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Table of Contents Presidential Words .................................4 Editor’s Words .......................................5 EPSA Activty 2019 ................................6 We Are EPSA ........................................8
Bringing pharmacy, knowledge, and students together EPSA Annual Reception ...................... 10 EPSA Annual Congress ........................ 10 EPSA Summer University ......................11 EPSA Autumn Assembly .......................11 EPSA Alumni Project .............................12 EPSA Alumni Advisory Board ................13
Mobility Projects TWINNET ...........................................20 Students’ Guide...................................20 Humanitarian Mobility Project...............20 Individual Mobility Project.....................21
Continuing to drive professional development Mentoring Project ................................22 Career Fair ..........................................23 Career Week .......................................23 Career Page ........................................23
Education is our nation
Spreading the word about EPSA
Lifelong Learning Platform .....................14 Methodology Booklet.............................15 Online Activities .....................................15 Public Health Campaigns.......................16 Social Services.......................................16 Science Projects.....................................17 Training Project.......................................18
EPSA Website .....................................24 EPSA Blog ..........................................24 EPSA Newsletter .................................25 Monthly Dose ......................................25 Press Release .....................................25 Social Media .......................................26
Focus on collaboration Representing the voice of pharmaceutical youth
External Representations ......................27 EPSA Partners and Sponsors................28
Position Papers and Statements of Opinion ...............................................19 Educational and Professional Affairs Advocacy Platform ..................................19
EPSA Executive 2019/2020..................30
Activity Booklet 2019
Presidential Words Dear readers, Welcome to the EPSA Activity Booklet 2019! This Booklet presents the outcomes of the projects and activities carried out by EPSA in 2019. All projects and activities are delivered by the two dedicated EPSA Teams 2018/2019 and 2019/2020, consisted of 30 exceptional pharmaceutical students and recent graduates as well as the EPSA Member Associations. Detailed descriptions of the projects and activities are available on the EPSA website EPSA is a non-profit, non-political association, representing over 100 000 pharmaceutical students and recent graduates from 36 countries and 44 Member Associations across Europe. EPSA exists to develop the interests and opinions of the European pharmaceutical students and encourage contact and cooperation between them. With the aim of continuous development and successful representation of European pharmaceutical students, we invite you to contact us should you have any comments or questions in regards to our work or if you wish to explore potential collaborations with us. We look forward to our future successes as well as your input and possible collaborations!
Yours in EPSA, Mihai NiĹŁoiu President 2019/2020
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Editors Words Dear readers, I am delighted to present you the EPSA Activity Booklet 2019, a publication developed to showcase projects, activities, and initiatives of EPSA taken and established during the second half of the 2018/2019 mandate and the first half of 2019/2020 mandate. Undoubtedly, 2019 was a transformational year for EPSA. Both Teams have made a number of developments and changes to support European pharmaceutical students in their education, personal growth, and future work. During the last year, we have launched the Lifelong Learning Platform, established the new online activity called “Educational Chronicles,” and introduced two new activities to our members “RxEPSA” and “EPSA Symposium Powered by Young Professionals”. Besides, we brought up more than 1000 pharmaceutical students at four EPSA Events and organised first-ever EPSA Partners Reception in Brussels, Belgium. By attending more than 80 professional and 20 student events, we have ensured that the voice of pharmaceutical students is well heard across Europe. Last but not least, by collaborating with the EU institutions, universities, and stakeholders, we succeeded in providing a broad spectrum of career opportunities to our members and supported them in professional development. As you can see, It has been a very busy but enjoyable year at EPSA. If you are interested to learn more about EPSA and our work, take a look at the EPSA Activity Booklet 2019 and discover what we have been up to in the past year. I wish you all a fruitful reading! In case you would have any questions, do not hesitate to check our website or contact us via the email you can find at the end of the publication. Yours in EPSA, Sanja Aleksić Vice President of Public Relations 2019/2020 5
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EPSA Activity 2019 4th EPSA Team 18/19 Meeting took place in Brussels, Belgium EPSA joined Wings For Life
Next Generations Chats and Career Week were held online EPSA launched the Lifelong Learning Platform EPSA-IPSF Food Safety and Nutrition Awareness Campaign
Trainers on Tour was organised in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, and Turkey
