SH4: Re-designing Pharmacy Careers

 

In the past, the main focus of pharmacy education was first registration.  However, in the UK, there is no co-ordinated programme of post-registration professional development and no agreed specifications for advanced, specialist and consultant pharmacy practice. In mainland Europe there exists a variety of hospital pharmacist qualifications, but do these build careers or merely act as gateways into the hospital sector? As the pharmacist’s role becomes more clinical, pressure increases for reassessment of competence to practice (revalidation) and post-registration workforce development becomes critical.  Key questions are the validity of the competence frameworks, the balance between uni-professional and inter-professional development, the locus of responsibility for development (individual, employer or regulator) and whether sector of practice remains a valid discriminator. An overarching question is the need for EU wide standards.

 

 

 

After the presentation the participant should be able: