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Ask Your Pharmacist First

Promoting the role of pharmacists as providers of healthcare in the community

Across Europe, Governments and the general public are expecting pharmacists to play a more active role in the

provision of healthcare in the community. More than ever before, pharmacists have a primary care role and are the

rst port of call for consumers with a minor health problem.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare is working with pharmacists across Europe to support their role as

primary care experts through its Ask Your Pharmacist First initiative.

Ask your Pharmacist First is a unique partnership between GSK and pharmacists currently operating in more than 20

countries in Europe. Its objectives are to:

Help promote pharmacists as experts

Encourage people to visit pharmacies more frequently

Provide training for pharmacists and assistants so they can offer the best professional advice to their customers

This support programme incorporates consumer advertising and extensive pharmacy training materials.

The most recent example of GSKs Ask Your Pharmacist First initiative in action can be seen in the area of obesity.

In January 2009 GSK received a non-prescription licence for alli (orlistat 60mg). alli is the rst non-prescription weight

loss aid to receive a licence from the European Commission. The centrally granted marketing authorisation means alli

is being launched in all EU member countries by the end of this year followed by its launch in other European

countries as well.

Facts on obesity

The prevalence of obesity has risen three-fold or more in many European countries since the 1980s. In 2005, the

World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that by 2010, 150 million adults in Europe would be obese1.

Obesity is fast becoming a public health issue of epidemic proportions and presents pharmacists with an unrivalled

opportunity to support those wanting to lose weight, helping to elevate their role in public health.

What is alli?

alli is a weight loss aid for adults who are overweight with a BMI of 28kg/m2 or more and should be used with a

reduced calorie, lower-fat diet. alli can help people lose 50 percent more weight compared to dieting alone. So for

every two kilograms lost by dieting, alli could help lose one kg more. Pharmacists are ideally placed to help provide

customers with information and support whilst they are

undertaking a weight-loss programme.

Pharmacy support and training through Ask Your

Pharmacist First

GSK is offering comprehensive training to ensure that

pharmacists and pharmacy assistants are fully informed

about alli and the support programme. To date more

than 182,000 pharmacy staff in over 57,130 pharmaciesacross Europe have been trained, whole training has

also taken place in more than 14,212 Ambassador

pharmacies. The training includes workshops, distance

learning and comprehensive detail aids.

This is a great example how GSK is working closely

with European pharmacists to help people to live a

healthier and longer life.

! References1WHO.The challenge of obesity in the WHO European region.

Fact sheet Euro/13/05. 2005. Available from: www.euro.who.int/document/mediacentre/fs1304e.pdf


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Presidential words 4

33rd EPSA Annual Congress 6

EAFP Annual Conference 7

ArmPSA - Armenia 9

EPSA 12th Summer University 11

2nd Parkinsons Disease Summer School 14

70th World Congress of Pharmacy and

Pharmaceutical Sciences 15

IPSF 56th World Congress 17

EPSA favourite LS 18

IMP Coordinator of the Year 19

3rd Leadership Summer School 21

Dealing with Proscratination 23

EPSA Annual Topic 2010 24

Twinnet Program

46th EDSA Meeting 27

IMP Placement Testimonial 29

EPSA Executive contacts 30

Dear Reader,

As EPSA Vice President of Public Relations, I am truly

honoured and proud to present you the rst EPSA

Newsletter of the mandate 2010/2011.

The rst EPSA Newsletter was published in December1979 and we took efforts in order to ensure that 31

years later, the EPSA Newsletter has the same quality

and variety of content that always characterized it. This

issue of the EPSA Newsletter reveals the memories

and testimonials of the latest EPSA events such as the

33rd EPSA Annual Congress, the Summer University

as well as all the other events where EPSA has been

represented by its team and members. You will be

able to read amazing articles from our members,

professionals interviews, and so much more!

I would like to thank to all of those who have

contributed to this Newsletter, especially to Antnio

Valrio, our Design ofcer, who has design every single

page of this publication. Due to everyones effort the

EPSA Newsletter will reach, once again, all pharmacy

students around Europe!

Enjoy your reading!

Mariana Fris

EPSA Vice President of Public Relations 2010/2011

[email protected]

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Dear EPSA friends,

I am very happy to introduce you to the rst issue of

the EPSA Newsletter of the EPSA team of 2010/2011.

Each Newsletter created is the result of a lot of hard

work from several people, especially from the Vice

President of Public Relations and the Design Ofcer. Ican surely appreciate the work done by the VP of PR,

since I had this position last year. I would therefore like

to congratulate this years VP of PR, Mariana Fris, for

her rst edition of the Newsletter. I would also like to

thank each person that has contributed to the making

of this Newsletter, especially the regular members that

have dedicated of their time to give us an insight in

their experiences.

The EPSA team of 2010/2011 was elected

during the 33rd Annual Congress in Krakow in May this

year, and the vacant positions were lled during the

2nd Executive Meeting in Brussels in June. After some

rather radical changes in the EPSA structure were

approved in Krakow, the people elected to ll these

newly introduced positions have a big challenge with

shaping their tasks and visions for the coming years,

and it is very interesting to explore the potential of

these positions during this mandate. Last EPSA year

was a very fruitful year for our association in terms of a

strengthened professional image, and this years aim

is to focus on continuing this development, as well as

bringing forward our educational projects even more.We also want to get as close as possible to all our

members throughout the year.

I believe that the content of this Newsletter shows the

diversity of our association, from an article about the

Annual Topic of 2010/2011, a training article about

procrastination (apparently a very common problem

amongst pharmacy students), and also an introduction

of one of EPSAs newest member associations

ArmPSA Armenia.

This summer has been a very eventful, and you can

nd descriptions of the EPSA Summer University,

Leadership Summer School, the 2nd Parkinson

Summer School and the IPSF World Congress. The

EPSA team has also been present at several

professional events, and you will nd articles describing

the FIP congress and the EAFP conference.