EPSA-EDSA Oral Hygiene Campaign
EPSA Projects and Activities Webinar
EPSA published Outcomes of Annual Reception and Statement of Opinion on eHealth and Digital Skills
FEB
JAN
World No Tobacco Day
MAR
Purple Week - Cancer Awareness Campaign
5th EPSA Team 18/19 Meeting took place in Sofia, Bulgaria
Webinar: Pharmacists Role in Quality Cancer Care
Next Generation Training was organised in Sofia, Bulgaria
EPSA launched the Survey on Vaccination to assess pharmaceutical students’ opinion on vaccination
42nd EPSA Annual Congress “Non-communicable diseases - a serious threat of the modern world” took place in Sofia, Bulgaria
Training Week and Train the Trainers took place in the second half of February EPSA organised policy event Annual Reception 2019 in the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
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JUN
APR
11th EPSA Science Day was organised during the 42nd EPSA Annual Congress Immunisation Awareness Campaign
MAY
EPSA published Educational Outcomes of 42nd EPSA Annual Congress Live Executive Handover Meeting took place in Brussels, Belgium NIMP Training was held online EPSA launched Survey on Interprofessional Education
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EPSA organised Partners’ Event in Brussels, Belgium
6th EPSA Team 18/19 and 1st EPSA Team 19/20 Meeting took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Social Service “Save Water and Energy”, Childhood Cancer Awareness Campaign and World Pharmacists Day were organised
21st EPSA Summer University “Joining forces with other professionals for better healthcare “ took place in Portorož, Slovenia 14th Train New Trainers was organised in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
EU Awareness Day International Youth Day
EPSA published joint EHSAS Position Paper on Antimicrobial Resistance
Webinar: Pharmacists’ Role in Public Health - Vaccination
EIPG Webinar: Drug Shortages
EPSA published Position Paper on eHealth and Digital Skills
EAAD and World Antibiotic Awareness Day Campaign
OCT
AUG
JUL
Webinar: EPSA Projects and Activities
SEP Flu Awareness Campaign Social Service: Green Transportation Week
DEC NOV
3rd EPSA Team 19/20 Meeting took place in Warsaw, Poland
World Humanitarian Day IMP Placements in Prime Vigilance
Chat With Professionals: Business Development 2nd EPSA Team 19/20 Meeting and LS Day took place in Zagreb, Croatia
Chat with Professionals: Oncology Pharmacists How to become and act EPSA-IPSF World AIDS Awareness Campaign
16th EPSA Autumn Assembly “Quo Vadis, Pharmacy: Paving the Way Towards Biological Treatments” took place in Poreč, Croatia EPSA launched Methodology Booklet Annex on Soft Skills Survey
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European Pharmaceutical Students
We Are EPSA
We represent pharmaceutical students and recent graduates andStudents’ have an active voice (EPSA) represents more than 100.000 European pharmaEuropean Pharmaceutical Association in professional and student platforms that pharmaceutical students’ associations from 36 European ceutical students. It gathers 44 national and local shape the future of the pharmacy profession countries as well as individual pharmaceutical students and recent graduates who are not represented by a and healthcare in general.
national association and wish to be part of EPSA.
The vision of the Association is to represent, reach, and engage every single pharmaceutical student in Europe while active engagement at student and professional levels. EPSA strives to bring pharmacy, knowledge, and students together while promoting personal development.
We facilitate and promote collaboration and interaction between European pharmaceutical students and other students, professionals, and relevant stakeholders.
We actively advocate for the development of harmonised pharmacy and healthcare education to ensure consistent high standards across Europe.
We organise and encourage opportunities for European pharmaceutical students and recent graduates to network and learn from each other, providing a platform for sharing knowledge and experience.
We facilitate and encourage student mobility and cultural exchange within Europe to ensure that European pharmaceutical students and recent graduates start work life equipped with the knowledge and skills that correspond to the needs of modern healthcare.
The General Assembly
EPSA Team
The General Assembly is the highest authority and decision-making body in EPSA. General Assemblies are held twice a year, during the EPSA Annual Congress and the EPSA Autumn Assembly. This ensures a smooth running of the Association while making important decisions.
EPSA Team consists of EPSA Executive that leads and is responsible for the association, Coordinators that coordinate projects and activities, and neutral bodies that overview the Team’s work and ensure that everything is done according to the regulations. The EPSA structure also includes EPSA Trainers - soft skills and EPSA Alumni.
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Member Associations from 36 European countries
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100 000 European Pharmaceutical Students
EPSA Member Associations
EPSA Member Associations
Medical Association Youth Albania (MAYA)
Macedonian Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (MPSA)
Akademischer Fachverein Österreichischer Pharmazeutinnen (AFÖP)
Malta Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (MPSA)
Young Pharmacists’ Association Armenia (YPAA)
Asociația Studenților Farmaciști din Republica Moldova (ASFRM)
Vlaams Farmaceutisch Studenten Overleg (VFSO)
Koninklijke Nederlandse Pharmaceutische Studenten Vereniging (K.N.P.S.V.)
