Transcript Workforce Development for Pharmaceutical Management: Pre

Workforce Development for
Pharmaceutical Management:
Pre-Service Component
Gail Naimoli, Director, Capacity Building and Performance Improvement
Critical Issues Series: Strengthening Human Resources for Supply Chain
Management of Health Commodities
October 6, 2010
Acknowledgements
Evans Sagwa, Deputy STA, SPS/MSH Namibia - Windhoek
Sameh Saleeb, Technical Deputy Director, SPS/MSH Arlington
Jude Nwokike, Senior Technical Manager, SPS/MSH Arlington
Tina Brock, Consultant, SPS
Center for Pharmaceutical Management
Capacity Building – Human capacity
Pre-service Training
• Afghanistan
• Liberia
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• Zambia
Capacity Building
Potter, C., and R. Brough. 2004. Systemic Capacity Building: A Hierarchy of Needs. Health Policy and Planning. 19(5): 336-345.
Strengthening Pre-Service Training in
Namibia
Pharmacist Assistant (NHTC)
Pharmacist (UNAM)
Findings:
• Low enrollment/graduation rate
• Inadequate preparation to
address HIV/AIDS epidemic
Solution:
• Strengthen the NHTC’s
capacity to train PAs
Pharmacist Assistant Course at NHTC
Reference books
Skills
training
in:projectors
Computers
and
Pharmaceutical Management
Electronic pharmacy management
Pharmacovigilance
Three tutors
Classrooms refurbished
Simulation lab equipped
Curriculum revision
Student management &
assessment system
Results
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• Accreditation from the National
Qualifications Authority (NQA)
• Registration on the National
Qualifications Framework
Average Number of
Number
Pharmacy
of Pharmacy
Assistants
Assistants
Graduated
Graduatedfrom
fromNHTC
NHTC
2005
- 2007
2010
Strengthening Pre-Service Training in
Namibia
Pharmacist (UNAM)
Findings:
• Small number of Namibian
pharmacists
• Reliance on foreign pharmacists
a threat to workforce sustainability
Solution:
• Establish a pharmacist degree
program at UNAM
Pharmacy Training Program at UNAM
Pharmacist competency framework
Curriculum development
Framework for Curriculum Development
Framework for curriculum development &
and Implementation
implementation
Needs:
Local, regional,
national, &
international
Education:
Education to support
development and
achievement of
competencies
Services:
VISION
Competencies:
Competencies required
to provide services
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Services required to
meet these needs
Pharmacy Training Program at UNAM
Reference books
Computers & projectors
Skills training in:
Teaching materials & equipment
Pharmaceutical Management
Pharmacovigilance
Promoting rational use of medicines
Office refurbishment for nascent
Dept of Pharmacy
Results
Conclusions
 Comprehensive approach to analysis and
implementation
 Participatory process
 Sustainable intended effects
 Unintended diffusion effect
 Raised profile