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PUBLIC HEALTH / OPINION
The education process for pharmacists in Poland: standards and proposed changes
Piotr Merks
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Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Health Innovation West of England, National Health Service, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Pharmacy Defense Association (PDA), Birmingham, United Kingdom
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School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Primary Prevention, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Department of European Union Law, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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Department of Health Economics and Medical Law, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Medical Faculty, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland
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Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland
Submission date: 2024-06-28
Final revision date: 2024-08-12
Acceptance date: 2024-08-17
Online publication date: 2024-08-23
Publication date: 2024-08-04
Corresponding author
Mariola Borowska
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Primary Prevention Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Warsaw, Poland
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Primary Prevention Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Warsaw, Poland
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(4):1057-1062
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Pharmacists play a pivotal role in the health care system. One of the main aims of the profession is to improve health-related outcomes for patients through medicines management and optimisation. In spite of the established foundational framework for pharmacy education across the European Union, there is a significant variation in the training systems for pharmacists among member countries. The aim of this article is to present the educational standards for the pharmacy profession in Poland. These standards are compared with the curriculum for pharmacists in the United Kingdom and the guidelines set forth by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
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