Organised by the FIP Health and Medicines Information Section (HaMIS)
Introduction:
Health literacy is the cornerstone of patient-centered care. It impacts every facet of healthcare, from how patients access information to how they manage their medications and overall health.
PharmClarity: Advancing Health Literacy in Pharmacy Care is your opportunity to explore how pharmacists can improve patient outcomes by addressing one of the biggest challenges in healthcare—health literacy.
This one-day event, organized by the FIP Health and Medicines Information Section (HaMIS), will examine how health literacy can bridge gaps in care, empower patients, and elevate the pharmacy profession’s role in advancing health equity.
What you’ll experience:
PharmClarity offers a unique opportunity to gain practical insights, discover cutting-edge research, and explore potential policy innovations that ensure pharmacy professionals lead the charge toward a health-literate future.
Featuring expert speakers and interactive discussions,
PharmClarity will provide actionable strategies to address the everyday challenges pharmacists face, such as:
o Helping patients with limited literacy skills understand medication labels and instructions.
o Tailoring communication to diverse cultural and language needs.
o Collaborating with healthcare teams to integrate health literacy into your workflow.
Here’s a snapshot of the programme, which will include several stimulating sessions such as:
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Global Inspiration: A powerful keynote exploring how health literacy is a global driver for achieving health equity and shaping patient care across sectors.
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Diverse Perspectives: Combining expert lectures and a fireside panel discussion to highlight lessons learned from other health sectors, practical applications for pharmacists, and the profession’s potential to contribute to health equity.
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Technology in Focus: Examine the double-edged sword of digital tools in a session on how technology and mobile health applications can bolster or hinder health literacy in care delivery.
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Research in Action: Get an exclusive look at HaMIS’s technical report, which captures health literacy practices in pharmacy worldwide, and explore evidence-based initiatives that pave the way for future advancements.
Why attend?
This summit is designed for anyone passionate about advancing health equity and interested in how understanding health literacy can bring about care equity.
PharmClarity will equip you with actionable strategies, innovative ideas, and global perspectives to drive meaningful change, whether you are in practice, policy, or research.
Register now to secure your place!
Programme:
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| 09:30 – 10:00 | Networking Coffee |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome |
| Amy Kruger Howard, Health Literacy Summit Chair and HaMIS Member at Large, USA | |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Keynote address: Global cross-sector prospectives |
| Dr. Kristine Sørensen, Global Health Literacy Academy, IHLA (chair), Denmark | |
| 10:40 – 12:30 | Plenary: A three-lens approach to health literacy |
| Dr. Kristine Sørensen, Global Health Literacy Academy, IHLA (chair), Denmark | |
| Prof. Laura Sahm, University College Cork, Ireland | |
| Prof. Kirsten McCaffery, University of Sydney, Australia | |
| Dr. Juan García Burgos, University of Autonoma, Madrid, Spain | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Tech to help or tech to harm - the place of augmentation for health literate care delivery |
| Dr. Yifan Zhou, IPSF President (chair) | |
| Dr. Whitley Yi, FIP AI Working Group Chair, HaMIS Rep of the Americas | |
| Lee Hibbard, Human Rights and Biomedicine Division, Council of Europe | |
| Dr. Misti Spann, US Pharmacopeia, USA | |
| 14:30 – 15:15 | Culturally competent care – health literacy as a human right |
| Dr. Luna El Bizri, HaMIS Secretary (chair) | |
| Dr. Gina M. Prescott, University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, USA | |
| Dr. Sally Arif, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy, USA | |
| Lee Hibbard, Human Rights and Biomedicine Division, Council of Europe | |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Networking coffee /tea break |
| 15:45 – 17:00 | Closing Session: Imparting knowledge for self-care |
| Dr. Boyan Todorov, HaMIS president (chair) | |
| Dr. Cristina Vaz de Almeida, Portuguese Society of Health Literacy | |
| Prof. Laura Sahm, University College Cork, Ireland | |
| Dr. Misti Spann, US Pharmacopeia, USA | |
*The session is accessible with pre-registration only via the regular congress registration.
Costs are € 100 for regular participants and € 75 for students.
A limited number of places (15) is available for participants who are not signing up for the the congress. Costs are € 160.
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here for the special link to register for this event only.
For more information please send an email to congress@fip.org
