Making the profession attractive for our future and young pharmacists, the game changers for primary health care

Abstract

The Pharmacy profession has shifted its focus from a traditional medicine‐centred one to an advanced person‐centred one over recent decades. Taking on new services as care providers within an integrated care system and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to positively impact and implement healthcare policies present important and exciting opportunities for the future of the pharmacy profession. The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), as the global leadership body for pharmacy, supports pharmacy students and early career pharmacists in their professional development as well as developing pharmacy as a profession for a future where youth will practice with enthusiasm and compassion within society. By working in collaboration with the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF) and creating a platform for early career pharmacists within FIP, the FIP Young Pharmacist Group (FIP YPG) aims to make the profession attractive for our future and young pharmacists. In this article, based on current innovations and future trends, FIP YPG and IPSF have looked at ten reasons to be a pharmacist and with these reasons, we identified what it means to be a pharmacist for future generations.