The next EPSA event will be the 7th Autumn

Assembly in Helsinki in October, which will gather

almost 250 EPSA members for six days of developing

themselves as individuals, as well as EPSA as an

association. I am looking so much forward to experience

the EPSA Spirit again, which is so amazingly present

at these big events. But there are a lot of other ways of

experience the EPSA Spirit throughout the year. Take

part in one of our numerous and diverse projects for

example the TWINNET project or the Training project -

and you will understand what I mean.

Almost six months have passed since the elections

in Krakow, and the team has reached many goals

already with such an enthusiastic and skilled team

I am really looking forward to see what we will have

achieved by the end of this EPSA year. Our webpage

is going through some radical improvements, so visit it

often and check out the continuous updates. You can

now also follow the Teams activities through our new

Blog on the webpage.

Yours in EPSA,

Anette Aaland Krokaas

EPSA President 2010/2011

[email protected]

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33rd EPSA Annual CongressKrakw, Poland 2010

The 33rd EPSA Annual Congress took place this

year, in Poland, on the beautiful city of Krakw

between the 26th of April and the 2nd of May. The

topic of the congress was Patents, generics

and counterfeits facing the pharmaceutical

challenges of today.

photo:Eeva Ryynnen

Educational program consisted of two symposium

days, workshops and trainings. My personal favorite

was the workshop held by Paul de Roos which was

about developing oneself. It gave me new insights and

we really had fruitful discussions about the matter.

During this congress took place the 2nd Science Day

with poster presentation from students and young

graduates and Meet me Fair a poster competition

between members of EPSA on their national/local

activities. EPSA members were also invited to present

their posters about the EPSA Annual Topic.

Besides this, the 39th EPSA General Assembly was held

and many important decisions were made, namely, the

changes introduced in EPSA structure and the election

of the 34th EPSA Team.

One should also not forget the great parties in the

evenings where EPSA Spirit took over every participant.

We saw the coolest club in Krakow, tasted foods and

beverages from all over Europe, drank Polish beer and

raised money for the Support Fund.

During sightseeing we also saw the amazing Krakw

full of history! The Gala dinner was held, probably, in

the deepest place of EPSA history, the Salt Mine.

For me the congress gave also new perspectives

about EPSA because, for the rst time, I really felt Igot involved. I was honored to be one of the meeting

secretaries during General Assemblies - it gave me an

insight on how it is to be part of the team and made

me realize how huge is the work needed to keep things

running. Besides that, I attended HELP Campaign

Project with some other participants and some EPSA

team members. We dealt scarves and gloves to the

youth of Krakow in the Wawel Castle. The aim of the

campaign was to prevent smoking among European

youth.

Big thanks to Reception Committee which did a great

job making sure we all enjoyed our visit in Poland! And

to the EPSA team 2009-2010 that came up with a

great educational program!

See you in the second most important EPSA event of

the year 7th EPSA Autumn Assembly that will take

place in Helsinki, Finland!

Jenni Hirvonen

FiPSA, Finland


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EAFP Annual ConferenceCatania, Italy

Between the 24th and 26th of the past month of

June, the European Association of Faculties of

Pharmacy (EAFP) and all its members gathered

in Catania, a beautiful city in the island of Sicily,

Italy, to hold their Annual Conference, which topic

was Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Aspectsof Pharmacy Education: Learning Across Health

Professions.

EPSA was once again invited by EAFP to present

the students vision on the topic and to discuss with

academics from all over Europe the importance of Mul-

tidisciplinary Education and related areas in pharmacy

curriculum.

The Conference had a great variety of speakers,

going from pharmaceutical scientists to industrialpharmacists, passing through medical doctors and

biologists, which made this a unique event to discuss

how professionals from such different backgrounds

can collaborate in order to improve the outcomes for

the patient and to fulll the responsibilities of what being

an excellent healthcare professional is. Most of the

speakers presented to the audience a variety of good

examples of multidisciplinary collaboration in higher

education pharmacy institutions, either in pregraduate

and postgraduate education, such as the GIMMICS

project on Pharmacy Practice in Vrije Universitit

Brussel, the Masters in Pharmaceutical Engineering in

the Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Lisbon or the

Modular Pharmacy Education in the University of Oslo,

among others.

This event gathered also the Pharmine Consortium in

a joint meeting to discuss the path of the project and

further steps that should be taken. Anette Krokaas,

EPSA President and Aja Petrikova, EPSA HLM

represented EPSA in this meeting. There was also a

students session moderated by myself together with

some students from Catania that gave their views

on the Conference topic and presented the Italian

(namely the Catanian) pharmacy curriculum and its

pros and cons. From this students meeting resulted

a Statement of Opinion embraced by EPSA with some

recommendations for EAFP regarding the Conference

and its topics for the future in order to increase thestudents participation. EPSA also presented a poster

named Multidisciplinar Education in Pharmacy: are

students aware of its importance?, following a survey

carried online through all EPSA members and student

partners like EMSA, EDSA and IPSF.

Next year, the EAFP Annual Conference will be hold in

Lisbon and once again EPSA will take part on it. Well

keep you posted and we hope to meet you in Lisbon

in 2011, after the 34th EPSA Annual Congress for this

great event!

Joo Duarte

EPSA Vice President of Education 2010/2011

(EPSA also presented a Poster with the title MultidisciplinaryEducation in Pharmacy: are students aware of its importance? -

page nr 7)


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ArmPSA - ArmeniaMeet the newest member of EPSA

ArmPSA (Armenian Pharmaceutical Students

Association) was founded by pharmacy students

of the Yerevan State Medical University after

M.Heratsi in 2001 and in the same year it became

a full member of IPSF. ArmPSA represents more

than 300 pharmacy students. The main aims ofour organization is to ensure professional growth

of pharmacy students by organizing lectures,

scientic conferences, seminars and workshops

in the frames of Students Scientic Society

and Students Parliament of YSMU and arrange

practical training of students and young graduates

in domestic pharmacy facilities and abroad.

