Since developing the General Level and Advanced & Consultant Level competency frameworks, there has been much interest from other groups in adapting them for other applications, both in the UK and internationally.
The Technician Level Framework (TLF) is a professional development framework for pharmacy technicians in Medicines Management. It follows the format of the General Level Framework (GLF) for junior pharmacists.
The Safe Medication Practice Unit (SMPU) at Queensland Health, Australia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CoDEG in 2006 and has been working since then to implement its work on competency frameworks. The General Level Framework, developed by CoDEG, has now been adapted for use and is used state-wide in Queensland, Australia.
The NHS Pharmacy Education and Development Committee and UKCPA Education and Training Special Interest Group have produced a professional development framework for staff involved in pharmacy education, training and workforce development. The framework is based on the ACLF developed by CoDEG.
Atlantic Grupa is the largest chain of community pharmacies in Croatia is working with CoDEG to develop a competency framework which is applicable to pharmacy practice in Croatia. Memorandum of Understanding between CoDEG and Atlantic Grupa was signed in 2009.
Award-winning presentation by Judith Coombes at the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) in November 2007 on the state-wide roll out of the GLF in Queensland, Australia.
Delivery of Patient Care cluster was recently developed and published in Croatia. It is followed by article in Croatian newspaper 'Vecernji List'.