Corresponding member of School of INN
To become a corresponding member
What is the SoINN ?
The SoINN is a virtual school managed by the WHO INN Programme.
The goals of SoINN are to :
· Advocate for the correct and effective use of INN;
· Develop and raise interest in the science of pharmaceutical nomenclature
· Cultivate the future success and harmonization of nomenclature programmes around the world;
The school is intended for health professionnals, students, academia, patients or consumers and the pharmaceutical industry. It aims to achieve its goals in three ways : (1) regular publications and presentations, (2) education and training to promote safe and effective use of medicine and to facilitate learning; and (3) outreach to promote a basic understanding of INNs and how their use can enhance pharmaceutical outcome
The SoINN has been developed on Moodle, a free and open-source learning platform. The school is designed to offer contributions from different INN stakeholders, and provides functionality for ad hoc sharing of courses or information with users group based on different pre-defined users profiles.
Who can become a corresponding member of the SoINN ?
The corresponding members of the SoINN are legal persons who want to get involved in the dissemination of the use of INNs, in teaching based on INNs, in research activities. These may include: academic centers, health professional associations, continuing professional development organizations, hospital services or clinics, etc.
Three levels of participation are proposed.
To become a ‘Friend of INN’
Use
Becoming 'friend of INNs' is the first level of commitment.
The aim of the Friends of INNs is to make the best use of existing resources in SoINN without the need to create new materials.
The 'Friend of INNs' are committed to :
· use INNs in all their activities (teaching, care, research ...).
· use the platform and in particular existing courses in their teaching activities,
· promote the proper use of INNs,
· encourage students and health professionals to take courses on the platform (for example by awarding points or units of value as part of a pharmacology module).
To become a Pilot Center
Use, Participate
In addition to using the material available at SoINN, the pilot centers commit to actively participate in the SoINN and the INN Programme.
The actions can be of various kinds:
· translation or transliteration of e-learning courses already present on the platform in languages other than English,
· realization of adapted courses for specific audiences: nurses, midwives, dental surgeons, medical students or pharmacists…,
· to comment on new INNs selected by INN Experts Group,
· carry out research such as epidemiological surveys on the use of INNs
· …
To become a Collaborating Center
Use, Participate, Support
A WHO Collaborating Center is defined as "... an institution designated by the Director-General to form part of an international collaborative network carrying out activities in support of the Organization’s programs at all levels”.
https://www.who.int/collaboratingcentres/Guide_for_WHO_collaborating_centres_2018FINAL.pdf
Pilot centers can become Collaborating Centers with in-depth actions to develop and improve the performance of the SoINN and the INN Programme.
Essentially, these are teaching and research actions.
This research can be of various kinds:
· epidemiological studies,
· analysis of drug errors related to the use of INNs,
· proposals for the definition of new stems
· animation of working groups to define guidelines for naming drug substances in new areas such as advanced therapies,…
· …
Practical ways of applying to become a corresponding member
To become a corresponding member a formal letter should be addressed to the INN Programme Secretariat. The SoINN Steering Committee in collaboration with the INN Programme will review the applications regularly.
Once the submission validated, the applicant will be given the account where to enter all the information and become part of the SoINN community
Dr R. Balocco Mattavelli
World Health Organization
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 791 47 30
For information on INN and the SoINN, please contact the innprogramme@who.int
Dr R. Balocco Mattavelli
World Health Organization
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 791 47 30