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In May 2008, the PSI commissioned a root and branch review of the five year programme of education and training for the pharmacist qualification in Ireland together with a review of accreditation models and accreditation criteria. The initiation of this review originates from the commencement of the Pharmacy Act 2007 which broadened the remit of the PSI and its functions. A core duty of the PSI, laid out in the 2007 Act, provides that it must, “determine, approve and keep under review programmes of education and training suitable to enable persons applying for registration to meet those criteria and pharmacists to comply with those codes.”
The Pharmacy Practice Research Group, based within the School of Pharmacy, at Aston University in Birmingham was selected by the PSI to undertake this piece of educational research. The main project team will be Professor Keith Wilson and Dr Chris Langley. Both are registered pharmacists within Great Britain with a track record in educational research in pharmacy. They have undertaken a large number of commissioned research projects for the UK Department of Health, health authorities and other public organisations and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
The project will be carried out in three phases and will cover the following:
1) A comprehensive review of the current five year programme of pharmacy education and training in Ireland
2) A review of the process used to accredit professional courses with a focus upon health professional courses
3) A review of pharmacy pre-registration training within Ireland.
To assist the research team in this review, a Project Steering Group was set up to monitor the progress of the project and to ensure compliance with the stated objectives. The Steering Group is comprised of ten people from varying pharmacy backgrounds such as hospital, industry, community and academia.
This project, based on the evidence available to the project management team, is the first national project on pharmacy education on this scale to be undertaken. The ultimate objective of this project is to develop proposals for a set of principles for pharmacy education and training and then recommendations in relation to the delivery and regulation of the whole five year period of education and training.
Further information on this project may be obtained from the PSI by contacting:
Ciara Dooley, Education Projects Co-ordinator, PSI at cdooley@pharmaceuticalsociety.ie
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