Student Association of Pharmacy Faculty Sarajevo (SAFF)
Norwegian Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (NoPSA)
Student Assembly of Faculty of Pharmacy University of Mostar (SAFPUM)
Polish Pharmaceutical Students Association (PPSA)
Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (BPhSA)
Associação Portuguesa de Estudantes de Farmácia (APEF)
Croatian Pharmacy and Medical Biochemistry Students` Association (CPSA)
Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (AEFFUL)
Cyprus International University Pharmacy Students’ Association (CIUPSA)
UBIPharma
Eastern Mediterranean University Pharmacy Students Society (EMUPSS)
Federatia Asociatiilor Studentilor Farmacisti din Romania (FASFR)
Pharmaceutical Students’ Union (USF)
Societatea Studentilor in Farmacie Bucuresti (SSFB)
Czech Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (CzPSA)
National Associational of Pharmacy Students - Serbia (NAPSer)
Students of Pharmaceutical sciences (SOP)
Slovak Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (SPSA)
Tartu Ülikooli Rohuteaduse Selts (TÜRS)
Students’ Section of Slovenian Pharmaceutical Society (ŠSSFD)
Finnish Pharmaceutical Students’ Associations (FiPSA)
Federación Española de Estudiantes de Farmacia (FEEF)
Association nationale des Etudiants en Pharmacie de France (ANEPF)
Swedish National Association of Pharmaceutical Students (SNAPS)
BPhD e.V., Bundesverband der Pharmaziestudierenden in
association suisse des étudiants en pharmacie (asep)
Deutschland
Istanbul University Pharmaceutical Students’ Association International
Greek Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (GPSF)
(IUPSA International)
Hungarian Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (HuPSA)
Association of Hacettepe University Pharmacy Students’ (AHUPS)
Irish Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (IPSA)
Marmara University Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (MUPSA)
Latvian Pharmacy Students’ Association (LPSA)
Medical Students Union (MSU)
Lithuanian Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (SFD)
British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (BPSA)
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Bringing pharmacy, knowledge, and students together EPSA Annual Reception The EPSA Annual Reception is EPSA’s event of excellence held annually in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. The event is organised under the relevant healthcare advocacy topic and it consists of roundtable and panel discussion, followed by a networking cocktail reception. The rich side programme is organised as well. It includes workshops on advocacy topics held by professionals or EPSA Team Members, soft skills trainings, Science Excursions, Social Services, visits to European Parliament and European Commission, sightseeing, and others. The 10th EPSA Annual Reception 2019 on the topic of “Digitalization in healthcare and its challenges for the pharmaceutical profession - focusing on continuous professional development as a tool to foster e-health learning for patient-centred care” was organised on 28th February 2019. The event was hosted by the Belgian MEP, Lieve Wierinck, and it was attended by more than 100 European pharmaceutical students and a dozen stakeholders interested in the topic and with which EPSA collaborates. Live EPSA EduProf (Educational-Professional PLatform) and EPSA - Liaison Secretaries meetings took place before the event.
42nd EPSA Annual Congress The Annual Congress is EPSA’s largest event, organised annually in April or May. During the event, participants have a chance to enjoy educational programme prepared by the EPSA Team and Reception Committee, social activities, learn more about EPSA by attending the General Assembly and/or become part of the team as EPSA Elections happens there. The 42nd EPSA Annual Congress under the topic “Non-communicable diseases - a serious threat of the modern world” took place from the 22nd till the 28th of April 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Around 350 pharmaceutical students across Europe and 40 EPSA Alumni attended the event. The educational activities included a symposium and workshops on the event’s topic, other workshops useful for the pharmaceutical students, the public health campaign “Cardio check”, 11th EPSA Science Day, 2 Science Excursions, chat with professionals and a career fair as well as soft skills trainings delivered by EPSA Trainers. Besides, during the congress, the RxEPSA, EPSA Symposium Powered by Young Professionals, and Marketing Skills Event were organised for the first time.
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21st EPSA Summer University Each summer in July or August, the EPSA Summer University is organised. During Summer University, symposiums and General Assembly are not organised whereby the educational programme is more focused on soft skills training sessions and more social programme activities are organised. A big public health campaign that all participants are part of is organised as well. The 21st EPSA Summer University under the topic “Joining forces with other healthcare professionals for better healthcare” happened in July from the 16th till the 21st. Around 120 students from all parts of Europe gathered in Portorož, Slovenia, to be part of this event. In a more relax and positive environment, by taking part in the educational activities, participants were learning, interacting with each other, and developing themselves at the same time. The Educational Programme included various workshops and soft skills training related to the event’s topic, a Public Health Campaign on the topic “HPV transmission, prevalence and prevention” and Science Excursion held in the Slovenian Generic Industry - Krka. By passing the exam consisted of questions related to the workshops and training sessions held during the event, participants had the opportunity to get 2 ECTS points.
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students attended EPSA Events
hours of Educational programme
16th EPSA Autumn Assembly The EPSA Autumn Assembly is the second largest event organised annually in October or November. It consists of educational and social activities as well as of the EPSA General Assembly. As there are no elections, It’s one day shorter than the Annual Congress. This years’ Autumn Assembly under the topic “Quo Vadis, Pharmacy: Paving the Way Towards Biological Treatments “ took place from the 29th of October till the 3rd of November in Poreč, Croatia. The event was attended by 330 European pharmaceutical students and a few EPSA Alumni who came to Poreč, especially to attend the Alumni Weekend. The educational programme included two-days of symposium, workshops and soft skills Training sessions delivered by EPSA Trainers as well as a Student Symposium Powered by Young Professionals, a Public Health Campaign on the topic “Measuring Health Conditions”, a Science Excursion in Jadran Galenski Laboratorij, RxEPSA, Marketing Skills Event and Career Fair. Besides, Meet me Fair was organised as well.
