First meeting on forming a Common Training Framework
Full report of meeting HERE
Date: Monday 10 November 2014.jpg)
Time: 0900-1700
Venue: Novotel Brussels Airport
EAHP kindly invites its member associations from Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain to participate in an initial meeting aimed at agreeing a process and method for forming a common training framework for hospital pharmacy specialisation in Europe.
With the ultimate intention of ensuring the highest standards of patient care within participating countries' health systems, the establishment of a common training framework will also permit highly skilled and educated health professionals to more easily move between countries and share learning and experience in practice settings.
In this first meeting EAHP invites its member countries who:
- are member countries of the European Union;
- have in place post graduate specialisation programmes for the practice of hospital pharmacy; and,
- have requirements of a legally mandatory nature for individuals to hold the specialisation qualification in order to practice, and be termed, as a hospital pharmacist.
EAHP calculates those countries to be: Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.
The meeting will:
- hear from a representative of the European Commission about the opportunity presented by the new common training framework tool, and how it is intended to operate in practice;
- hold discussions on the various options in relation to qualification harmonisation methodologies, learning from the experiences of other professions (assisted by a presentation from Dirk Bochar, Secretary General of the European Federation of National Engineering Associations);
- conduct an initial comparison of hospital pharmacy specialisation programmes in the 6 countries, with some reference to specialisation programmes in other countries; and,
- aim to agree a future method of working towards a common training framework for hospital pharmacy specialisation in Europe, that includes the involvement of all EAHP member countries, via workshop discussion.
Final agenda here.
Each country is invited to bring a maximum of 3 representatives.
Please note that EAHP cannot reimburse travel or accommodation costs associated with attendance at this meeting
A range of background documentation is available here.
A list of confirmed attendees to the 10th November Meeting is available here.
Morning presentations received so far
Presentation from Dirk Bochar, Secretary General of FEANI HERE
Specialisation in Belgium
Specialisation in Italy, and teaching perspective.
Specialiation in the Netherlands
Specialisation in Spain
Specialisation in France
Specialisation in Portugal
Specialisation in countries not represented at the meeting
EAHP secretariat draft 'Principles and Process' document for discussion
