Naoko Arakawa

Contact

• workRoom C03 School of Pharmacy
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 74 84559
• Naoko.Arakawa@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Naoko Arakawa obtained her Bachelor in Pharmacy from the Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan, and became a registered pharmacist in Japan in 2002. Dr Arakawa worked as a pharmacist for a general hospital for 7 years and a community pharmacy for 1 year and 3 months. She moved to the UK for her postgraduate study in 2010 and obtained Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy, International Practice and Policy with distinction from the School of Pharmacy, University of London in 2011. She completed her PhD at the University College London School of Pharmacy in 2016, and her thesis was entitled 'Global Pharmacy: A Comparative Exploration and Analysis of Initial Professional Education'. Dr Arakawa undertook a role of the International Lead at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for UK-Japan collaborative programme between 2016-2018. She took a position of Assistant Professor in International Pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham in April 2018, and currently Associate Professor at the School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham. Dr Arakawa is also Interim Education Secretary of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), and a global lead for Competency Development of the FIP Hub.

Teaching Summary

Dr Arakawa is a Year 3 head of BSc International Pharmacy programme jointly taught with the Tianjin University Traditional Chinese Medicines in China.

She also teaches in Master of Pharmacy programme:

• Y2 Cardiovascular module: Epidemiology and Critical Appraisal (4 lectures and a workshop)
• Y3 Research project module: UG project supervisions and PPP divisional research training - Using published evidence and Data management & stats

Research Summary

Dr Arakawa's research interests focus on developing and evaluating needs-based pharmacy practice and workforce development in a global perspective for assisting the improvement of patients' and… read more

Current Research

Dr Arakawa's research interests focus on developing and evaluating needs-based pharmacy practice and workforce development in a global perspective for assisting the improvement of patients' and public health. This extends global public health practices and policies. Dr Arakawa employs both quantitative and qualitative methods in her research, to seek practical outcomes that can inform and change the practice and policy for better health outcomes in patients, nationally and internationally.

Past Research

Research projects that Dr Arakawa conducted include:

• Students' Learning Experiences in Pharmacy: Global Perspective
• An International Comparison of Pharmacy Curricula
• Global Pharmacy Education: An Exploratory Study on Multiple Aspects in Quality (the part of study was published as a FIPEd Technical Report: http://www.fip.org/files/fip/FIPEd_Global_Education_Report_2013.pdf)
• Case studies in Pharmacy Workforce Development in Japan (the part of the FIPEd Technical Report: http://fip.org/publications#FIP-Education)