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EPSA Alumni Project Since the establishment of the Alumni Project, EPSA has been working closely with its Alumni members, who can pass the knowledge on to the new EPSA Teams with their past experience and a different point of view. Since the latest EU regulation on personal data protection that came in place in 2018, EPSA has put efforts into re-establishing the database and building up a GDPR-compliant EPSA Alumni world.
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Active EPSA Alumni
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Alumni in Alumni Advisory Board
The EPSA Alumni are past active EPSA Members, may it be past Team members, Liaison Secretaries, National IMP Coordinators, members of Reception Committees, and EPSA Trainers. They communicate through a Facebook group and the Alumni Platform - the close platform one can join when become EPSA Alumni. They also meet during the EPSA Events, when the Alumni Weekend is organised, receive information about EPSA and its development through Alumni Newsletter, share their experiences with the current Team and participate in different EPSA Activities. Several Alumni also assist EPSA Team through the Alumni Advisory Board, a subcommittee of EPSA.
Currently, there are over 230 EPSA Alumni registered in the database, and they represent multiple fields of the profession, from community, hospital, and clinical pharmacy to academia and pharmaceutical industry. This allows us to fully exploit the possibilities of the Alumni pool, such as Chat with Professionals, live and online, with over 20 Alumni participating in 2019. They are also a part of the newly established ÂťKnowledge Transfer Working GroupÂŤ and contributing to the EPSA Science Blog. EPSA Alumni are also participating in the EPSA Mentoring Project, where 11 Alumni are mentors to over 40 young and enthusiastic pharmaceutical students. Three Alumni Newsletters were delivered to Alumni, updating them on recent developments in EPSA.
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Alumni participated in live and online Chat with Professionals
Alumni participated in Mentoring Project
Alumni are part of the Knowledge Transfer Working Group
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2 Alumni Weekends per year
3 Alumni Newsletters per year
EPSA organises Alumni Weekend two times a year, during the EPSA Annual Congress and Autumn Assembly. The 3-day event brings together Alumni to reconnect with each other and meet with new participants. During the Alumni weekends organised in 2019, EPSA Alumni were joining the EPSA General Assembly, actively being involved with the elections of the new Team and attended the unique programme organised for them. In total, there were 40 attendees on Alumni Weekends in 2019.
EPSA Alumni Advisory Board EPSA Alumni Advisory Board (AAB) consists of six Alumni who are advising the EPSA Executive and with this helping to steer EPSA’s direction when deemed needed. Every year, with the start of the new mandate, the new Board is elected by the EPSA Executive. The members in the first half of the year were Maja Šerčić (Audit Committee Member, Vice President of External Affairs, Alumni Coordinator 2014/17), Guilherme Monteiro Ferreira (Humanitarian Affairs Working Committee Director, Treasurer, President, Immediate Past President, Vice President of External Affairs 2009/13), Daniela Kolberg (Events Coordinator 2012/13), Tim Robinson (Parliamentary Council Member and Alumni Coordinator 2013/15), Svetlana Kolundžić (EPSA Parliamentarian, President and Immediate Past President 2013/16) and Catarina Nobre (Treasurer, President, Immediate Past President 2014/18), with Svetlana and Catarina both continuing their AAB membership in the current mandate. They are joined now with Patrick Jongeleen (EPSA Treasurer and Vice President of External Relations 2016/18), Raluca Radu (Vice President of Education and Educational Affairs Coordinator 2015/17), Nilhan Uzman (EPSA Parliamentary Council Member 2011/12) and Diogo Piedade (EPSA Trainer and EPSA Training Coordinator 2016/17) in the AAB 2019/2020. 13
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Education is our nation
“When opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door!”
Lifelong Learning Platform: Heading towards the future The Lifelong Learning Platform (LLeaP) is a place where gamification meets education. LLeaP Members can engage and create their own lifelong learning journey, and be awarded with specially made LLeaP Medals.
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Like education, LLeaP is ever-growing and continuously improving! Through LLeaP Submission Forms, 433 LLeaP Members share their educational experiences and acquire additional knowledge by actively using the LLeaP Library Section. This contains versatile educational content on Public Health Campaigns, Online Activities, Science and Advocacy. Currently, LLeaP Members have had the opportunity to acquire 31 different medals, and as of July 2019, had the chance to receive their first Lifelong Learning Certificates.
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Methodology Booklet The Methodology Booklet is an EPSA project that presents the opinion of pharmaceutical students and recent graduates on the teaching methodologies used across different faculties around Europe. The overall aim of the Methodology Booklet is to evaluate and compare the different teaching methodologies used across European Faculties of Pharmacy while actively liaising. With this Booklet, EPSA also hopes to assist educators and policymakers in improving and developing further the education for European pharmaceutical students. To ensure the continuous improvement of this project, EPSA aims to release another survey in 2023 and assess the progress and development seen in pharmaceutical education across Europe. On the 25th of October 2019, 1st Methodology Booklet Annexe 1: Soft Skills Survey had been released and will be open until the 25th of January 2020. By May 2020, we are expecting to release the 1st Methodology Booklet Annexe 1: Soft Skills.
