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

- Institutional Partners

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


•August 1978 - Edinburgh, Scotland

-European delegates meeting at the Congress of the ANEPF

-European Sub committee of IPSF

EPSA History

•January 1982 – Became Independent of IPSF

-European Pharmaceutical Students’ Committee

-Registered in Strasbourg, Tribunal d’lllkirch

•April 1993 – European Pharmaceutical Students’ Association


EPSA Structure

• 8 Executive members + 1 permanent officer

• 5 Sub - Committees (Education, Mobility, Promotion & Support, Financial Publications, 4 members on each Sub-C)

• Liaison Secretaries (1 per member)

• General Assembly

• Pharmacy Students


EPSA Structure

L ia is io n S e c r e ta r ies 1 pe r M em ber O rg.

P h a r m a c y S tu d e n ts

E d i to r ia l B o a rd3 m em bers

P u b l ic a t io n s O ff ic erM aria Tsitlak idou

E lec ted

P . & S . S u b C .3 m em bers

P . & S . O ff ic erF ilip P opov

E lec ted

F in a n c e S u b C .3 m em bers

T r e su r erH arald H eem stra

E lec ted

E d u c a t io n a l S u b C .3 m em bers

V ic e P re s id e ntM ichael G afa'

E lec ted

B o a r d o f T r u ste e sE x te r n a l C o n ta c ts

P r e s id e n tSean M cA teer

E lec ted

S e c r e ta r y G e n e r alM aria Ines R ibe iro

E lec ted

S t . M o b i l i ty S u b C .3 m em bers

S t . M o b i l i ty O ff ic erLucija Sotosek

E lec ted

P e r m a n e n t O ff ic er

P a st P r e s id e n tD iogo C ru z

E P S A E x e c u t iv e8 posi t ions

G e n e ra l A sse m b ly


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


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


EPSA Publications• EPSA/IPSF Joint Document

-Pharmacy Education – “A Vision of the Future”

• EPSA’s “Basic Principles on Pharmacy Education”

• EPSA Homepage

• EPSA Promotional Leaflet

• EPSA Questionnaire

-Topic: 2001/02 “Pharmacoeconomics”


EPSA Projects

• Permanent Office

-Cooperation with the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy

- Awarded 2001 Healthbase foundation award for for research work.

• Pharmacy World Project

• Pharmaceutical Sciences in EPSA

-Cooperation with EUFEPS with the Scientific supplement. -Provides pharmacy students the opportunity to publish research.

• Guidelines for Health Awareness Campaigns


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


EPSA ProjectsEUROMOB (4 elements)

1. Educational mobility-Euromob Exchange Project- Academic Exchange Program information (e.g. Erasmus)

2. Social-Educational Mobility - Annual Summer University- TWIN project


EPSA Projects3. 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)


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


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


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


Institutional Relations•Consultative status with the Council of Europe

•Working with the European Association of the Faculties of Pharmacy (EAFP) on Euromob Exchange Project

•Working with the European Union of Students (ESIB) on the Bologna Declaration

•Working with the European Medical Students Association (EMSA) & European Dental Students Association for the Annual Congress & Summer University

•Wide range of other initiatives with other bodies including Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)

Sean McAteer EPSA President BPSA Annual Conference - Glasgow 2002

EPSA Institutional Relations

WHO/EFP

PGEU

EAHP

EAFP

ESCP

EUFEPS

FIP

E.U.

C. of Europe

EMSA

IFMSA

EDSA

ESIB

IPSF

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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Sean McAteer EPSA President 25th EPSA Congress Zagreb, 2002