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A systematic review of contemporary competency-based education and training for pharmacy practitioners and students (2022)
Journal Article
McMullen, J., Arakawa, N., Anderson, C., Pattison, L., & McGrath, S. (2023). A systematic review of contemporary competency-based education and training for pharmacy practitioners and students. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 19(2), 192-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.09.013

Background: The use of competency-based education (CBE) worldwide is increasing and has been advocated for by key reports in health professional education. Recent developments, including the first global competency framework for pharmacists published... Read More about A systematic review of contemporary competency-based education and training for pharmacy practitioners and students.

Steps forward for the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Academic Pharmacy Section: President’s message (2022)
Journal Article
Tofade, T., & Arakawa, N. (2022). Steps forward for the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Academic Pharmacy Section: President’s message. Pharmacy Education, 22(4), 34-41. https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2022.224.3441

Academic Pharmacy Section (AcPS) of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has a strong strategic implementation plan already in place. The Executive Committee (ExCo) determined ways forward by reviewing some key documents and conducting a... Read More about Steps forward for the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Academic Pharmacy Section: President’s message.

Past, present, and future of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Academic Pharmacy Section: Interviews with past presidents (2022)
Journal Article
Arakawa, N., Meštrović, A., & Tofade, T. (2022). Past, present, and future of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Academic Pharmacy Section: Interviews with past presidents. Pharmacy Education, 22(4), 123-130. https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2022.224.123130

Introduction: The Academic Pharmacy Section (AcPS) of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) celebrates 50 years of its establishment in 2022. In the last decade, the Section had significant growth in membership and strategic planning deve... Read More about Past, present, and future of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Academic Pharmacy Section: Interviews with past presidents.

Developing pharmacists' competencies in Saudi Arabia: A proposed national competency framework to support initial education and professional development (2022)
Journal Article
Alfaifi, S., Bridges, S., & Arakawa, N. (2022). Developing pharmacists' competencies in Saudi Arabia: A proposed national competency framework to support initial education and professional development. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2022.09.010

Introduction: With the currently accelerating changes in pharmacists' roles in Saudi Arabia, evidence-based developmental tools are required to guide initial pharmacy education and define competencies for early career (foundation level) pharmacists'... Read More about Developing pharmacists' competencies in Saudi Arabia: A proposed national competency framework to support initial education and professional development.

The relevance of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Competency Framework in developing a country-level competency framework for pharmacists: A cross-sectional study (2021)
Journal Article
Alfaifi, S., Arakawa, N., & Bridges, S. (2022). The relevance of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Competency Framework in developing a country-level competency framework for pharmacists: A cross-sectional study. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 5, Article 100095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2021.100095

Background In the ever-changing roles of pharmacists, the evidence shows that the use of competency frameworks could aid in achieving professional performance development and ensuring a consistent quality pharmacy education. However, there is no nat... Read More about The relevance of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Competency Framework in developing a country-level competency framework for pharmacists: A cross-sectional study.

Consensus development methods: Considerations for national and global frameworks and policy development (2021)
Journal Article
Arakawa, N., & Bader, L. R. (2022). Consensus development methods: Considerations for national and global frameworks and policy development. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 18(1), 2222-2229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.06.024

Background: key decisions have to be made in healthcare systems and policies often under uncertain conditions or without complete objective evidence. Decisions made on the health system and policy levels affect national and global population, which r... Read More about Consensus development methods: Considerations for national and global frameworks and policy development.

Enhancing employability opportunities for Pharmacy students; a case study of processes to implement competency‐based education in Pharmacy in Kenya (2021)
Journal Article
Ruparelia, J., McMullen, J., Anderson, C., Munene, D., & Arakawa, N. (2021). Enhancing employability opportunities for Pharmacy students; a case study of processes to implement competency‐based education in Pharmacy in Kenya. Higher Education Quarterly, 75(4), 608-617. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12319

This paper challenges the western concept of graduate employability as a measure of student success through a case study of a collaboration between pharmacy colleagues in universities in Nairobi, Kenya and Nottingham, UK. As Pharmacy programmes globa... Read More about Enhancing employability opportunities for Pharmacy students; a case study of processes to implement competency‐based education in Pharmacy in Kenya.

A Comparative Exploration of Quality Assurance Results by the Third-Party Pharmaceutical Education Evaluation in Japan (2020)
Journal Article
Takeda, K., & Arakawa, N. (2021). A Comparative Exploration of Quality Assurance Results by the Third-Party Pharmaceutical Education Evaluation in Japan. Pharmacy, 9(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9010006

Background: The Standards for the Establishment of Universities in Japan were revised; subsequently, the number of schools or universities of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences increased from 46 in 2002 to 74 in 2016.The pharmacy education programme wa... Read More about A Comparative Exploration of Quality Assurance Results by the Third-Party Pharmaceutical Education Evaluation in Japan.