Meet the Trainers’ Board

The Trainers’ Board is part of the Training Project and manages the pool of EPSA Trainers. Three members of the Board focus on Communication and Mentoring, Training events and Capacity building. Their roles differ one from another but the main goal is to help the Training Coordinator with the Training Project. This year’s Trainers’ Board consisted of Piotr Skiba as the Events Member, Ebru Kuruldak as the Communications and Mentoring Member and Adam Majcher as the Internal Capacity Building Member.

Hello, I am Ebru Kuruldak, a part of the Cmoon Generation of EPSA Trainers. I have become a trainer in 13th TNT - Lisbon, in December 2018. For the 19-20 mandate, I am the Communications and Mentoring Member of the Trainers’ Board. Before applying to this position, my motivation was being a supporter of people who beautifully changed my whole life. Also, my reason for choosing this position especially that I believe communication in the pool is essential for continuity. My position is taking care of three main tasks for this mandate; Mentoring Project within EPSA Training Project, the Library of EPSA Training Project, minuting of EPSA Trainers’ Board meetings. Through these tasks, I have gained experience in lots of things within a more professional organization than my local association. As a trainer and also a pharmacist working in a pharmaceutical company, I have already known what it meant to teamwork’s basics. But in the Trainers’ Board, you have the chance to go deep in discussions and share your opinions and shape something together. You see how something can change and also change takes time. So, you learn how to be patient enough. One of the biggest learning outcomes until this time in my mandate that working for something bigger than you creates a kind of steady motivation. Also, we are working like an “always home office” business. Thus, you are learning a different way of working. But the most beautiful thing about being a member of the Trainers’ Board; you can find a new thing to learn each day, it is like an open book. If you need to learn more or have any questions, please do not hesitate to poke me: tb.communications@epsaonline.org.

Ebru Kuruldak

Communications and Mentoring Member

Being in the EPSA Trainers’ Board is a wonderful opportunity to be a bigger part of the EPSA Training Project. It not only allows them to contribute even more to the EPSA Trainers community but also engage with all the EPSA Members on a deeper level. As the Training Events Member, I am responsible for helping the Training Coordinator with projects such as the EPSA Training Week - which happened recently at the beginning of March and aims to bring the EPSA Training Project closer to everyone around. Also, the EPSA Trainers on Tour, which normally takes place between April and May. It is a project during which Trainers travel to EPSA Member Associations’ countries, and deliver training sessions wherever needed. One of the main tasks is also helping with planning and maintaining the Soft Skills Training part of the Educational Programme during EPSA events - Autumn Assembly, Annual Congress and Summer University. As the EPSA Trainers’ Board member, so far I have had the pleasure of working on such occasions closely with the EPSA Vice President of Education and EPSA Training Coordinator during the EPSA Autumn Assembly in Porec, Croatia. The Trainers’ Board is constantly coming up with new ideas for developing the Training Project and making it more and more impactful for the EPSA Members. It is a challenging, yet very exciting thing to do.

Piotr Skiba

Events Member

I am an EPSA Trainer Striving to gain as much experience and knowledge as possible. My trainer path started in July 2017 in Reims, France where I graduated as the 11th generation of EPSA trainers. From the very beginning of my career, I was very passionate about all that EPSA Training project has to offer. Therefore, from the very beginning, I have been engaging in almost every opportunity of training delivery provided by EPSA TP. Opportunities like ToT, AC, AA, TW, Local events and so on... However, after some time I felt the urge to give back something to the EPSA TP. The project that enabled me to learn so much and find myself in the area of soft skills. Therefore, I have decided to go for the EPSA Trainers board. So far, I have served a mandate as Events Member 2018/2019, where I had the opportunity to help in creating trainings as part of the educational programs of EPSA AA and AC. Subsequently, we achieved to organise two amazing ToT events! TB also started engaging more in educational activities and social media for our trainers. Currently, I hold a mandate of Internal Capacity member 2019/2020 putting my focus more on building an internal educational environment for the trainers of EPSA TP. Being a part of the EPSA Trainers Board is an exceptional opportunity to bring something back and help the EPSA Training Project grow. I would like to encourage everyone considering it to take courage and apply for next year.

Adam Majcher

Trainers Board’s Internal Capacity Member