ArmPSA has long life in IPSF, but before 2009 we never

got the chance to meet EPSA. Fortunately, during that

year, I attended the 55th IPSF World Congress in Bali

where I met for the rst time some members of the

EPSA team. They explained me all the details and main

activities of EPSA. I was so excited about idea of being

a member of EPSA that decided to do my best to

realize this idea. The prime purpose of our organization

to work with EPSA was representation of ArmPSA in

an European level, promotion of exchange program

among Armenian pharmacy students and, of course,

to become a member of EPSA family and feel its spirit

everywhere in Armenia as well. The best chance for

us to join it was EPSA Autumn Assembly convened in

Genova, Italy. Our organization worked hard and made

a lot of effort to fulll all necessary requirements in due

course. Our rst EPSA AA was really unforgettable

and acquits itself. Our team represented ArmPSA in aproper way, on the result of which, ArmPSA Armenia

became a member of EPSA.

Becoming a member of EPSA was a very important

achievement for us. It was new stage for us through

which we had to go. Now we are feeling more special

because we overcame this obstacle ourselves. Of

course it is merit of our association because all over

the year we work very hard and put a lot of effort to

overreach all the goals and tops. This is the main

keystone of success and prosperity of our association.

Members of ArmPSA are very excited about new

exchange programs which are available now after joining

EPSA. We are looking forward to have twinnet project

with EPSA member-associations. ArmPSA guarantees

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industrial, community and University pharmacies which

gives great chance to everyone to get acquainted

with the attainments of modern pharmacy, as well aswith high professionalism of advanced and leading

Armenian pharmacy companies.

Besides educational programs, we will organize

amazing social activities as well. It is marvelous

opportunity for all of us to meet new people, to createstrong partnership, to get more experienced and just

to have fun!

I am very grateful to administration of my University

especially to the rector of YSMU Professor G.Kyalyan

for her big support, sponsorship and eternal help. I

want to say thank you to members of my organization,

especially to Maria Demirtshyan, for their excellent and

faithful work, for their huge sense of responsibility and

immense brainstorming ideas.

Now you know everything about ArmPSA Armenia and

we hope that our collaboration will last for many years.

We are grateful to all EPSA member-organizations and

Executive for the fact that they have given us such a

magnicent feasibility to become a part of EPSA family.

Anzhelika Makinyan

ArmPSA President


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EPSA 12th Summer UniversityBourgas, Bulgaria

Between the 18th and 24th July 2010, the

Bulgarian Reception Committee welcomed 240

pharmaceutical students from 19 European

countries to Bourgas, for the latest edition of

EPSAs Summer University.

That week, many quality lectures about marketing

were provided to the students, as well as workshops

and presentations of EPSA and its activities. The

participants also had the opportunity to discover some

of the hottest spots on the Bulgarian coast, such as

Sunny Beach, sightseeing in the old city of Nessebar

and Sozopol. Those who wanted to relax a little more

could stay at the fancy hotel, enjoying refreshing drinks

at the bar, playing ball in the swimming pool or

sun-tanning on one of the numerous white long chairs

by the pool.

At night, everybody was invited to get along with each

other in bars, party in the best nightclubs of the area,

and also enjoy the themed-nights prepared by the RC.

The Bulgarian night in the old village of Bata introduced

us to the nest Bulgarian traditions, including Bulgarian

cuisine and dances. Obviously, an EPSA Event would

not be the same without its now famous European

evening, during which every delegation bring their

own traditional drinks and food in order to share their

culture with the attendees. This year was no exception,

and the nest products were brought on tables for

everyone to taste.

The Gala dinner took place the last night at the hotel, and

the participants had the opportunity to dress fancily to

spend their last moments altogether. For the last time,

we shared a traditional Bulgarian meal, before heading

to the danceoor for another Muevelo and many other

traditional dances from Europe. However, the RC had

one last surprise for us, and as we left the dining room

and head near the pool, reworks illuminated the dark

sky, leaving everybody unforgettable memories of an

amazing week spent together.

For all of the new-born friendships and reunited ones,

for everything that we learned from the lectures and

from the other students, and for all of these everlasting

memories, on behalf of the 240 participants, I would

like to thank the RC for their hardwork, availability and

fun spirit

They revived EPSA Spirit, now it is our task to keep

it alive! Lets meet again in Helsinki for the next EPSA

Autumn Assembly in October!

Kelly Seng

EPSA Publications Ofcer 2010/2011


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2nd

Parkinsons Disease Summer SchoolLjubljana, Slovenia

Work hard, play hard - it is in every PDSS essence.

The second PDSS was not an exception! The 2nd

Parkinson Disease Summer School took place in

Ljubljana, Slovenia, between the 19th and 28th July

2010. Twelve students from 7 countries created

3 proposals for further research, made longlasting friendships, memories and professional

connections. The event was organised by EPSA,

ENSA, EMSA and EFPSA.

The daily morning walk from the student hostel until the

Neurology Department of University Medical Centre ofLjubljana made us aware on how refreshing summer

mornings actually are. This walk included crossing the

bridge over the Ljubljanica River, where looking on the

left one can see one of numerous small and tempting

bridges, and on the right a well-balanced set of willow

trees stretching their branches towards the calm water.

While arriving at the university, the swirl of brainstorming

sessions, mind mapping activities and time limited

tasks would begun. Twelve students from 7 different

countries worked on describing facts about Parkinsons

disease. First, the facts known to science, then the

unknown. The choice made lead us in the direction of

continuing summer journey into unexplored science

areas.

