A8 - Key competencies for a digital pharmaceutical future
Organised by the FIP Community Pharmacy Section in collaboration with FIP’s Academic Pharmacy Section & Industrial Pharmacy Section
Chairs
Jaime Acosta Gómez, Farmacia Acosta, Spain and Claudia Rijcken, Pharmi, NetherlandsIntroduction
Major new technologies may displace some existing jobs but also generate a lot of new ones. Also, the pharmacy profession will be affected by technology and automation.
Different competencies will become more important and next to pharmacy being a STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), the humanities-related skills are a vital aspect of every care-provider now and in future days. This session will explain the audience how the skills and competencies of pharmacists worldwide are expected to change and how to adequately prepare as a pharmacist for our future.
Programme
- The future of jobs: A cluster of new Competency Framework for Educators
Arijana Meštrović, FIP Academic Pharmacy Section, Croatia - Singapore National Pharmacy Strategy: Information and technology enablement for pharmacists
Lou Huei-Xin, Office of Director of Medical Services, Singapore - Competencies of the future pharmacist
Anna Laven, Pharmabrain, Germany - Adapting pharmacy schools to the fourth revolution
Michael Hogue, Loma Linda University, USA - Preparing the pharmacist for the fast digitalization of African healthcare
Tim Rennie, University of Namibia, Namibia
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- – Explain the competencies required to lead in the digital age as a pharmacist
- – Identify the opportunities for pharmacies in different regions of the world due to digital healthcare developments
- – Describe how STEM versus Humanities competencies are essential in the pharmacy (ongoing) education
- – Explain the competencies required to lead in the digital age as a pharmacist
- – Identify the opportunities for pharmacies in different regions of the world due to digital healthcare developments
- – Describe how STEM versus Humanities competencies are essential in the pharmacy (ongoing) education
Type of session: Knowledge-based
