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Bringing Students, Knowledge and Pharmacy Together
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Presentation

• History
• Introduction
• Structure
• General aim
• Activities, Working Committees
• Events
• Publications
• Contacts

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History highlights

• 1978 First meeting of European Pharmacy students
  during the GA of ANEPF held in Nancy, France
• Fondation of the European Sub Committee of IPSF
• 1982 ESC becomes an independent organization and
  is officially registered at the Tribunal
  dIllkirch
• 1992 General Assembly unanimously votes the
  change of name to EPSA
• 2000 EPSA is recognised as a NGO by the Council
  Of Europe
• 2004 A new structure is implemented bringing
  EPSA closer to its members EPSA Permanent
  Office moves to Brussels

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KNPSV in EPSA history

• Founders
• Executives
• 5 Chairpersons/ Presidents
• 12 Treasurers
• Other (VP, SG, PSO, editorial board)
• Congresses
• Utrecht (1991)
• The Hague (2007)

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45 members in 33 countries
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Introduction

• EPSA is an independent student organisation
• EPSA represents over 120 000 pharmacy students
  in all the countries of the Council of Europe

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Structure
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General aim

• Association on European level
• Association on Pharmacy field
• Association of Students
• ? Working in the European pharmaceutical lobby
  in being the only one students voice and the
  future of the profession

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General aim

• Europe
• European Union (EU)
• 25 countries, more than 450 millions of
  inhabitants
• States Policy via Community Right
• ? Studies
• ? Profession
• Council of Europe (CoE)
• 46 countries, more than 800 millions of
  inhabitants
• Good relations between all the countries of the
  continent, works of specific topics
• ? European Court of Human Rights
• ? European Pharmacopoeia

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General aim

• Pharmacy
• European Pharmaceutical Lobby
• Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union
  (PGEU)
• European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP)
• European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy
  (EAFP)
• European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
  (EAHP)
• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  (EUFEPS)
• European Association of Self-Medication Ind.
  (AESGP)
• Pharmaciens Sans Frontières Comité
  International (PSF-CI)
• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries
  Associations (EFPIA)
• Europharm Forum
• etc

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General aim

• Students
• EPSA members
• Individual members
• Local associations
• National associations
• European Students associations
• ?ESIB, AEGEE, EMSA, EDSA,...
• International Students association
• ? IPSF, IFMSA,

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Working Committees

• 8 different topics
• Every WC contains a member from every member of
  EPSA
• WC members have to bring the topics to the
  students on a local level

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Pharmacy Education

• Bologna Process
• E-learning
• Clinical Pharmacy

• Professional Partners
• European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy
  (EAFP)
• ESIB The national Unions of Students in Europe
• University of London School of Pharmacy
• European Union
• ESCP European Society of Clinical Pharmacy

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Public Health

• Research
• Health Campaigns
• Circulars
• Increase knowledge on this field
• Co-operation with other professions

• Professional Partners
• Europharm Forum
• Council of Europe

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Team Mobility

• TWINS
• Mobility Days
• Local Events

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Team Mobility
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Individual Mobility

• Individual Mobility Project (IMP)
• Mobility Database
• Mobility Survey
• Sharing of experiences

• Professional Partners
• European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy
  (EAFP)
• European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP)

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Humanitarian

• Humanitarian Training Camps

• Professional Partners
• Pharmaciens Sans Frontières International
  Committee
• European Union

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Pharmacy Awareness

• Promotion Projects
• Roles of pharmacist
• Career in Pharmacy
• Co-operation with other healthcare professions
• World Healthcare Students Symposium (WHSS)

• Professional Partners
• Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)

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Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Promotion of Scientific Research
• Scientific Section together with EMSA
• Promotion of Scientific Events
• Strategy for increasing participation in science

• Professional Partners
• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  (EUFEPS)
• European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
  (EAHP)

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EAHP EPSA Collaboration

• Opportunity for students to
• publish their research work
• The student research paper
• will be published in EAHP
• Journal
• Free EAHP congress in Bordeaux 500 for
  travelling costs
• Student subscription rate to EAHP Journal and
  EAHP congresses

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Professional Development

• Lifelong Learning Certificate motivating the
  students to keep on learning during and after
  graduating
• Motivating and encouraging the students to give
  lectures and presentations
• Job Opportunities Career Development Project
• Interviews of pharmacists from different fields
  of pharmacy in each Newsletter

• Professional Partners
• AESGP European Association of Self-Medication
  Ind.

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Mission Statement
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Training Camps

• Bringing pharmacy students with the
  professional life"
• Improve the knowledge of pharmacy students about
  pharmacy in Europe
• Topics next to their pharmacy education
• A training camp will be a 3 to 5 day long event
  for a limited number of students
• Skills from clinical pharmacy, hospital
  pharmacy, consultation, communication

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Annual Topics

• 2001 2002 Pharmacoeconomics
• 2002 2003 Innovative Drugs and Generics
• 2003 2004 New Challenges for Pharmacy
  Profession
• 2004 2005 E-learning, E-pharmacy
• 2005 2006 Pharmaceutical Leadership
  Management skills
• 2006 2007 What Society Needs from Pharmacists

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Annual Topic

• What Society Needs from Pharmacists
• Annual Questionnaire
• Topic of 30th Annual Congress

• Professional Partners
• London School of Pharmacy

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Events
8th EPSA Summer University 16-25 July
2006 Ohrid, FYR Macedonia A good event to get
involved in EPSA and to experience the EPSA
spirit General Program Morning Educational
Program Rational drug design and therapy in
postgenomic era Afternoon Sightseeing/Beach Even
ing Parties!
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Events
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Events
EPSA Autumn Assembly 2006, Vienna Collaboration
with ESCP
Programme EPSA-ESCP Student Symposium EPSA
Annual 2nd Congress ESCP European Symposium
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Events
Annual Congress The Hague, The Netherlands
16th-22th April 2007 What Society Needs from
Pharmacists

• EPSA General Assembly
• Educational Programme
• Social Programme

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Events
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Publications
EPSA produces information bulletins and
scientific booklets which are also available
online through its homepage
Report booklet 2005 5000 copies
Newsletter 2 (Edition 13) 10000 copies
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Publications
Leaflets 7500 copies
EPSA Circular e-format
http//www.epsa-online.org
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Contacts
EPSA19-21 rue du Luxembourg 1000 Brussels,
Belgium
Email epsaoffice_at_epsa-online.org Internet
www.epsa-online.org