Pharmacy education and workforce: strategic recommendations based on expert consensus in Lebanon

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Commentary

Hala Sacre¹  Rony M. Zeenny²  Aline Hajj³  Chadia Haddad⁴  Pascale Salameh⁵  Marwan Akel⁶ 

[1] INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique Et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut, Lebanon;INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique Et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut, Lebanon;Department of Pharmacy, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon;INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique Et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut, Lebanon;Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Pharmacie Clinique et Contrôle de Qualité Des Médicament, Faculty of Pharmacy, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon;Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada;Oncology Division, CHU de Québec Université Laval Research Center, Québec, Canada;INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique Et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut, Lebanon;Research Department, Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon;School of Health Sciences, Modern University for Business and Science, Beirut, Lebanon;School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon;INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique Et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut, Lebanon;School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon;Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon;Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University of Nicosia Medical School, 2417, Nicosia, Cyprus;INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique Et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut, Lebanon;School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon;

关键词: Pharmacy;    Education;    Workforce;    Strategy;    Competency;    Accreditation;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40545-022-00510-3

 received in 2022-12-08, accepted in 2022-12-29,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Pharmacy in Lebanon has been taught for years, and the profession has known the golden ages in previous years. However, with the recent graduation of hundreds of pharmacists, without prior workforce planning, the oversupply of non-specialized pharmacists caused a mismatch with the needs of the market. The context of severe socioeconomic and sanitary crises has further exacerbated the situation, with hundreds of pharmacists leaving the country. A group of pharmacy experts joined to suggest strategic solutions to face such challenges, suggesting a clear strategy for education and the workforce, overarched by educational and professional values and based on six main pillars: (1) implement a national competency framework (including the core and specialized competency frameworks) to be used as a basis for licensure (colloquium); (2) implement a national pharmacy program accreditation, encompassing standards related to competencies adoption and assessment, curricula, teaching methods, research and innovation, instructors’ and preceptors’ skills, and experiential training; (3) organize training for students and early-career pharmacists; (4) optimize continuing education and implement continuous professional development, fostering innovation and specialization among working pharmacists; (5) develop and implement a pharmacy workforce strategy based on pharmacy intelligence, job market, and academic capacities; (6) develop and implement a legal framework for the above-mentioned pillars in collaboration with ministries and parliamentary commissions. Under the auspices of the relevant authorities, mainly the Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the suggested strategy should be discussed and implemented for a better future for the pharmacy profession.

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