Healthcare students from different elds of expertise

were present Medicine, Pharmacy, Technical

Medicine, Physiotherapy and Molecular Engineering.They worked with accent on team spirit and collegiality.

Every morning there was pressure to nish one part of

the big nal task. Then, during the afternoon, lectures

were given by experts from Slovenia and abroad.

Experts reviewed current work and gave advice for the

next steps. Mutual advising, exchange of ideas and

creative and argumentative discussions were part of

students lives for 9 days. Paul de Roos, MD from The

Netherlands and the idea creator of the PDSS, Krzysztof

Nesterowicz, PhD student at the Faculty of Pharmacy

in Poland and Federico Pisanu, student at the Faculty

of Management Engineering in Italy, as trainers, guided

participants towards the nal goal. Three proposals

for research were created and evaluated by many

reviewers including medical professionals and patients

who received reports via Internet during the Summer

School. A nal presentation of research proposals was

transmitted in an online session and viewers were able

to ask questions in a live chat.

Next year, PDSS will be host in the Technical Medicine

Department, Twente University in Enschede, TheNetherlands. Its preparations have already begun,

there are lots of ideas, so I am warmly inviting everyone

who is interested to follow the website: www.parkin-

sonsummerschool.com.

Registrations will open in January 2011!

Vladimir Stojoev

Faculty of Pharmacy, Belgrade


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70th World Congress of Pharmacy and

Pharmaceutical SciencesLisbon, Portugal

As the very last few days of summer were passing,

Lisbon was hosting a scientic event of utmost

importance, the 70th FIP Congress (28th of August

2nd of September).

The International Pharmaceutical Federation is the global

federation of national associations of pharmacists and

pharmaceutical scientists, encompassing two million

pharmacists and scientists through its 124 Member

Organizations.

Therefore, it was only natural that EPSA team members

would want to be there for an enriching and rewarding

congress experience, as the organizers described it

would be. The EPSA executive was well represented,most of its members were present : Anette Aaland

Krokaas (President), Joo Duarte (Vice President of

Education), Katja-Emilia Lillsunde (Secretary General),

Mariana Fris (Vice President of Public Relations),

Sanziana Marcu (Vice President of External Affairs).

Other EPSA team members have also joined them:

Miguel Ribeiro (Parliamentarian), Raluca Negricea

(Parliamentary Council Member), Cristina Parau (Social

Services and Public Health Coordinator), Inkatuuli

Heikkinen (Training Coordinator), Bruno Marques

(34th EPSA Annual Congress RC Chairperson).

The congress venue was the Lisbon Congress Center

with lecture halls that hosted the scientic sessions,

but also an exhibition of pharmaceutical companies

and service providers to pharmacy and a poster

exhibition. The main theme of the congress was From

molecule to medicine to maximizing outcomes:

Pharmacys exploratory journey. In addition, sessionswith adjacent themes took place : From Sciences to

Practice, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Envisioning

and Preparing Future Practice, Pharmacy Education,

Meeting Specic need of patients and population,

Collaboration to ensure safety and efficiency of

treatments for patients, etc.

During the congress, events were organized especially

for young pharmacists and rst timers, so that rst time

visitors of the congress would easily integrate amidst

their colleagues. In consequence, FIP brought back

the First-Timer Mentor Programme, due to its success

from the previous year. Why is this programme so

successful? Which benets did it brought for the rst

timers? Congress Mentors are people who have

already attended the FIP Congress and are willing to

help the new participants to make the most out of their

rst experience. This is why rst-time participants were

paired with a Congress Mentor who would guide

them throughout their entire congress, introducing

them to both new and experienced attendees and

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The YPG (Young Pharmacists Group) offered a special

programme of scientic and educational events, forthe young pharmacists, consisting of the following

sessions : Contemporary challenges for the pharmacy

profession, Using clinical microbiology data to

improve anti-infective utilization at bedside, Trends

in community pharmacy debating the future of the

profession, Competence in pharmacies the role of

internships and lifelong learning and a workshop with

the theme : Dealing with special patients.

The philosophy leading the FIP Congresses is growth;

Growth in the pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacy

practice and how we as pharmacists, in the case being

future pharmacists, need to grow both personally

and professionally in order to meet the continuously

changing and evolving needs of the profession, the

society we live in and the global health care we are

part of. Fortunately, I had the chance to experience

this during the Congress in Lisbon, my rst congress,the rst of many more to come, as I am now proud

to be a newly registered member of FIP. In the year

2011, the 71st International Congress of FIP will

take place in Hyderabad, India and will focus on

Compromising quality and safety a risky path. FIP

will celebrate its Centennial from 3rd 8th of October

2012, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with the Dutch

Government hosting a Ministers Summit on Medicines

at this important occasion.

Lets meet in future FIP Congresses for a fruitful

experience, personally as well as professionally that willhelp us grow as individuals and most importantly as

professionals.

Raluca Negricea

EPSA Parliamentarian Council Member 2010/2011


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IPSF 56th World CongressLjubljana, Slovenia . 2-12 August 2010

After being the host of an amazing Leadership

Summer School in July, Ljubljana was one more

time in the centre of attention with the organisation of

the 56th IPSF World Congress, which gathered 300

world pharmaceutical students on August 2-12.

Right before the congress, some students had the

chance to attend the Leadership In Training program,

which was the fruit of a successful collaboration

between IPSF and EPSA trainers. Many topics such

as Team building, Communication skills, and Project

management were approached during these 4 days,

allowing the participants to learn designing their own

trainings as well as improving their personal skills.

Trainings were also part of the program of thecongress itself, which started with an amazing opening

ceremony in the castle of Ljubljana. During 10 days,

the participants had the opportunity to attend general

assemblies, various workshops, and trainings held by

the LIT attendees. An awareness campaign about the

Human Papillomavirus was also organised for the rst

time in a world congress. Bringing brochures, t-shirts,

badges and posters with them, participants went to

inform locals about the threat caused by the virus and

ways to prevent infection. The educational program was

not in rest with a very interesting two-days symposia.

