Hospital pharmacists currently undertake a diversity of roles in the health care system. There are constant innovative changes being made to the pharmacists’ role to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines.

With the European Directive 2005/36/EC, the European Authorities have set a basic degree of university pharmacy study. Unfortunately, this basic degree doesn’t provide sufficient qualifications for the independent work of a Hospital Pharmacist.

The EAHP, in response to the expectations of its members and related professionals, is proposing a complementary structured specialized education in this very specific field, which is to be inserted in the Directive.

To achieve a high quality of pharmacy care for patients in the hospital environment, a standardized level of formation, and a flexible labor market, EAHP is working hand in hand with PHARMINE and FIP, and assisted in the development of a “Hospital Pharmacy Outcomes” (HPO) and the PHARMINE structure.

HPO provides a list of professional competencies necessary for the specialized practice of hospital pharmacy that are to be expected from intermediate pharmacists after completion of a period of work or training in a hospital setting.

Relevant Documents

Statement on Hospital Pharmacy specialisation

Pharmine WP4 - Identifying and defining competencies

A clear map for scientific and professional competencies as applied to hospital

pharmacy

Prague Declaration