Creating a desired future for pharmacy education and professional practice in Argentina: Summary of a planning workshop

Pharmacy Education

FIP (Federación Internacional Farmacéutica)

Lugar: La Haya; Año: 2018 vol. 18 p. 157 - 157

1477-2701

he need to know the current state of professional practice in Argentina in different areas, and the absence of systematicinformation about it, led to the organisation of a workshop with pharmacists from several different practice settings. Theworkshop provided a space for reflection and dialogue for the participants committed to improving pharmacy educationand professional practice in Argentina.The objective of this report was to document the main points from this workshop; which allowed the participants toreinforce their identity as pharmacists, review health policies in Argentina and identify the strengths and weaknesses ofpharmacy education and professional practice in order to work on the gaps observed.A list of future actions to be implemented in the work setting was drawn up and the representatives who would allowthe implementation of necessary action plans and who expressed their commitment to act upon them were identified.This experience highlighted the need to strengthen the