Famous speakers were invited to give lectures and

workshops about leadership and gene therapy, such

as Ian Bates, member of the EPSA Board of Trustees.

Member associations also had the opportunity to

sit and discuss IPSFs future and projects, including

EPSA and IPSFs collaboration. It was decided that

both organisations would improve the communicationbetween them in order to facilitate the implementation

of their own projects in Europe, as well as considering

collaboration on similar projects. To reach this aim, an

EPSA/IPSF e-group was created, and the Executives

of both organisations agreed to have more joint

meetings. The outcomes of their discussions will serve

as a base for a new Memorandum of Understanding.

After working hard all day, everybody was invited to

relax and party at the best bars and clubs of Ljubljana.

The social program included the visit of Bled and its

famous lake, a typical Slovenian night, and the usual

Auction night, International night as well as the fancy

Gala dinner to close this amazing congress.

We wish good luck to the new IPSF Board, and look

forward to EPSA/IPSF brand-new collaboration!

Kelly Seng

EPSA Publications Ofcer 2010/2011


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EPSA Favourite LSHeaven Bereket

Why and how did you become LS for your

association? Since I can remember I have always been

interested in humanitarian projects and when I started my

studies at the University I also got my eyes open for other

questions, especially the ones about the quality of the

education. After a year commitment to the Pharmaceutical

Student Union (FaS) in Uppsala I ran in to a person called

Suzan Mahdi (I bet most of the people involved in EPSAknow her! ). She showed me what EPSA is all about and

had a genuine trust that I could contribute to changes. Short

after I joined Robert Sderbaum and Hanna Wrners in the

leadership of the team for Quatrino project and decided to

apply for LS in Sweden. I LOVE to meet people and get

easily excited over others cultures, traditions and to discuss

about the differences of the education system. In short, I

saw the huge opportunity by becoming LS for EPSA where I

could get inspired and lead it to other students. After a short

presentation about myself the SNAPS board voted for me

so here I am!

Have you held any positions earlier in your local/

national association or in EPSA?

LS is my rst position within EPSA. Earlier I have been IPSF

delegate for my local pharmaceutical Student Union at the

International Committee. By being a part of the International

committee I have been working close to all the international

and European affairs.

What did you do to promote EPSA to the students in

your country?

First thing I did was to start a facebook group to provide

updates as often I can and send messages. Recently, to get

the Swedish students know about EPSA and SNAPS I wrote

together with SNAPS treasurer, Sara Linderson, an article

about the association and the opportunities we can offer. An

article from the two Swedes (Haly Matii and Namer Michael)

who participated in the 12th EPSA Summer University will be

published in our magazine for pharmacists called Reptilen.

I also promoted EPSA events through personal contact so

a lot of effort has been talking to people during their lunch

breaks, etc. The new project is to upgrade the website whichwill be a good tool to reach our students.

In the future I hope we will organize an international event

in every local association where we can promote EPSA and

other associations.

What is your best experience from being a LS?

This is not an easy question to answer I will attend my

rst EPSA Autumn Assembly in Helsinki, Finland and from

the rumours I have heard, I am positive that it will be one

of the best experiences I will have as LS. The great thing

about being LS is that you gain so much from just being a

part of the skype meetings and to attend congresses. So farthe best experience I have is to be part of the Quatrino with

Portugal, Bulgaria and Turkey. The establishment of new

contacts has resulted to future cooperation and a lot of new

friends.

Are you planning to continue working in EPSA after

your LS mandate?

I would love to continue working for EPSA; There are still a

lot of things to do!! I am trying to start a new Quatrino project

and I am very interested in the Training Project. But I have

started my own humanitarian project about the rotavirus in

Africa. The project aims to train health workers, to provide

them medicines and hopefully, in the future, the vaccine.

This commitment will be a restriction on how much time I

can use for EPSA. But even without having a position or

function I will try my best to attend the events and share my

ideas and thoughts.

Asked by

Mariana Fris


Name:

Heaven Bereket

Country / Association:

SNAPS (Swedish National

Association of Pharmaceu-

tical Students) - SwedenUniversity:

Uppsala University

Year of studies: 3rd


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IMP Coordinator of the YearJaroslav Semerad

Jaroslav Semeradjoined IMP team in April 2010

and within 2 months already showed outstanding

results! He is the rst Czech IMP Coordinator and

also the rst one to provide a paid traineeship

opportunity to EPSA members in his country. The

new EPSA partner is Contipro Group which coversa wide range of products used in pharmacy and

cosmetics. EPSA team has chosen Jaroslav

Semerad as the IMP Coordinator of the year.

Jaroslav Semerad and Daniel Pecek

1. Why did you decided to join the IMP team?

I am the Vice-President of Brno students organisation.

I went to Slovenia for a last moment Erasmus and I

wanted to keep doing something for USF while I was

absent. IMP was quite stuck within USF and nothing

was really happening on this subject in my organization.

I was lucky that I already knew Jurij Obreza: We met in

Ljubljana, he introduced me to IMP and gave me tips

for the beginning.

2. What motivates you to work on this project?

After the meeting with Jurij, I realised that IMP project

is based on really good platform and that everything is

thought into details and hopefully has a good future.

The other thing that makes me happy is that I can

nally see some connection and application betweenour education and practice.

3. How did you nd your rst IMP placement?

It was four or ve years ago when I heard on radio an

interview with the owner of the company. Later on, due

to the fact that I remembered their products, I found

out what was the name of the company. Then, when

I arrived back in the Czech Republic, Contipro had an

exhibitor at a job fair in my faculty and I proposed them

our offer.

My colleague Daniel Pecek made also a list of few

other companies to whom we want to offer IMP.

