The AACP 2024 Cuba Delegation: Lessons Learned Regarding Globalizing Pharmacy Education Through Collaboration and Cooperation

Sunday, July 21, 2024

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Location: Hynes 202

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Describe the basic tenets for creating international pharmacy education exchange programs.
List the challenges and opportunities and the strategies for addressing the challenges in designing and implementing an international exchange program.

The objective of the 2024 AACP delegation to Cuba was to establish long-lasting bilateral relationships and cooperation among Cuban and American pharmacists. The U.S. delegation was comprised of 16 faculty members nationwide with expertise in pharmacology, pharmacy education, pharmacy practice, and service to underprivileged minorities. This session will summarize the lessons learned regarding the Cuban 1) pharmacy education at the University of Havana, 2) polyclinics, 3) pharmacy system, 4) FDA, and 4) vaccine manufacturing.

Speaker(s)

Ashim Malhotra, B.S.Pharm., M.S., Ph.D., FAPE (he/him/his)

Assistant Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation & Professor, Assistant Dean of Accreditation, and University Distinguished Teacher
California Northstate University, California
Elizabeth Hageman, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCOP (she/her/hers)

Clinical Assistant Professor
Binghamton University, New York
Tyler Marie Kiles, Pharm.D., BC-ADM (she/her/hers)

Clinical Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
Heather MW Petrelli, M.A., Ph.D.

Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapeutics and Clinical Research
University of South Florida, Taneja College of Pharmacy, Florida
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Brian Wenger, Pharm.D., BCPS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
University of Texas at Austin