Online Activities Online Activities provide European pharmaceutical youth with a unique opportunity to learn more about the most important healthcare topics in the pharma world. From Chat with Professionals which focuses on the day-to-day activities of eminent professionals working in various pharmaceutical fields, Webinars, which raise awareness of certain aspects of pharmacy, Online Discussion Forum (ODF) to provide a platform for students to actively discuss current relevant healthcare topics and Educational Chronicles, which provide students with specific pharmaceutical knowledge and educational background necessary to develop themselves in the desired field of pharmacy.
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Purple Week Webinar in collaboration with ECCO: The Pharmacist Role in Quality Cancer Care
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Chat wit Professionals: How to Master Interview Skills
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Chat with Professionals: NGOs – facing and overcoming challenges in the non-profit sector ODF: Barriers and Solutions to Implementation of e-Health and Digitalisation in Pharmaceutical Education EAHP (European Association of Hospital Pharmacists) Webinar: Surviving Writing an Abstract
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World Pharmacists Day Webinar: Pharmacists Role in Public Health - Vaccination Chat with Professionals: Business Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry Flu Awareness Day Webinar with ECDC: Influenza vaccines and antimicrobial resistance in Europe European Pharmaceutical Students’ Association Webinar: EPSA Projects and Activities Educational Chronicles Chapter 1: Academia, research and clinical trials
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Public Health Campaigns and Social Services In 2019, with the great support of its members and partners, EPSA organised several public health campaigns to increase public awareness about the widespread diseases and general health. For every campaign, Educational Toolkit was written and promotional material was made. Public Health Campaigns JAN Food and Nutrition Campaign
FEB Purple Week APR
Immunization Awareness Campaign
Public Health Campaigns
APR
JUN No Tobacco Day
HIV Awareness Campaign
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World Pharmacists Day
Flu Awareness Campaign
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Social Services
Social Services
OCT
NOV Health Check
Cardiovascular Check
SEP
SEP Childhood Cancer Awareness Campaign
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AMR Awareness Campaign
Besides Public Health Campaigns, during the year of 2019, together with its members, EPSA organised several social services: 3 social services during EPSA Team Meetings and the main Events, Annual Congress and Autumn Assembly and 2 held online: “Save Water and Energy” and “Green Transportation Week”. In May and December, EPSA launched a Social Services Months encouraging its Members to organise social services at the local level and promote good practices between themselves. During the Social Services Months, EPSA Members organised around 14 social services such as a donation to homeless people, fundraising for elderly, toy, clothes and food donation to orphanage and red cross, fundraising for oncology patients, Teddy Bear hospital and other.
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Science Projects EPSA Students’ Science Publication
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EPSA Students’ Science Publication (ESSP) is a project that gives pharmacy students an opportunity to publish their research abstract.
articles published on EPSA Blog with an average reach of 4 000 students
EPSA Science Day Science Day is held during the EPSA Annual Congress, and it consists of two parts – poster and oral presentation. The 11th edition of the EPSA Science Day took place at 42nd EPSA Annual Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria.
EPSA Science Excursion During all major EPSA Events Science Excursion is being held. Through this activity, students can visit different facilities, such as pharmacies, industrial complexes, universities and research facilities, etc. and gain an additional view upon discussed topics during EPSA activities or faculty lectures in an interactive way.
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participants per Science Excursion
25 participants per Science Workshop
10 participants at EPSA Science Day
18 published students’ research abstracts in 3 ESSP Editions
EPSA Science! Monthly EPSA Science! Monthly is a regular online publication focusing each month on different fields of pharmacy. In each edition, there are four articles connected to the main topic of Science! Monthly that offers students to get familiar with it. Each article is provided with sources so students can follow them and learn more.
EPSA Science Blog Science Blog serves as an online platform and a hub where EPSA members can find all about other EPSA’s scientific projects, interesting articles, news from different pharmaceutical fields, professionals’ interviews, more entertainable part of science, and much more.
EPSA Science Workshop Science Workshop is a part of every educational programme during major EPSA Events. It is delivered by the Science Coordinator or an external speaker.
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Training Project The Training Project provides opportunities to EPSA members to attend soft-skills trainings locally and at EPSA congresses. Since curricula vary from one university to another, soft-skills trainings provides pharmaceutical youth with additional knowledge about soft skills that usually is not taught at universities.
Training New Trainers (TNT)
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Trainers in the Pool
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new Trainers
+684 hours of trainings
The TNT, known as EPSA “Trainer’s factory”, is the event during which EPSA train motivated pharmaceutical students to become Soft Skills Trainers. It consists of a week-long event where at least four experienced Trainers share and pass their knowledge to a soon-to-be new generation of Trainers. In 2019, TNT took place in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, from the 26th of July until the 4th of August.