4. Did you had some difculties arranging this

placement?

There were no real difculties, as mentioned above.

Fortunately, there were rather more lucky coincidences.

6. Is there someone helping you on the local level

of IMP work? If yes who is s/he and how is s/he

helping you?

Yes, the Past President of USF, Daniel Pecek, is

helping me and he did a really good job while we were

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7. Do you think that IMP partners would be

ready to pay for their traineeship candidatesdocumentation (e.g.: CVs), promotion and

EPSA member association services (e.g.:

accommodation provision, help with logistics

and formalities)?

This service is useful for the IMP partners, so I

think they would understand this step and take it

as a necessary support. Anyway, it will bring them

later bigger benets, if the promotion would be more

efcient.

8. What have you gained with IMP?

It opened my eyes to future possibilities and improved

my communication skills. I am glad that I am taking

part of it!

9. Do you think it is possible to nd your future

career through IMP?

Yes, from the communication with our IMP partner Iclearly see that it is possible. And I think that most of

the other partners will have the same approach and

will use this as a possibility to nd young and skilful

employees.

10. How do you see the future of IMP project?

IMP seems to me as a very perspective and useful

project. Lets say the motto could be Bringing

Pharmacy, Students and Companies together. Atleast what makes me even more optimistic about it

is that it is built on a good basis and already has the

appropriate infrastructure.

Asked by Jurij Obreza,

EPSA Vice President of Mobility 2010/2011


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3rd Leadership Summer SchoolLjubjana, Slovenia

Between the 16th and the 25th of July 2010 the

3rd Leadership Summer School (LSS), an event of

IFISO (the Informal Forum of International Student

Organisations), took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

This event was attended by 3 members of the

EPSA Executive (Anette Aaland Krokaas, President;

Guilherme Monteiro Ferreira, Treasurer and Mariana

Fris, Vice President of Public Relations), one EPSA

Ofcial (Inkatuuli Heikkinen, Training Coordinator) and

one EPSA Member (Anne Windfeldt, SOP Denmark).

EPSA was also represented by two past EPSA Team members that participated as Trainers of this

event: Louise Winnecke Jensen, Denmark, EPSA

Honorary Life Member, who was also the LSS Training

Coordinator, and Riccardo Hesse, Italy, EPSA Vice

President Partnership Development 2009/2010.

The LSS is a 10-days event where the leaders of many

international student associations gather to develop

their leadership skills and share their knowledge and

experience with the other participants and the trainers.

Each day included 8 hours of training covering several

topics, such as Feedback, Leadership Styles, Group

Dynamics, Facilitation, Presentation Skills, Conict

Management and Motivation. All the participants were

divided in groups on the rst day, and they had to work

as a team from then until the last day - where they

presented their nal work as a team in the end of a Case

Study Session. All the groups had a group facilitator,

an LSS Trainer. The opinion was unanimous regarding

the outcomes of these sessions: Participants had the

chance to develop their leadership skills, to learn more

about how to work efciently in a team, to understand

how a conict arises and how to solve it, how to be a

facilitator in a discussion, the most important guidelines

on how to give a public speech, what kind of tools youcan use to manage your time, etc.

An Organisational Fair took place on the 22nd of July,

where all the associations had the opportunity to

present themselves and their work, share their projects

and aims. Anette Krokaas, EPSA President, presented

EPSA to our colleagues and a small brochure of

EPSA and its work was handed out. After that, group

discussions to brainstorm on different topics provided

by the participants were formed. This session was

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On the same day, during the evening, a TEDx session

took place. 12 speakers had the chance to sharesome inspiring words with the audience and make their

voice heard. This was denitely a great session, very

inspiring and exceeded the expectations of everyone in

the audience. On the behalf of EPSA Team, Guilherme

Ferreira, gave a speech on Entrepreneurship.

As in any youth event there were also amazing

parties during this congress. A city tour and a visit tothe lakes Bled and Bohinj were also included in the

social program of this event. This was also a great

opportunity to experience and see all the beauty of

Slovenia. Besides this, the participants of LSS 2010

had the opportunity of taking part in a Flash Mob in

Ljubljana Shakiras hit Waka Waka was played in the

main square and everyone danced a choreography

learned during the event.

The receiver of the 2nd Sebastian Oltmanns Award was

announced on the last day of the event by the LSStrainers. Sebastian Otlmanns was a participant of the

rst LSS in 2008 and President of IAAS (International

Association of Students in Agricultural and Related

Sciences), but passed away on the 17th of May 2009. He

gave a lot to IAAS and to IFISO. This award is meant to

honor Sebastians memory as an extraordinary person,

with strong leadership skills as well as a deep interest

for other peoples wellbeing. In this 2010 edition the

awarded participant was Joost Brillemans (Salus), from

The Netherlands.

LSS was denitely a great event for all the participants.

I strongly recommend everyone to attend such an

event!

Mariana Fris



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Dealing with ProcrastionationTraining Project

Have you ever postponed any responsibility

for the other day? Do you have problems in

meeting deadlines? Maybe you will feel more

relaxed after reading this corner. Couple of

months ago I learned that Im not a bone lazy

guy as I thought but Im suffering from themedically acknowledged disease the pro-

crastination. What a relief! :-)

If there was no procrastination affecting our daily

lives, most of us would become a successful and

experienced graduates ready to get a highly paid job.

Apart from many other obstacles, the procrastina-

tion seems to be one of the most annoying one. Our

own fear is holding us back. An American self-help

advocate Wayne Dyer once stated: Procrastina-tion is one of the most common and deadliest of

diseases and it gives us an impression that having

the success and happiness is hard to achieve.

During our studies we mostly have to deal with

so-called academic procrastination. Most of my

co-trainers at TNT admit that the most difcult is

to overcome the procrastination not the given task

itself. How many times have you checked you e-mail

or skimmed walls of your friends on Facebook before

you started writing up a paper? And that is just a mildprocrastinating. Many of my friends get seriously

depressed from feeling useless because they are not

able to full their aims. The most important step to

overcome the procrastination is to GET STARTED!

