1. Professor Elsheikh Ali Elobeid Secretary General, Sudan Medical Council S UDAN M EDICAL C OUNCIL A CCREDITATION OF P HARMACY S CHOOLS

2. O UTLINES Background Purpose of accreditation of Pharmacy schools National accreditation system Advocacy and training Accreditation Procedures Updates Future plans Summary

3. P HARMACY COLLEGES : Total Number Pharmacy Colleges : 20 Total Number of registered Pharmacist (Sept2015) 14, 822 Total Number of non-graduated yet (new colleges) around 750

4. A CCREDITATION O F P HARMACY S CHOOLS Medical Act 1993, Amended 2004 National Accreditation System, July 2004 Accreditation Committee, July 2004 :

5. P ARTNERS : Ministry of Higher Education Federal Ministry of Health WHO- Sudan Representative Sudan Association of Medical Schools Sudan National Medical Specialization Board Doctors, Pharmacists & Dentists Associations Sudan Medical Corps Police Medical Services Sudan Medical Students Union Community Representatives

6. P URPOSE : Ensure production of competent graduates Ensure safe and effective practice

7. N ATIONAL A CCREDITATION S YSTEM S TANDARDS : Model College of Pharmacy, MoHE. American Council of Pharmacy Education (ACPE). The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain(RPSGB). Accreditation Standards for Pharmacy Programmes In Australia, New Zealand and Australian Pharmacy Council. L EGISLATIONS : By-laws Accreditation Committee

8. A CCREDITATION OF P HARMACY SCHOOLS : Accreditation committees formed 2010. Accreditation standards and guidelines were developed and agreed upon National Consensus /advocacy workshop was conducted Accreditation teams selected and endorsed

9. A DVOCACY AND TRAINING Workshops: Deans Representatives from Pharmacy Schools Assessors/Evaluators 2010

11. A CCREDITATION P ROCEDURES 1. Self study 2- submit Report to SMC 3.. Review of report by evaluation team 4. Meeting with Faculty 5.Final Preparation of Documents 6.Visit to Pharmacy School 7.Report of Evaluation Team 8.Final Report to Accreditation Committee 9.Final Decision

12. U PDATES The Accreditation policies and procedures. The Pharmacy standards. The self-study document is currently under development.

13. F UTURE PLANS Accreditation System Continuous development of the system Electronic system Training An advocacy workshop on the updates. Training workshops targeting assessors.

14. S UMMARY The practice of the Medical Council to follow the multiple ways to ensure the quality of pharmacist, the accreditation of schools of Pharmacy comes on top of that system for quality assurance of basic pharmacy education, and to ensure the safety of practice in the profession.

15. Thank You