The research of international and national educational standards on leadership development for pharmacy students

Nataliia Aliekperova

doi:10.1051/bioconf/20213003001

Abstract

To estimate the level of usage of leadership development opportunities, International Pharmaceutical Federation official data and national educational and professional standards for pharmacy students in such countries as the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada have been analyzed. According to the results, leadership knowledge and skills are of great importance to provide people with advanced pharmaceutical care. The most common leadership abilities for students getting pharmaceutical education deal with personal leadership (self-awareness, self-motivation, emotional intelligence, innovative mindset), teamwork, effective collaboration with other health professionals, building of a shared vision, resulting in the ability to become a change agent for sustainable development and improvement of health care system.

Highlights

The successful development of pharmaceutical organizations and the usage of leadership principles demand focusing attention on the study of the fundamental basis of leadership in the system of pharmaceutical education
According to QS world university rankings 2020 – «pharmacy and pharmacology», – the top 10 universities are in these countries, five leaders are presented by University of Oxford, Monash University (Australia), Harvard University, University of Toronto (Саnada), University College London [5]
According to the results of literature review, official FIP materials, national educational and professional standards in such countries as the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, it was found out that over the last time an emphasis has been put on leadership issues for pharmacy students

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Introduction

The successful development of pharmaceutical organizations and the usage of leadership principles demand focusing attention on the study of the fundamental basis of leadership in the system of pharmaceutical education. Pharmacy students should receive theoretical knowledge about leadership, leadership traits and skills, including such abilities as to work in a team efficiently, to support interprofessional collaboration, to use the features of corporate culture for goals achieving, to become an agent of change, etc. This leadership knowledge must be practically applied through exercising tasks and projects, including cooperation with peers, for the continuous improvement of leadership traits and skills, and the existing healthcare system. The purpose of the study is the comprehensive analysis of leadership development opportunities for pharmacy students based on systematic literature review.

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