EDITORIAL: An overview of Portugal's educational challenges and responses to the global pandemic of COVID-19
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2020.202.98101Keywords:
blended learning, COVID-19, digital platforms, interprofessional collaboration, pharmacy education, pharmacy practiceAbstract
The current pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 came un-expectantly and required unprecedented ability to adapt and quickly put in place the most appropriate response measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 disease, while minimising disruption to society’s essential activities. Some sectors were more capable of adapting and reacting than others. Higher education was one of the sectors where the academic capacity (FIP Development Goal 1) demonstrated was phenomenal, partially attributable to the ability to create partnerships between academia and practice. This editorial provides a description of the major changes put in place in Portugal to ensure the education and training of future graduates in Pharmaceutical Sciences was maintained with the same quality. It also discusses some of the potentially less beneficial long-term impacts of these adaptions to the teaching and assessment methods for the competencies of the workforce of tomorrow.
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