Health Literacy – Digital events
E-labelling & Digital Transformation in Pharmacy
18 April 2024E-labelling, also known as electronic labelling, represents a significant step towards digital transformation in providing medication information electronically rather than through traditional paper information leaflets (PILs).
At the 2023 FIP Congress in Brisbane, Australia, an insight board was convened to delve into the value, benefits, and barriers associated with e-labelling, its role in promoting health equity and equitable access to health information as well as the role of pharmacists in facilitating e-labelling adoption. Subsequently, a report summarising key insights and recommendations from the board was produced. FIP is hosting a digital event to build on the results of the report and to further explore e-labelling as a solution for improving accessibility and equity in health information, whilst also addressing challenges associated with the technology and regulatory aspects.
Health and self-care literacy for the management of minor ailments in the pharmacy - Reflux management, Heart burn and indigestion
30 May 2023Part of the "shaping the future of self-care through pharmacy" programme aims to understand the clinical aspects and health literacy needs with regard to reflux management, heartburn, and indigestion.
In addition to identifying strategies for pharmacists to enable health and self-care literacy in reflux management, heartburn, and indigestion. It also focuses on discussing enablers across education and training, care protocols and services, access to patient information, and referral strategies.
Health literacy and self-care for the management of minor ailments in the pharmacy - Sore throat, cough, cold and flu management
9 May 2023Empowering patient self-care improves health outcomes and reduces the burden of diseases.
Improving health and self-care literacy is key to empowering pharmacy-based self-care. This is especially important when it comes to the management of minor ailments through pharmacy. Consisting of a series of five events focusing on common health issues, this new FIP digital programme aims to examine how pharmacists can be enabled to improve health and self-care literacy. Approaches for each of the five areas of minor ailments will be discussed including embedding health and self-care literacy into education and training, developing self-diagnosis and self-medication protocols, widening access to patient information, and improving referral strategies.
Health and self-care literacy for the management of minor ailments in the pharmacy - Children's fever management
19 April 2023Part of the "shaping the future of self-care through pharmacy" programme aims to understand the clinical aspects and health literacy needs with regard to children's fever.
In addition to identifying strategies for pharmacists to enable health and self-care literacy in children's fever. It also focuses on discussing enablers across education and training, care protocols and services, access to patient information, and referral strategies.
Health land self-care literacy for the management of minor ailments in the pharmacy - Body pain management
29 March 2023Part of the "shaping the future of self-care through pharmacy" programme which aims to:
1) Understand the key clinical issues and literacy needs when it comes to the management of body pain.
2) Identify strategies for pharmacists to enable health and self-care literacy in the management of body pain.
3) Discuss enablers across education and training, care protocols and services, access to patient information and referral strategies.
Health and self-care literacy for the management of minor ailments in the pharmacy: Women's intimate wellness and health
8 March 2023This event aims to:
- Understand the key issues and literacy needs when it comes to intimate well-being and health in women.
Health illiteracy and vaccine misinformation as determinants for equity: developing policies to establish access to quality information in an equitable way
26 August 2021This event will have a focus on the issues around health literacy and access to information.
Addressing Inequities in Pharmacy Education due to COVID19–Learnings from Africa,Asia &Latin America
5 August 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has brought much attention to the gaps and challenges in all world systems including the educational sphere.
Inequities in education have not been new to the world but due to the pandemic, there have been greater disparities in education and training of the pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences students globally. Inequities arising from socioeconomic standing, infrastructural differences, policies, student welfarism, race, gender or disabilities of individuals, academic institutions and countries will be discussed during this session. The session seeks to highlight how these inequities affect the process of pharmacy education, and provide good practices from colleagues in Africa, Asia and Latin America. At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify the existing inequities in pharmacy education
- Learn good practices to curb different inequalities affecting pharmacy education due to COVID-19
- Strengthen advocacy efforts for all-inclusive educational policies and resources
