FIP, as the global leader for pharmacy, has taken the initiative to build the “FIP World List of Pharmacy Schools”, which will be the most comprehensive and up-to-date list of pharmacy institutions from around the world. This global list is intended to guide all pharmacy stakeholders, from students to policymakers, in assessing the appropriateness and effectiveness of pharmacy education strategies. The availability, completeness and quality of FIP’s World List of Pharmacy Schools means it will provide a unique source of information for pharmaceutical workforce policies, procedures and plans.
Further background on the FIP World List of Pharmacy Schools:
The FIP World List of Pharmacy Schools is an initiative to monitor pharmaceutical capacity and capability, similar to those of many other global organisations, such as the World Medical Schools List held by the World Medical Association. Given 2021 is the World Health Organization’s Year of Health and Care Workers, the need for our global organisations to demonstrate increased capacity in all health workers is key to ensure our professions are not further diminished but amplified.
FIP is a founder member of the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) with doctors, nurses, dentists, and physiotherapists. All WHPA members have been requested to feedback their schools’ status to the WHO as part of pandemic preparedness, and FIP having a list of accredited pharmacy schools will help to identify where schools may be needed and created to ensure long-term pharmaceutical workforce capacity.
Robert Gordon University
School of Pharmacy & Life Sciences
Practical and Professional
The School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, the second largest school in the University, is located within the city centre campus. The Acting Head of School is Professor Donald Cairns.
The school has an impressive portfolio of seven courses accredited or approved by professional bodies. These include the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, the Forensic Science Society, the Nutrition Society and the Health Professions Council. This is just one of the reasons why graduates from the school are in such high demand from employers.
Multidisciplinary
The School is multidisciplinary, with students benefiting from interactions across a range of subject areas – biomedical sciences, analytical and medicinal chemistry, forensic science, nutrition and dietetics, pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical sciences. To facilitate this more easily, plans are underway to move the school into a purpose-built, multi-million pound facility at RGU's Garthdee Campus by 2013.