THE International Pharmaceutical Federation is calling on pharmacy leaders worldwide to engage in the ongoing education and development of the pharmacy workforce, as part of a full wrap up report from the organisation's Global Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education which took place in Nanjing, China last November.
The so-called 'Nanjing Statements' have been published after extensive consultation and validation, and are grouped into eight clusters covering areas such as professional skills mix, recruitment of students, and resources and academic staff.
"The continued development of pharmaceutical services and sciences in order to meet the health care needs of patients and health care systems around the world relies on a well educated, competent, sufficient and well distributed pharmaceutical workforce," said FIP Education chair William Charman.
"With these newly developed FIP tools and guidance from the Nanjing Conference, leaders in pharmaceutical practice, sciences and education are well placed to support and advocate for the implementation of FIP's Global Vision for Education and Workforce within their countries," he said.
FIP is now establishing a steering group to monitor progress and develop mechanisms to identify priority areas for action.
"We recognise the need for resources to develop a sustainable workforce," Charman said, with the organisation looking forward to working with stakeholders in each country as they move to adopt the conclusions of the report.
A series of webinars will guide FIP members through the resources to help develop local strategies on workforce and education - for details of the report and the Nanjing Statements see the website at www.fip.org.
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