Ian Bates
University College London
181 Papers
915 Citations
Ian Bates is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pharmacy & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 164 publications. Previous affiliations of Ian Bates include University of Brighton & International Pharmaceutical Federation.
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Papers
The WHO UNESCO FIP Pharmacy Education Taskforce.
Claire Anderson,Ian Bates,Diane E. Beck,Tina Penick Brock,Billy Futter,Hugo Mercer,Michael J. Rouse,Sarah Whitmarsh,Tana Wuliji,Akemi Yonemura +9 more
TL;DR: This commentary describes the Pharmacy Education Taskforce of the World Health Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Pharmacy and the Education Action Plan 2008–2010, including the foundation, domains, objectives and outcome measures, and includes several examples of current activities within this scope.
An analysis of the global pharmacy workforce capacity
TL;DR: Key issues and current trends affecting the global pharmacy workforce are identified, in particular workforce distribution, country economic status, capacity, and workforce gender balance; this has implications for inequalities regarding access to medicines and medicine expertise.
Towards a Global Competency Framework
TL;DR: The Pharmacy Education Action Plan of the World Health Organization (WHO) United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is oriented towards identifying locally determined needs and pharmaceutical services and using those to facilitate comprehensive education development and achievement of competencies, which in turn are required to meet the local services.
Consumers' perceptions of community pharmacy in Portugal: a qualitative exploratory study.
TL;DR: The main aim of this work was to explore the public’s perceptions and attitudes towards community pharmacy in Portugal, allowing for the development of a framework to describe the perceptions of community pharmacy users.
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An analysis of pharmacy workforce capacity in Nigeria
TL;DR: The findings suggest that observed deficits are not solely related to out-migration and highlights the need for policies that will promote increased within-country availability, equitable distribution and retention, especially in the underserved regions of North East and North West of Nigeria.