Trainers on Tour (ToT)
Trainers on Tour is the event that takes the Training Project to countries where it’s not well implemented or where it’s not even known. This year’s event happened in May in four European countries: Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Romania. Two EPSA Trainers delivered 26 hours of soft skills trainings during 10 days and successfully reached over 100 pharmaceutical students and inspired a few to become soft-skills Trainers as well.
Train the Trainers (TtT)
+4000 participants in TW
Train the Trainers (TtT) consists of gathering as many of EPSA Trainers as possible and promote their development with whatever sessions they might need. During the 5th EPSA TtT that happened in Brussels, Belgium, from the 22nd to the 24th of February, ten motivated EPSA Trainers joined ten trainers form JADE to share their experience and learn together, improve and further develop themselves.
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The Training week happened in the mid of February, from the 18th to the 24th. During the week, EPSA motivated both trainers and local associations to organise trainings at their national levels and to take on the challenges EPSA prepared for them. According to our register, in this week, more than 4 000 pharmaceutical students participated in soft skills trainings across Europe.
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Representing the voice of European pharmaceutical youth EPSA advocates and engages on healthcare-related topics as well as youth-related. With this, EPSA aims to collaborate with professional and students’ organisations to showcase the current opinion of European pharmaceutical students on important topics at the European level and to represent their voice to stakeholders throughout Europe.
Position Papers and Statements of Opinion In 2019, EPSA was actively advocated for the inclusion of eHealth, soft skills, and One Health in undergraduate education, increasing students’ mobility, raising awareness of antimicrobial resistance, and the importance of vaccination.
In April 2019, EPSA released a Statement of Opinion on eHealth and Digital Skills. With this, EPSA acknowledged the importance of incorporating the recent advances in technology into healthcare and education. In September 2019, EPSA released a Policy Paper on the same topic. The Policy Paper was developed according to the Survey conducted by EPSA in Autumn 2018, which collected 587 responses from pharmaceutical students across Europe.
Educational and Professional Affairs Advocacy Platform In November 2019, EPSA released a Press Release on European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) in collaboration with EHSAS ( European Healthcare Students’ Associations’ Summit). This Press Release highlighted the problem of antimicrobial resistance as one of the main issues that healthcare is currently facing.
EPSA established the Educational and Professional Affairs Advocacy Platform, where Member Associations and the students they represent express their opinions, steer EPSA’s future directions, and exchange good practices among each other. The Platform currently has 50 Representatives from 44 European countries.
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Mobility projects
22 Twinnets
42 Ambassadors
TWINNET
Students’ Guide
As one of the oldest and most popular EPSA projects, Twinnet has been working with the purpose of enhancing mobility among EPSA members through group exchange projects. During the year 2019, 22 Twinnets were organised between 23 EPSA Members Associations and enabled over 350 students to have an exchange experience abroad. By involving in the project, EPSA members had the opportunity to explore other cultures and share knowledge and experiences while focusing on educational components.
Students’ Guide is a platform developed to ease the access of European pharmacy students to the knowledge of how to apply for an Erasmus+ programme, where to go for Erasmus+, and how studying and living conditions are like in different European cities. During the year 2019, EPSA has recruited 42 Ambassadors, each of them responsible for continuously updating the information about their cities. Another task of theirs is to be available and responsive to the incoming students’ questions before their arrival and during their stay.
Through the interprofessional Twinnet, which is organised together with students from other healthcare sectors, EPSA ensures that the collaboration with external parties is endorsed and interprofessional education introduced. Last year, EPSA organised two interprofessional Twinnets with the students from the European Medical Students’ Association (EMSA).
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Currently, the Students’ Guide includes data and information about 32 countries, where concrete information about studying abroad can be found.
Humanitarian Mobility Project A humanitarian project provides material or logistical assistance to a group of people or a country in need of aid. Projects vary among those necessitated by human-made disasters, natural disasters, poverty, and aid development. Through this project, EPSA provides members with an opportunity to travel, volunteer, learn about human rights, and improve themselves through experiencing solidarity and care for others.
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Individual Mobility Project The Individual Mobility Project (IMP) is one of EPSA’s most significant long-term mobility projects since 2008. IMP involves many EPSA external partners and allows pharmacy students and recent graduates (maximum 24 months from graduation) to gain experience in a new environment and acquire a broader understanding of different types of work in the pharmaceutical field from the ones in their home country. It focuses on initiating international careers, leading to an exchange of international experiences and improved pharmaceutical services in Europe. All this is being achieved by collaborating with various organisations from small and large pharmaceutical companies to academia, hospitals, NGOs, spreading their vacant positions through EPSA’s network.
