TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES -

EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Darja FrankičDarja Frankič

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES -EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

advisor for education at Slovenian Chamber of Pharmacy

part-time employed at the Faculty of Pharmacy –social pharmacy.

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES -EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Working experiences

Pharmacy Dispensing Pharmacist Tutor

Institute of Public Health Monitoring medicines use - statistics.

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES- EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Pharmacist’s responsibilities / competences

Dispensing medicine: On Rp Without Rp

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES- - EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Promoting appropriate use of medicines Healthy life style ….

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES-EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Pharmacist should be: Care giver Decision maker Manager Communicator Teacher Leader…….….

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES-EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Chamber / employer opinion:

A pharmacist must be capable to give advice, information about medicines and health matters, in an appropriate

manner, understandable, clear, simple, but professional.

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES-EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Chamber’s tasks: exercising of public powers in the area of

education of interns, specialisations, continuous education, namely monitoring and planning

exercising of public powers in the area of professional supervision

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES- EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Other tasks of the Chamber include taking part in forming university studies programmes,…

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES-EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Knowledge needed:

Communication skills

Legislative

Ethics

Management …

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES- EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Current state: In the last five yeas there were no possibilities to

take an active part in university studies programmes. Our cooperation was kept on the minimum of receiving information on the programmes, when they had already been prepared.

The possibility of influencing the forming of the programmes was just formal, de facto the Chamber was not included in the development – our proposals were not accepted.

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES-EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Conclusions: The students are well / excellently equipped with

theoretical knowledge but less with applicable knowledge - real life

The learning methods are old fashioned, i.e. lectures, exercises in the laboratories

Problem based learning is very rare, discussions are scarce

Personnel, teachers have not enough practical knowledge

TAKING PART AT REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDY PROGRAMMES-EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYERS

Proposals: Introduce new approaches of learning

methods - problem based learning Recruiting more teachers from practice Improving cooperation with employer at the

forming of a study programme Add more knowledge management,…