A description of the European pharmacy education and training quality assurance project

Atkinson, Jeffrey (author), Rombaut, Bart (author), Sánchez Pozo, Antonio (author), Rekkas, Dimitrios (author), Veski, Peep (author), Hirvonen, Jouni (author), Božič, Borut (author), Skowron, Agnieska (author), Mircioiu, Constantin (author)

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.

• Language: English
• Keywords: pharmacy, education, quality assurance, competences
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.03 - Short Scientific Article
• Organization: FFA - Faculty of Pharmacy
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2013
• Number of pages: Str. 3-7
• Numbering: Vol. 1, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-129501
• UDC: 37:615
• ISSN on article: 2226-4787
• DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy1010003
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3457393
• Publication date in RUL: 02.09.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Pharmacy - A Journal of Pharmacy Education and Practice
• Shortened title: Pharmacy
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2226-4787
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3457137

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• License: CC BY 3.0, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
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• Licensing start date: 01.09.2013

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: farmacija, izobraževanje, zagotavljanje kakovosti, kompetentnost

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Project number: 527194-LLP-1-2012-1-BE-ERASMUS-EMCR