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2019 the project offered IMP Placements in Fresenius Kabi, Germany; PrimeVigilance, Czech Republic, Croatia, and Serbia; WSMI – World Self Medication Industry, Switzerland; Omrix NV/SA Johnson&Johnson with an average of 15-20 applicants per placement. IMP offered placements in a wide range of pharmaceutical fields such as pharmacovigilance, office management and supply chain, strategic marketing and portfolio management, regulatory affairs, pharmaceutical compounding, etc.
Apart from the IMP Placements, the Central IMP Coordinator works for the professional development of the National IMP Coordinators. For that purpose, several Online Activities were organised: ten online trainings, two live IMP Board meetings at 42nd EPSA Annual Congress and 16th Autumn Assembly and several workshops, where an average of 15 NIMPs attended each activity. In October 2019, IMP Action Groups was created as a pilot project within IMP. Three Action Groups were established: IMP Social Media and Promotion Strategies AG, Professional Development of the NIMPs AG, IMP Acquisition AG. Each group has 7-9 NIMPs as members, where one of the NIMPs for each group is the leader.
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Continuing to drive professional development Mentoring Project Mentoring Project aims to establish a bond between current professionals and students to provide them with career guidance from an international perspective of development within the numerous fields that pharmaceutical students may pursue. During 2019, two editions of the Mentoring project took place. Mentoring Project Edition 2018/2019 counted pool of 20 mentors in numerous pharmaceutical fields such as hospital and community pharmacy, pharmacovigilance, regulatory affairs, research and development, business development, EU affairs, market access, health policy, pricing and reimbursement, marketing and public relations and others, and 44 mentees, while in Edition 2019/2020 number of both mentors and mentees remarkably increased to 25 and 47.
45 Mentors in Mentoring Project 18/19 and 19/20
91 Mentees in Mentoring Project 18/19 and 19/20
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Besides the mentoring itself, the project also included complementary online workshops that aimed to provide a wider insight into professional development. In this case, five online activities were organised: soft skills training on time management, Chat with Professionals, webinar on how to get involved in the research and development at the start of the career, case studies, and the sessions prepared and held by mentees. During the mentoring project, mentees understood the variety of roles which a pharmacist can occupy in the pharmaceutical sector and assessed which field would fit their skills and passions the most, gained precious insights and skills which they will be able to use in their professional careers, broaden their professional network, improved their CVs, learned how to write a motivation letter and how to act during a job interview.
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Career Fair
Career Page
Career Fair is the EPSA project that provides students with an opportunity to gather information on professional development opportunities through direct contact with professional entities. It aims to facilitate the interaction between students and professionals, help students to engage at the professional level while seeking for career guidance and professional opportunities, promote multiple personal and professional development, and strengthen the RC-Sponsors and EPSA-Partners collaborations.
The Career Page has become a relevant part of EPSA’s official website in 2017, with the main purpose of serving as a useful platform, where pharmaceutical students may find valuable and accurate information on the numerous professional paths they may follow after graduating. It was designed to provide information on the core tasks and skills required for each professional area as well as to provide a better understanding of the daily work and challenges of a professional working in the specific field through testimonials. Currently, the page consists of a wide variety of possible professional paths such as community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, academia, clinical research in Contract Research Organisations (CROs), industry and NGOs, and trade organisations.
In 2019, two Career Fairs that happened at the 42nd EPSA Annual Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, and 16th EPSA Autumn Assembly in Poreč, Croatia connected more around 80 pharmaceutical students with the more than 40 pharmaceutical companies, industries, and organisations.
+80 students attended Career Fairs
+40 professionals at Career Fairs
Career Week 25th-31st of March
1681 visitors/year
24 described subcategories on Career Page
Career Week The EPSA Career Week is a full circle project that showcases preparations for pursuing a specific position, recruitment process, and prospects through one week of online activities. It serves as a platform to promote less explored pathways within the pharmaceutical job market and provide pharmaceutical students with an opportunity to get closer to a particular field in the pharmaceutical profession. Career Week started on 25th and ended on the 31st of March 2019. During the seven days full of online activities, EPSA members learned about work in NGOs and research departments, connected with the professionals from the fields and while attending an online training, heard how to improve their CVs and tackle certain situations during the job interview. Besides, in 2019 the new branch of the project was developed - Career Week - Local Edition. The special guidelines were written to assist EPSA Members in educating students about work possibilities that they may pursue after completing a pharmacy degree on the local levels.
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Spreading the word about EPSA
EPSA Website
EPSA Blog
7 572 number of unique visitors/month
+150 000 website visits/year
+1 390 000 engagements/year
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Through the EPSA Blog, EPSA Members are kept informed of EPSA Projects, events, and external representation. This platform is also used to promote the projects of EPSA Members and EPSA Associations. Forty-three articles have been published on the EPSA Blog. These published articles include Meet the EPSA Team articles, articles from EPSA Member Associations related to projects and activities they organised on the local level, IMP and Twinnet articles, articles about the Mentoring project, and soft skills trainings.