During the TNT we performed an easy group exercise

to learn how to get rid of our procrastinating habits.

Imagine you have to hand a paper in a week and

you struggle to start writing up. Try to answer these

questions.

When is the deadline?

What is motivating and limiting me in nishing the

paper?

Divide your task into smaller chunks and write

these down.

What do I have to do before starting writing up?

Choose one activity from 3 and work on it forexactly ve minutes. Think how you reward

yourself after nishing it.

How would I like to entertain myself after handing

the paper?

How will I benet from nishing this task?

Step 4 is the deal breaker. If you nish your rst ve

minutes, you win! You have already started and there

is a solid chance that you will go on further. Another

vital aspect is developing a habit. Work on your task

in the same every day until you get used to it. In my

experience I like to use my paper calendar where I

write down all chunks I wrote down in No. 3. Each

day I enjoy scoring them out with a pen leaving just

a fully blacked box there. And nally make the area

where you work more comfortable: make yourself a

tea, play some calm music, etc.

Good luck guys! Stop being dragged by your

laziness! :-)

Daniel PecekTNT 2 Participant

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EPSA Annual Topic for 2010Pharmacovigilance Keeping our eyes openand our medicines safe

During the past two years, EPSA had two major

topics on what concerns the Pharmaceutical

panorama in Europe: Information to Patients,

in 2008-2009, and Drug Counterfeiting, in

2009-2010. When EPSA faced the time to

choose another topic, several ideas rose up but inthe end there was one of them gathering a large

consensus: Pharmacovigilance.

Now we need to ask: why Pharmacovigilance? Why

did the General Assembly opt for this topic, which is

not an easy one at all to explain to the students or to

trigger interest by itself? We believe we have some

answers for this question:

The Pharmaceutical Package, meaning the group of

laws and regulations that the European Commissionhas been analyzing for the past years, includes

three main branches of the Pharmaceutical practice:

information to patients, counterfeiting and phar-

macovigilance. Taking into account that two of the

three branches have been already discussed within

EPSA, now seems the right time to start discussing

the Package as a whole and see what do Pharmacy

students know and think about this.

Also on the professional side, most of the medicine

manufacturers and the industry in general has takena strong bet on Pharmacovigilance and drug clinical

safety. With this, new important changes and positions

starting appearing in the industry, such as the Qualied

Person for Pharmacovigilance (QPPV) or the Pharma-

covigilance Ofcer, which are nowadays also an option

of employment for students and young graduates in

the industry.

The strenghtning of the regulations and the creation of

new platforms like the EudraVigilance in the European

space are new opportunities to assure that the

relevant data from each country can be centralized

and rationalized in order to prevent adverse events

or to block unknown threats in a much quicker and

smoother way, improving the patients safety.

At the level of the Community Pharmacy, the role of

the Pharmacist regarding Pharmacovigilance is one ofthe crucial ones in the chain of safety. However, is the

population aware of the procedures and how important

it is to count with the Pharmacist or the Physician when

experiencing an adverse reaction? This is also that

needs a careful and thorough discussion.

These are the main reasons for choosing this topic.

We hope that we can count on you, your doubts andcontributions in order to clarify all the students about

this very important topic in Pharmacy.

Joo Eduardo Duarte

EPSA Vice President of Education 2010/2011


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TWINNET ProgramTWIN between Leiden and Geneva

The Royal Dutch Pharmaceutical Students

Association, the K.N.P.S.V. organises every year

a TWIN, an exchange between two groups of

pharmacy students in two European countries.

This year we had an exchange with students from

asep, Switzerland.

Leiden, 21 - 23 May 2010

On Friday, the 21st of May, ten Swiss and over thirty

Dutch (bio-)pharmacy students arrived at the Gorlaeus

Laboratory in Leiden, for the opening of the TWIN.

After the welcome speech there was an interesting

presentation about the Bio Science park (BSP), followed

by a tour around alongside the various biopharmaceu-

tical companies on the BSP. After a delicious lunch

it was time for a number of integration games! The

students were divided into different groups to compete

against each other in some traditional Dutch games.

The atmosphere was good and there was plenty

interaction between the students.

For our evening meal we went to Augustinus, one of

the students association of Leiden. In the evening we

enjoyed ourselves with SingStar, playing karaoke.

The next morning it was time for the symposium. First

we were told about the K.N.P.S.V. and the curricula

of the various studies in Leiden, Groningen and

Utrecht. The second part of the symposium focused

on oncology. Professor Noteborn and Professor Vande Water gave interesting lectures about new research

on cancer.

In the afternoon there was sightseeing in Leiden and

there was a cruise through the canals of Leiden. After

the boat trip it was time for the barbeque, with lots of

hamburgers, bacon and sausages. The day ended at

Club City Hall where we partied until the early hours in

the morning.

On Sunday it was time for departure. On to the next

weekend!

Geneva, 25 - 27 June 2010

After a twelve-hour bus ride thirty Dutch students

arrived in Geneva where we were warmly welcomed

by the Swiss students and enjoyed an interesting tour

around the Red Cross Museum. Next we headed to

our hostel, were we could rest for a bit. The hostel was

located in an old bomb shelter, which was a perfect

location for accommodating a large group of students.

In the afternoon we took a cable car to Mont Saleve

at 1100m altitude! We went up the mountain were we

had a breathtaking view over Lake Geneva and Mont

Blanc Massif. There we had a nice barbeque. Back in

the hostel we had a great party and the music stayed

on till late at night.

On Saturday there was a symposium planned. This

time we were told about the developments in the

curriculum of the Swiss pharmacy education and there

were a number of educational presentations about

counterfeit medicines.

