The COVID-19 pandemic has brought much attention to the gaps and challenges in all world systems including the educational sphere.
Inequities in education have not been new to the world but due to the pandemic, there have been greater disparities in education and training of the pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences students globally.
Inequities arising from socioeconomic standing, infrastructural differences, policies, student welfarism, race, gender or disabilities of individuals, academic institutions and countries will be discussed during this session.
The session seeks to highlight how these inequities affect the process of pharmacy education, and provide good practices from colleagues in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
• Identify the existing inequities in pharmacy education
• Learn good practices to curb different inequalities affecting pharmacy education due to COVID-19
• Strengthen advocacy efforts for all-inclusive educational policies and resources

Moderator:
Ralph Altiere, Dean University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - USA

Facilitator: Nilhan Uzman, Lead for Education Policy and Implementation, FIP -the Netherlands

Panellists:
1. B Suresh, Chairman Indian Association of Colleges of Pharmacy - India
2. Derick Munkombwe, Lecturer Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia - Zambia
3. Alison Williams, Chairperson of Pharmacy Education International Pharmaceutical Students Federation - Nigeria
4. Patricia Acuna-Johnson, School of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Valparaiso - Chile
5. Nguyen Van Hung, Acting-President, Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy - Vietnam
6. Jennie Lates, Head of Department: Pharmacy UNAM, School of Pharmacy - Namibia

This event will mark the launch of the report of FIP’s global survey on the role of pharmacists in immunisation conducted this year, and to present key findings from this survey. This survey will update our intelligence about this important area of pharmacy practice, following the first survey in 2016. Since then, this important development in the scope of practice of pharmacists not only gained momentum for FIP, but for the profession around the world, with several countries introducing pharmacy-based vaccination services and related activities. The data in this report will inform the advocacy work of FIP and its member organisations into the future.

Learning objectives:

After this webinar the participants should be able to understand:
1. The evolving roles that pharmacists play around the world to improve vaccine confidence and vaccination coverage.
2. The current situation with regards to pharmacy practice and regulation in the area of vaccination.
3. The gaps and challenges that require the attention of pharmacy organisations to develop these roles further into the future.

Facilitator:
Lars-Åke Söderlund, President, Community Pharmacy Section, FIP - Sweden

Panellist:
Gonçalo Sousa Pinto, Lead for Practice Development and Transformation, FIP - The Netherlands