Head of Education Development

Tel: 020 7160 0541
Email: ian.bates@pharmacy.ac.uk

Biography

Ian Bates is Professor of Pharmacy Education at the School of Pharmacy, University of London.  As Head of Educational Development for the University, he has the job of progressing the organisational and policy development of pharmacy education at national and international levels and promoting informed debate, research and scholarly activity relating to higher education.

Ian's research interests include education (undergraduate and postgraduate), from both behavioural and organisational perspectives, to more mainstream pharmaceutical service themes, such as evidence based pharmaceutical care and clinical pharmacy and therapeutics.  He is Director of the Global Education Taskforce, a team jointly sponsored by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), WHO and UNESCO.  The Taskforce is actively tackling workforce capacity, development and education within the profession globally, with an immediate focus on sub-Saharan Africa.  The Taskforce works out from the FIP Collaborating Centre in London, jointly headed by Professor Bates.  The Taskforce has recently negotiated the development of a UNESCO backed UNITWIN network, a global first for pharmacy and health care professions.

He is Editor-in-Chief of Pharmacy Education, an international journal for pharmaceutical education, which publishes peer reviewed research and development in both undergraduate and postgraduate fields.  He is supported by an editorial board comprising of pharmaceutical scientists and academic educationalists drawn from 13 different countries.  The Journal is published with support from the World Health Organisation.

Membership Of Professional Bodies

Professor Bates is Vice President of the European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy (EAFP), a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Director of the Global Education Taskforce (FIP-WHO-UNESCO), and a Trustee for the European Pharmaceutical Students’ Association. Professor Bates is also a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and UKCPA.

Selected Publications

Duggan C. and Bates I.  Medicine information needs of patients: the relationships between information needs, diagnosis and disease  Qual Safety Health Care 2008, 17: 85-89. doi:10.1136/qshc.2005.017590

Cavaco A., Bates IP.  Gauging Portuguese Community Pharmacy users’ Perceptions. Primary Health Care Res & Develop. 2007, 8: 315-325.

Laaksonen R., Duggan C., Bates I. Training, clinical medication review performance and self-assessed competence: Investigating influences. Pharmacy Education 2007, 7: 257-265.

Rennie TW, Bothamley GH, Engova D, Bates IP.  Patient Choice Promotes Adherence in Preventive Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis. Eur Respir J. 2007, 30: 728-735.

Laaksonen R., Duggan C., Bates I., Mackie C. Performance in clinical therapeutics training of community pharmacists. Pharmacy Education 2007, 7: 167-175.

Laaksonen R., Mills L., Duggan C., Bates, I., Mackie C.  The effect of training and service provision on the self-assessed competence of community pharmacists.  International J. Pharmacy Practice, 2007, 15: 141-47.

McRobbie D., Fleming G., Ortner M., Bates I., Davies JG. Evaluating skills and competencies of pre-registration pharmacists using objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs).   Pharmacy Education 2006, 6: 133-38.

Carter S., Taylor D., Bates I.  Institutionalized paternalism? Stakeholders’ views on public access to genetic testing.  J Health Services Research & Policy 2006, 11: 155-61.

Antoniou S., Webb DG.,  McRobbie D., Davies JG. Wright J., Quinn J., Bates IP. A controlled study of the general level framework: Results of the South of England competency study.  Pharmacy Education 2005, 5: 201-7.

Mills E, Laaksonen R., Bates I., Davies G., Duggan C.  Self‑assessment of competence in a community pharmacy setting. Pharmacy Education 2005, 5: 189-99.

Granås, A. Bates I. Patients' understanding and management of their illnesses  and prescribed medicines ‑ a descriptive study. Pharmacy World & Science 2005, 27: 321-28.

Mills E., Farmer D., Bates I., Davies G., Webb D., McRobbie D.  Development of an evidence-led competency framework for primary care and community pharmacists.  Pharmaceutical Journal, 2005; 275: 48-52.

Bates IP., Davies JG., Murphy C., Bone a.  A multi-faculty exploration of academic dishonesty.  Pharmacy Education, 2005, 5: 69-76.

Meadows N., Webb D., McRobbie D., Antoniou S., Bates I., Davies G.  Developing and validating a competency framework for advanced pharmacy practice.  Pharmaceutical Journal, 2004, 273: 789-92.

Taylor K., Bates I. and Harding G.  The Implications of Increasing Student Numbers for Pharmacy Education.  Pharmacy Education, 2004, 4:33-39.