Promoting Teaching and Learning for Pharmacists

Release date: Monday, 30^th August 2010

The School of Pharmacy sponsored the second annual Learning to Teach workshop which took place Sunday August 29 as part of the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s (FIP) World Congress in Lisbon, Portugal. The workshop featured a unique opportunity for young and experienced faculty members to learn about the successes and challenges of teaching through role play, case studies, short presentations and a panel on concrete action plans to use within their learning environments. The donations from the School of Pharmacy,  University of Nottingham has contributed towards the cost of hosting the workshop and is set to help around 50 students from developed and developing countries learn about best practice in pharmacy teaching, which they can go on to duplicate in their home countries. The workshop was organised by the FIP Pharmacy Education Taskforce and the FIP Young Pharmacists Group , Professor Claire Anderson from the school of pharmacy is project Lead for academic capacity on the Taskforce  

Many young faculty members and lecturers look hard for ways in which to provide quality education in an effective manner, while balancing our personal and professional obligations. The Learning to Teach workshop is meant to be a way for this constituency to come together to share experiences and ideas and gather valuable insight from our fellow colleagues, both junior and senior.

“With such a session, we are able to harness our creativity together, as a global group, and strategize how to deliver quality education, maximize our contributions and skills, and do all of this in an innovative way,” said Vibhuti Arya, from St. John’s University, USA, who chaired the session.

The first Learning to Teach workshop held at the International FIP Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, last year attracted more than 40 pharmacy students and clinicians from 28 countries. Students learnt about the successes and challenges of teaching and walked away with the tools to help promote pharmacy education in their respective countries and make a valuable contribution towards improving healthcare provision. For more information about the Pharmacy Education Taskforce, visit www.fip.org/education; the FIP Young Pharmacists Group at http://www.fip.org/young_pharmacists_group