APEFyB SEP in times of pandemic

Thus, I was appointed ambassador of IVPN in Argentina, with the purpose of expanding this network of opportunities in our region with the philosophy of finding talent, empowering them and making them visible. To achieve this, we launched the project "IVPN-AR en Español" since all the learning tools up to that point were in

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English. This led to access to them in this Spanish-speaking region becoming equitable. This project aims to offer a Spanish chapter of the activities carried out in English. They have monthly webinars called "IVPN-AR" , which address topics fundamental to the professional development of the pharmacist.

We also have our

"listserv " , which are groups created on the platform Google Groups that allow members to follow topics, ask questions, share resources and news with the aim of exchanging experiences and consulting experts on the topics related to each listserv. You can interact with colleagues from other parts of the world who share interest with you. "Articles of the week" and calls to participate in research projects are received.

Currently we have the following: personalized medicine, oncology, clinical research, regulatory matters, pharmacovigilance, neuropsychiatry, pharmacoeconomics, students, journal club, podcast and IVPN-mentor.

In order to expand and bring information to everyone on our continent, we have formalized our link with IPSF-PARO, with the aim of mutual collaboration. We appreciate this space to tell you who we are, what we do, and invite you to join our projects either as assistants or as potential IVPN ambassadors in your country.

For more information you can contact us through our website www.ivpn-network.com or by e-mail to English representatives otabbara@ivpn-network.com or in Spanish jschlottke@ivpn-network.com. All your ideas and queries will be well received. Viva le pharmacie! We ' re waiting for you!

The times have changed, and APEFyB, PERÚ have to adapt to it. One of our principal activities that were hit by the pandemic is our Student Exchange Programme and we had to create new things to maintain the SEP spirit alive. APEFyB has been working a lot in our SEP, and we the help of all the team of our 11 subsidiaries we could make an incredible Virtual SEP.

First, we made a cultural session where we had a lot of audiences. We did not expect to have more than one hundred participants for our first session. It was important to choose the correct platform, that is why we did it on google meet. We had to take in mind the time zone, so we decided to make two sessions, one in English and the other in Spanish, for the first one we did at 13:00 GMT +0 and for the other 23:00 GTM+0. We present our typical foods, celebrations, some interesting facts about Perú, and also the places where a student can do their SEP. The part that was more impressive for many of them was that we use a Google Earth presentation, this application was like going to that exact place by traveling virtually. Also, we taught some phrases and words in Spanish and Quechua and all the participants liked it a lot.