Core Area
Education
Strategic Area
Innovation and evolution in curriculum and instruction to enhance outcomes, equity, and flexibility
Goal Status
In Progress
Objectives
- CPPD continues to work on ways to advance the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities of pharmacists and other health care professionals in British Columbia through leadership and innovation in continuing professional development, service, and scholarly activity, that support patient-centered, outcomes-focused care.
- Explore potential for funding from FNHA and government for contemporary topic based programs.
- Continue to explore Graduate Diploma and Certificate in Primary Care options (2026 and beyond).
Achieved Goals
- Entered into agreement with the Ministry of Health (MoH) regarding contemporary practice training for pharmacists (fall 2023); expanded programming funding agreements with MoH, including lab test for pharmacists (2024); launched Laboratory Tests Ordering and Interpretation series to support pharmacists expanded scope of practice (early 2025).
- Initiated new Graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Leadership (GDPL) as a model for microcertificates/diplomas may help to diversify revenue streams (fall 2024). Created Task Force in partnership with the health authorities to discuss graduate diploma in primary care (fall 2024), which will follow the model of the GDPL, but potentially have a certificate option that could lead into a diploma pathway. Exploratory phase initiated (2025).
- CPPD connected with Indigenous healers to initiate relationships (2024).
- CPPD submitted a request for proposal to be the educational provider for opioid use disorder and opioid agonist treatment training for BC Pharmacists (2025).
- CPPD hosted its first in-person workshop since 2021 – Prescribing with Confidence: An Interactive MACS Workshop (2025).