part of the analysis. One chapter also presents nine case studies on pharmacy workforce planning, management, and development from 9 countries and territories.

A comprehensive report with an overview of global pharmacy workforce and education trends in 2009. This document expands on the findings of the first 2006 report to examine the workforce situation in more countries, describe significant trends which continue to face workforce development and identify pertinent challenges which must be addressed in order to ensure the equitable access and appropriate use of safe, effective and quality medicines as well as pharmaceutical services.

A comprehensive report with an overview of global pharmacy workforce and education trends in 2006. The FIP Global Pharmacy Workforce and Migration Study presents global data on the distribution of pharmacists according to country, gender and practice area; pharmacist shortages and country imbalances in pharmacist workforce distribution; continuing professional development and continuing education programmes for pharmacists; regulation, training and certification of pharmacy technicians; and migration of pharmacists worldwide and registration processes for foreign pharmacists.