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Enhancing employability opportunities for Pharmacy students; a case study of processes to implement competency‐based education in Pharmacy in Kenya

Ruparelia, Jalpa; McMullen, Jessica; Anderson, Claire; Munene, Daniella; Arakawa, Naoko

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Jessica McMullen

Daniella Munene



Abstract

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 globally adapt their courses to a competency-based education (CBE) approach, we outline the implications of this for graduate success in Kenya. The Ministry of Education in Kenya recently announced a move to CBE across all educational sectors. This has led to a reconfiguring of how pharmacy is not only taught, but also assessed, and what success means for pharmacy graduates in Kenya. The collaboration has highlighted the need for key stakeholders to work together and influence policy change, and redefine employability in terms of behaviours that meet country-wide needs. We outline some of the processes and collaborations we formed to redevelop pharmacy programmes in Kenya, and suggest recommendations for continuing partnerships and sustainability.

Citation

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

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 12, 2021
Online Publication Date May 26, 2021
Publication Date 2021-10
Deposit Date Mar 27, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Higher Education Quarterly
Print ISSN 0951-5224
Electronic ISSN 1468-2273
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 75
Issue 4
Pages 608-617
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12319
Keywords Education
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5421044
Publisher URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hequ.12319

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