Background reading for Common Training Framework kick off meeting

Below are a range of articles and references designed to assist the preparations of participants at the 10th November 2014 kick off meeting for the project to form a common training framework for hospital pharmacy specialisation in Europe.

i) Background on the Common Training Framework

EAHP video on the common training framework

EAHP presentation to Members about CTF formation, March 2014

CTF explanation to EAHP members March 2014

European Parliament support for the use of CTF by Chapter III professional specialties

Early scoping of the CTF opportunity in 2012

ii) Legal texts

Full legal text of 2014 update of the Professional Qualifications Directive ('Control-F' 'common training' to see relevant amendments)

Legal text in all EU languages HERE

iii) Background on hospital pharmacy specialisation

Table of Specialisation Programmes

Information from the EAHP Member pages

Relevent references from the literature

iv) Relevant Pharmine documents

Pharmine competencies for Hospital Pharmacists

Pharmine Final Report (Presentation)

Pharmine Final Report (Public)

v) Specialisation organisation by other professions

Presentation by EBVS to EAHP March 2014

Presentation by UEMS to EAHP November 2013

USA Board of Pharmacy Specialties

vi) European Statements of Hospital Pharmacy

The European Statements of Hospital Pharmacy were passed in May 2014 following a rigorous delphi consultation process with EAHP's 34 member countries and over 30 European patient and healthcare professional organisations.
 
Statement 6.2 states "All those involved in medicines use processes must be able to demonstrate their competency in theier roles. Hospital pharmacists should participate in the development of European-wide competency frameworks to ensure standards of best practice are met."
 
The full text of the statements, and other information about formation, is available HERE. 
 
Translation in Italian HERE (glossary), Portugeuse HERE (glossary), and Dutch HERE (glossary).
Last update: 30 October 2014