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Quality, accreditation and regulation of Education and Training

Bronwyn Clark, DipPharm, MClinPharm, FPS

Chief Executive Officer

Australian Pharmacy Council

Ensuring quality through education and training

A global need to

• transform education

• assure quality

• be socially accountable https://www.fip.org/files/fip/PharmacyEducation/Quality_Assurance/QA_Framework_2nd_Edition_online_version.pdf

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Changing today and tomorrow’s workforce

Our ageing population; increasing age brings • increase need for wellness assistance• increasing numbers of chronic and co-existing conditions, and • more need for increased and complex therapies

Context of and relevance of practice

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So how do we assure quality?

Competency Standards and Frameworks

Accreditation standards

Quality Accreditation

processes

Examinations and / or

Assessments

Continuing Education/

Professional Development

(CE/ CPD)

Revalidation

Competency standards & Frameworks

https://www.psa.org.au/download/standards/competency-standards-complete.pdf

http://www.pharmacycouncil.org.nz/cms_show_download.php?id=504

http://napra.ca/content_files/files/comp_for_cdn_pharmacists_at_entrytopractice_march2014_b.pdf

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The beginning…

Accreditation Standards

https://www.pharmacycouncil.org.au/media/1032/accreditation-standards-pharmacy-programs-aunz-2014.pdf

https://www.acpe-accredit.org/pdf/Standards2016FINAL.pdf

http://ccapp-accredit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CCAPP_accred_standards_degree_2014.pdf

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Quality Accreditation processes

https://www.fip.org/files/fip/PharmacyEducation/Quality_Assurance/QA_Framework_2nd_Edition_online_version.pdf

https://www.fip.org/files/fip/PharmacyEducation/Quality_Assurance/QA_Framework_2nd_Edition_online_version.pdf

Quality Accreditation processes

New program accreditation

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Quality Accreditation processes

Cycle of re- accreditation

Examinations and Assessments

Competency-based

• Knowledge

• Skills

• Attributes/Attitudes

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What is fair and valid assessment?

National examinations

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Underpinning principles for National examinations

• National registration examinations are high-stakes with significant

outcomes depending on a candidate’s results.

• Defensibility is based on the ability of our exam items to discriminate

between candidates who can demonstrate content/competency mastery

and those that cannot

• Exam items are developed and reviewed by contemporary practising

pharmacists

• Examination results can assist to “triangulate” results for other quality assurance activities, e.g. Education provider accreditation

Examination development

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Examination Quality Assurance

• The better the items, the better the examination

• Review at the item, examination and cohort basis

• Continuous improvement

• Engagement with contemporary practitioners is key

Examination Standard Setting

Approach must be:- As objective as possible- As valid as possible- As reproducible as possible- Based on many subject matter experts

- APC uses Angoff Method

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Resources for examination preparation

https://www.pharmacycouncil.org.au/interns/prepare-for-an-exam/e-learning-modules/

https://www.pharmacycouncil.org.au/interns/prepare-for-an-exam http://www.pebc.ca/index.php/ci_id/3156/la_id/1.htm

Continuing Professional Development/ Education - CPD/CE

https://www.fip.org/files/fip/PharmacyEducation/CPD_CE_report/FIP_2014_Global_Report_CPD_CE_online_version.pdf

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Continuing Professional Development – Quality Assurance

Revalidation

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Revalidation

Revalidation

“The process by which assurance of continuing fitness to practise of

registrants is provided and in a way which is aimed primarily at supporting and

enhancing professional practice.”

General Pharmaceutical Council https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/education/revalidation

• FIPEd Quality Assurance Domain Lead, Mike Rouse• Australian Pharmacy Council, Prof Nick Shaw, Prof Debra Rowett, Nathan Ford,

Claire Bekema

Further information contact; Bronwyn.clark@pharmacycouncil.org.au

www.pharmacycouncil.org.au

Acknowledgements