Promoting relevant education for practice and science is the focus of a new FIP Academic Institutional Membership (AIM) handbook launched by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) recently.
The handbook gives particular attention to future-ready competencies, including digital health and artificial intelligence, interprofessional education, and leadership and innovation — areas of growing relevance for pharmaceutical educators worldwide. Authored by 20 internationally recognised educators, academic administrative experts and leaders from FIP AIM institutions, it brings together experience-informed insights from different regions, with different education models, offering practical examples and strategies to help modernise curricula.
“This handbook represents a significant achievement supporting the FIP Education (FIPEd) vision of equitable access to transformational change in pharmaceutical education and training that advances pharmaceutical practice and sciences to improve global health and wellbeing,” said FIPEd chair Prof John Pieper. “It makes a critically important contribution to promoting and enhancing the scale and scope of relevant pharmaceutical education for the decade ahead.”
“The handbook is intended to serve as an experience-informed resource for academic leaders, reflecting collective expertise from diverse regions and varied pharmacy education models,” said FIP AIM chair Prof Lilian M Azzopardi. “It brings forward examples of novel curriculum design, experiential learning models and digital competency development to ensure graduates are exposed to active learning approaches that build the competencies required for real-world pharmacy careers.”
