Co-creating the future: Promoting Relevant Education for Practice and Science

To mark the International Day of Education, January 24, 2026, FIP will host a digital event to launch the AIM handbook on promoting relevant education for practice and science. The handbook will showcase strategies from academic institutions around the world that support relevant education for practice and science. These strategies have been identified through the FIP-AIM Working Group and are categorised into three main themes: curriculum evolvement and delivery, future ready competencies, and curriculum strategies that will address the needs of pharmacy schools in low-, middle-, and high-income countries to transform pharmacy education.

Chair:

- Lilian M. Azzopardi, Professor, Department of Pharmacy at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Malta, Malta Facilitator:

- Genuine Desireh, UNITWIN and Provision Manager, FIP, Netherlands

Guest:

- John A. Pieper, Professor and President Emeritus, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy in St. Louis, USA

Panellists:

- Christine Hughes, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada

- Muhammad Al-Shorbagy, Prof and dean, College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, UAE

- Christopher Surratt, Dean, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, USA

- Mohammed Kubas, Assistant Professor/ Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Lebanese International University (LIU)/ University of Science and Technology Hospital (USTH), Yemen