The afternoon consisted of free time to explore thebeautiful city of Geneva. At dinnertime we enjoyed the

traditional Swiss raclette. After this feast we left by bus

for a great celebration. The next day we had to say

goodbye again.

We have established a good relationship with the Swiss

students, now being pursued through facebook. The

TWIN was very successful!

Annemarie Trapman

K.N.P.S.V. President 2010/2011


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46th EDSA Meeting22nd - 28th August, Amsterdam

The Summer meeting of the European Dental

Students Association (EDSA), traditionally joint

with the Association for Dental Education in

Europe (ADEE) was held between the 22nd and

28th August 2010 at the brand new building of

the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam(ACTA).

Participants from 40 dental schools were present at

the meeting presenting projects on the local level,

developing projects on the European and global levels,

fostering collaboration with professional organizations

and discussing common dental students issues.

The meeting was a great chance to become familiar

with new developments in dentistry. For the rst time

ever, the President of the American Student Dental

Association was present at the EDSA meeting.

Every year the main topic of the joint EDSA-ADEEmeeting is dedicated to a trend or some important topic

of dental education. This years meeting entited Digital

Dentistry- A Space Odyssey, taking place in new,

high-tech building was the opportunity for participants

to learn more about the digital support of dental

education, virtual reality technologies, ergonomics

in dentistry and participate in hands-on workshops.

Students could make virtual tooth preparations using

Simodont dental simulators and practice taking digital

impressions for dental restorations. In addition, there

was an exhibition of dental equipment, especially

equipment used in teaching.

Upon completion of production of EDSAs printed

publication Dental Guide Manual, providing contact

details and information about dental schools and

professional organizations throughout Europe, launch

of online interactive version of the manual is planned.

The new, digital manual will be connected with socialnetworks and should facilitate networking between

dental students and professionals. Another digital

project, announced by Croatian dental students for

spring 2011, is the 1st Virtual World Congress of Dental

Students that will gather dental students and teachers

from all over the world and give every dental student a

chance to present a scientic paper and be awarded.

Social part of the meeting programme included theme

parties and EDSA vision song contest during which

each country performs a song and dance.

During the Amsterdam meeting, the EDSA Executive

Committee for academic year 2010-11 was elected:

Maja Sabalic, Croatia (President), Matthieu Wipf,

France (Vice-President), Ana Stevanovic, Serbia

(Secretary General), Diarmuid Coffey, Ireland (Treasurer),

Cristina Diana Rizea, Romania (Magazine Editor) and

Dimitris Tatsis, Greece (Web Editor). Plans for 2011

include encouraging and supporting students active

involvement in research and volunteer work. New

projects will be directed towards usage of modern

technologies, innovation and sustainability.

The new EDSA Board looks forward to continuingcollaboration with EPSA and sending representatives

to EPSA Annual Congress 2011. Possible collaboration

include exchanging experiences of setting up volunteer

project in Africa and sending volunteers to missions in

Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon as well as in the eld of

student mobility, organizing soft and hard skills training

for members of EPSA and EDSA teams.

Maja Sabalic

EDSA President 2010/2011


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IMP Placement TestimonialOne adventure at GlaxoSmithKline in London

Looking back one year ago, I would never have

thought that Id be in London working within the

headquarters of one of the biggest pharmaceutical

companies in the world. I had just nished University

and I was entirely clueless as to what I wanted

to do in life. However, one thing was for sure. Idenitely wanted to travel and experience living life

abroad. And when EPSA provided me with that

opportunity I was entirely ecstatic!

The GSK IMP placement is quite an interesting

position. It is an internship level job within the European

Consumer Healthcare Sales Team at the GlaxoS-

mithKline Headquarters in London. In short, the area

in which the placement is based in is Consumer

Healthcare. Consumer Healthcare deals with the

more commercial products such as over-the-counterdrugs and oral health care products. Honestly, my rst

day at the job I had no idea what I would be doing

for the next couple of months. It was such a scary

thought for a Pharmacist coming from a background

of dispensing drugs to old ladies to suddenly forming

part of a Consumer Healthcare Sales team! However,

after a couple of weeks, I started to settle down. The

Sales team is such a great team that its difcult not

to feel at home with them! Also, I was happy to be

learning so many new skills. In general, my job involves

assisting the Sales Team with their projects, forexample by working on Sales reports, extracting data

from intelligence sources, attending Project meetings,

be involved in the discussions etc.

One big advantage of this placement is that it is set

in London! London is such a vibrant, multi-cultural

city and its worth to have experienced living here.

You get to meet people from many different countries

(OK, so maybe not as many as you would at an EPSA

International Evening!). There is also quite a diverse

night life scene and its a really great place for theatre

and shopping! The best thing about London is that it

is a big city which provides many opportunities where

you can meet new friends.

Personally I have never regretted my decision to

participate in this IMP placement. I believe that

experiencing work abroad gives you a really good startto your career. Also, most importantly, it makes you a

stronger person as you get out of your comfort zone.

I would denitely recommend to anyone with a strong

sense of adventure for life and travel to give it a try and

apply for these IMP placements!

Ruth Gatt

IMP Trainee at GlaxoSmithKline, London


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EPSA Executive Contacts

EPSA President

Anette Aaland Krokaas

[email protected]

EPSA VP of Education

Joo Duarte

[email protected]

EPSA Secretary General

Katja-Emilia Lillsunde

[email protected]

EPSA Treasurer

Guilherme Monteiro Ferreira

[email protected]

EPSA VP of Public Relations

Mariana Fris

[email protected]

EPSA VP of Mobility

Jurij Obreza

[email protected]

EPSA VP of External Affairs

Sanziana Marcu-Lapadat

[email protected]

EPSA Ofce

Rue du Luxembourg 19-21,

1000 Bruxelles,

BELGIUM

[email protected]


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