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Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002

Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002. Aims of Presentation. Overview - Objectives - History - Structure - Projects - Events

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Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002

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  1. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002

  2. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 Aims of Presentation • Overview • - Objectives • - History • - Structure • - Projects • - Events • - Institutional Partners

  3. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 Develop the interests and opinions of European pharmacy students and encourages contact and co-operation between them • Permanent contact and exchange of information for and between Pharmacy Students • Development of a consensus of opinion on the Pharmaceutical Education and other relevant issues and present them to the professional organisations • Organisation of activities to increase the profile of pharmacy students and the profession

  4. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA History • August 1978 - Edinburgh, Scotland • -European delegates meeting at the Congress of the ANEPF • -European Sub committee of IPSF • January 1982 – Became Independent of IPSF • -European Pharmaceutical Students’ Committee • -Registered in Strasbourg, Tribunal d’lllkirch • April 1993 – European Pharmaceutical Students’ Association

  5. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 • EPSA Structure • 8 Executive members + 1 permanent officer • 5 Sub - Committees (Education, Mobility, Promotion & Support, FinancialPublications, 4 members on each Sub-C) • Liaison Secretaries (1 per member) • General Assembly • Pharmacy Students

  6. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Structure

  7. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Membership • Represent over 120,000 pharmacy students in 33 European countries • 30 Ordinary Members • -Speaking and voting rights in the General Assembly • -One per member country • 8 Associate Members • -Speaking rights in the General Assembly • Individual Members

  8. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Publications • Newsletter • -produced three times a year. • -Available on the EPSA Homepage • Report Booklet • -Results of the Annual Questionnaire (2001 results will additionally be published in the journal “Pharmacy Education”) • -Statements of Opinion from the workshops included in booklet

  9. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Publications • EPSA/IPSF Joint Document • -Pharmacy Education – “A Vision of the Future” • EPSA’s “Basic Principles on Pharmacy Education” • EPSA Questionnaire • -Topic: 2001/02 “Pharmacoeconomics” • EPSA Homepage • EPSA Promotional Leaflet

  10. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Projects • Permanent Office • -Cooperation with the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy • - Awarded 2001 Healthbase foundation award for for research work. • Pharmaceutical Sciences in EPSA • -Cooperation with EUFEPS with the Scientific supplement. -Provides pharmacy students the opportunity to publish research. • Guidelines for Health Awareness Campaigns • Pharmacy World Project

  11. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Projects • Drug Awareness Project • -To educate European pharmacy students to a high degree of expertise about the misuse and abuse of drugs • -To improve awareness of the facts surrounding drugs misuse and abuse in target group of 10-15 years old

  12. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Projects • EUROMOB (4 elements) • 1. Educational mobility • -Euromob Exchange Project • - Academic Exchange Program information (e.g. Erasmus) • 2. Social-Educational Mobility • - Annual Summer University • - TWIN project

  13. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Projects 3. Sport Mobility - Annual EPSA Sailing Cup - Sport Twin (e.g. promote ANEPF Ski week) 4. Mobility Databases - Curriculum Databases across Europe (subjects taught & ECTS points) - Booklists (textbooks used in different European countries) - Mobility Exchange Program (MEP)

  14. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Events • 25th EPSA Annual Congress • -1st to 7th April 2002, in Zagreb, Croatia • 4th EPSA/ESCP Students’ Symposium • -29th October 2002, Florence, Italy • -Topic: “Innovation in Drug Therapy” • - www.escp.nl • - FREE for students • EPSA/IPSF Joint Symposium on Pharmacy Education • - Currently opening bidding to host the 2nd Joint Symposium

  15. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Events • 4th EPSA Sailing Cup • - 11-18th May 2002 • - 4 leg International regatta • - Kornati National Park archipelago - Croatia • ANEPF (France) Ski week (promote) • - 16-23rd March 2002

  16. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 EPSA Events • 4th EPSA Summer University • - 13-19th July, Thessaloniki, Greece • - Misuse of Drugs • International Summer Camp • - 21-27th July, Dolenjska, Slovenia • - “Back to Nature”. Topics include Homeopathy & Phytotherapy

  17. Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002 Institutional Relations • Consultative status with theCouncil of Europe • Working with theEuropean Association of the Faculties of Pharmacy (EAFP) on Euromob Exchange Project • Working with theEuropean Union of Students (ESIB) on theBologna Declaration • Working with theEuropean Medical Students Association (EMSA) & European Dental Students Associationfor the Annual Congress & Summer University • Wide range of other initiatives with other bodies includingPharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)

  18. WHO/EFP C. of Europe PGEU E.U. EAFP EMSA ESCP EDSA EAHP ESIB FIP IFMSA EUFEPS IPSF Sean McAteer EPSA President BPSA Annual Conference - Glasgow 2002 EPSA Institutional Relations

  19. Finally…….. • EPSA has a huge amount to offer its members & vice-versa. • Commitment to promote the association & its projects will benefit EPSA member countries enormously. • Thanks for your attention!

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