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EPSA Publications
EPSA Newsletter
Press Release
Monthly Dose
EPSA Newsletter EPSA Newsletter is the most important publication of EPSA. It’s published three times a year and is distributed to all EPSA members, contact organisations and sponsors. The Newsletter contains articles from the EPSA Executive and Officials, members, and professionals. It aims to spread EPSA’s latest developments regarding its projects and to exchange knowledge and experiences between them. Including a wide variety of topics, it also contributes to the communication between students of member countries, who want to share ideas, comments, and experiences. Additionally, it serves to highlight the important issues for pharmacy students across Europe and to pass information about future events.
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EPSA Newsletter Editions in 2019
Monthly Dose Editions in 2019
EPSA Press Releases in 2019
538
engagements with Press Releases
+1 700 engagements with Monthly Doses
Press Releases The EPSA Press Release is an EPSA publication issued as an official statement that aims to inform EPSA members and partners about the recent news and developments in EPSA.
Monthly Dose Monthly Dose is EPSA informative publication that aims to give EPSA members insight into the association’s work, developments, and achievements. It contains information related to the ongoing EPSA projects and activities, upcoming EPSA and external events, recently published blog articles, EPSA members’ activities and initiatives, and news from EPSA external partners.
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EPSA Social Media
/epsaonline
@epsa.online
/epsaonline
Number of followers
22 000 5 942 4 425 3 659
@EPSA.Online
EPSA Online
Facebook Number of followers: 22 000 Number of posts: approx 545/year Number of events: approx 16/year Impressions: more than 3 000/post
Instagram Number of followers: 3 659 Number of posts: 564 Number of likes: approx. 100/post
Number of posts
564 545
LinkedIn Number of followers: 5 942 Number of posts: approx. 55/year Impressions: approx. 2 440/post
268 55
Engagement
+3 000/post
Number of followers: 4 425 Number of posts: 268/year Impressions: approx. 1 230/post
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YouTube Number of subscribers: 209 Number of videos: 56 published in 2019
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Focus on collaboration Representation Funds are an excellent occasion for the EPSA Team to get to know closer EPSA partners and to showcase EPSA work on the European level and further engage with different entities in order to continue working together to pursue joint goals. It is a great occasion to exchange ideas and get feedback on what priorities should be kept in mind in terms of developing EPSA projects.
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Professional Congresses attended EPSA is also present on events and happenings taking place in a European capital – Brussels, where the EPSA office is based. During the 2019 year, EPSA Interns attended more than 50 such as 60th PGEU Anniversary, Meeting of the Coalition for Vaccination, MEP Alliance for Mental Health, Health First Europe Roundtable debate “A Health Care Workforce for the Digital Age” and EPHA - Universal
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50
Brussels-based Events attended access and affordable medicines Forum. The main goal of attending such meetings is to liaise with the European organisations, pursue joint activities and support each other’s projects. Besides, during these events, EPSA Interns engage with experts from various fields, as well as provide the opinion of European pharmaceutical students on the topics of interests.
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EPSA Partners and Sponsors Corporate Partners MSD Pharmiweb Viares EuroJobsites
Simplivia Swisscare Euromed Communications
Associative Partners EIPG – European Industrial Pharmacists Group TOPRA - The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs GIRP - European Healthcare Distribution Association ESCP - European Society of Clinical Pharmacy EAFP – European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy EUFEPS - The European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences Think Young
Brussels-based Internship Partners PGEU – Pharmaceutical Group of European Union EAHP – European Association of Hospital Pharmacists AESGP – Association of the European Self-Medication Industry Medicines for Europe EFPIA – European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations SIOPE - The European Society for Pediatric Oncology DIA – Drug Information Association 28
European Pharmaceutical Students’ Association
Students’ Associations EYE - European Youth Event ESN - Erasmus Student Network EMSA - European Medical Students’ Association EDSA - European Dental Students’ Association EFPSA - European Federation of Psychology Students’ Association ELSA - European Law Students’ Association ENSA - European Nurse Students’ Association IPSF - International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation JADE - European Confederation of Junior Enterprises ESU - European Students Union ESTIEM - European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management
To drive a change and stimulate personal and professional growth of European youth, we continue to forge innovative partnerships that engage everyone from educational institutions and pharmaceutical industries to policy makers and European institutions.
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EPSA Executive 2019/2020 Mihai Nițoiu
Bernardo Marinheiro
EPSA President
EPSA Vice President of Internal Affairs
president@epsa-online.org
vp.ia@epsa-online.org
Kamber Çelik
Mina Grguri
EPSA Treasurer
EPSA Secretary-General secgen@epsa-online.org
treasurer@epsa-online.org
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Marko Ocokoljić
Sanja Aleksić
EPSA Vice President of Education
EPSA Vice President of Public Relations
vp.education@epsa-online.org
vp.pr@epsa-online.org
Paulina Kruk
Tilen Kozole
EPSA Vice President of External Relations
EPSA Vice President of European Affairs
vp.er@epsa-online.org
vp.ea@epsa-online.org
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