A Description of the European Pharmacy Education and Training Quality Assurance Project

Pharmacy

Jeffrey Atkinson⁷  Bart Rombaut¹  Antonio Sánchez Pozo²  Dimitrios Rekkas³  Peep Veski⁴  Jouni Hirvonen⁸  Borut Bozic⁵  Agnieska Skowron⁶ 

[1] European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy (EAFP), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 103, Brussels 1090, Belgium; E-Mail:;Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada (UG), Campus Universitario de la Cartuja s/n, Granada 18701, Spain; E-Mail:;School of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University Athens, (UoA), Panepistimiou 30, Athens 10679, Greece; E-Mail:;Pharmacy Faculty, University of Tartu (UT), Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia; E-Mail:;Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubjana (ULFFA), Askerceva cesta 7, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia; E-Mail:;Pharmacy Faculty, Jagiellonian University (JUMC), UL. Golebia 24, Krakow 31-007, Poland; E-Mail:;Pharmacology Department, Lorraine University, Pharmacolor Consultants Nancy, 12 rue de Versigny, Villers 54600, France;Pharmacy Faculty, University of Helsinki (UH), Yliopistonkatu 4, P.O. Box 33-4, Helsinki 00014, Finland; E-Mail:

关键词: pharmacy;    education;    quality assurance;    competences;   

DOI  :  10.3390/pharmacy1010003

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The European Union directive on sectoral professions emphasizes the fact that pharmacists working in member states should possess the competences required for their professional practice; the directive does not, however, describe such competences in detail. The “Quality Assurance in European Pharmacy Education and Training—PHAR-QA” consortium, funded by the European Union, will define such competences and establish a quality assurance system based on them. This will facilitate the tuning of the pharmacy education and training required to produce competent pharmacists in the different member states. PHAR-QA will (1) establish a network of participating pharmacy departments, (2) survey existing quality assurance systems used, and (3) develop competences through iterative interaction with partners. The European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy will use the harmonized competences produced as a basis for the creation of a quality assurance agency for European pharmacy education and training. PHAR-QA will impact on staff and students of European departments; the final stake-holder will be the European patient who will benefit from better pharmaceutical services and better medications.

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