“Enabling Pharmaceutical Education Transformation in the Western Pacific Region: Launch of FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre for Excellence”

Attendance an online digital event on May. 29, 2024 entitled “Enabling Pharmaceutical Education Transformation in the Western Pacific Region: Launch of FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre for Excellence”. The event was offered by International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). 

Description: Pharmaceutical teaching is undergoing an active transformation, led by the evolving technological advancements, healthcare landscape, and the requirement for highly skilled professionals. However, to support pharmaceutical teaching reform in Western Pacific Region (WPR), FIP throughout the UNITWIN Network on Global Pharmacy Education Development, in cooperation with University College London (UCL) and UNESCO, is accomplishing the FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre for Excellence in WPR.

Moderator:

- Dalia Bajis, FIP Senior programme lead, FIP, The Netherlands. 

Co-Moderator

- Genuine Desireh, FIP Educational partnerships and projects manager, FIP, The Netherlands.

Panellists:

- Catherine Duggan, FIP CEO, FIP, The Netherlands. 

- Ralph J. Altiere, FIPEd Chair, FIP and University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, USA. 

- Paul Gallagher, Deputy Head-Clinical, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

- John Jackson, President, Western Pacific Pharmaceutical Forum, Australia.  

- Nisa Masyitah, FIP Project and Data Support Coordinator, FIP Netherlands. 

- Lilian M. Azzopardi, Head, Department of Pharmacy, University of Malta, Malta.