ipsf newsletter #86 - spring blossom

8/7/2019 IPSF Newsletter #86 - Spring Blossom

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Hello dear IPSFers,It is once more with real pleasure that my team and I edited thisnewsletter, number86. Once more we offer an edition full ofinteresting news from different areas of IPSF. I really hope youwill enjoy going through these pages. I would also like to usethis little corner to ask you if you already booked your flight forthe IPSF World Congress in Thailand! If you are a pharmacystudent you are more than welcome to attend this event. Moreinfo is available at www.ipsf2011.org. I definitely hope to meetyou there, in Hat Yai!

Hugs BastienVenot

IPSFChairpersonofMediasandPu

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Dear IPSFers,

It is a great pleasure to introduce you to this edition of the IPSF

Newsletter. In this edition you will find news from behind the

scenes in the Federation, as well as learn what IPSF is

preparing for you. I would like to thank everyone who was

involved in preparing this edition of the IPSF Newsletter,especially Bastien Venot, IPSF Chairperson of Media and

Publications. I know that you will enjoy reading!

In addition to our usual duties we have recently been trying to

make the work of the Federation more effective and move IPSF

towards a brighter future. Our team began creating the mid-term

strategy for the Federation, which our successors should

continue in the upcoming years in order to ensure continuity of

work and to move the Federation into a position of being one of

the well known, respected associations in the healthcare field.

We have also tried to strengthen our relationship with ourpartner organizations to make IPSF a more respected name.

The sponsorship strategy was developed in order to bring more

money into the Federation so that we can afford to have more,

high quality projects in the future. I hope that this initiative will

take the name of the Federation to the next level and ensure

that the voice of pharmacy students will be heard everywhere.

As the future of our profession, we should take the initiative and

vocalize our wishes and needs. We are the ones who should

form the profession where we will be working. With our

enthusiasm and energy we can bring change to our career. IPSFis the best platform in which to make a difference. Tell use what

you desire and I can promise we will make the student voice

heard!

Yours in IPSF,JanRderIPSFPresident

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2-3 Young

Pharmacist

Group

4 Essay Call

5 EMRO Ask Your

Pharmacist

6-7 EPSA Updates

8-9 Moving On II

10-11 Public Health

Updates

12-13 Stop TB Essay

14-15 SEC Meeting

15 Internal

Relations

Corner

16 IPSF Tribute to

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Dear IPSFers,

Let me introduce you the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and especially Young

Pharmacist Group.

Who we are

YPG is the network of young pharmacists within theFederation that gathers all the pharmacists in the world. FIP

Members who are under 35 years of age or who graduated

from pharmacy school less than 5 years ago qualify to

participate in the FIP Young Phamacists' Group - you are

automatically a member FREE OF CHARGE with your FIP

membership!

Networking

Our YPG members can be found everywhere in FIP. FIP has two boards the Board of

Pharmaceutical Science (BPS) and the Board of Pharmaceutical Practice (BPP). Both of the boards

are divided according to members interests. We communicate with our members via a platformcalled the members-only discussion forum. Moreover, there are pharmacists associations in the

world who are members of their pharmacy chambers and therefore members of FIP. These young

pharmacists pass information on to their colleagues.

Structure

The YPG Steering Committee is the leadership group of

YPG, similar to IPSF Executive. There are four members of

Steering Committee in YPG. President, Projects

Coordinator, Working Group Coordinator and Public

Relations Officer. The business of YPG is conducted during

the annual business meeting held during the FIP Annual

World Congress. All YPG members present at FIP Congressare invited to participate in the business meeting. The

Working Group Coordinator has the group of experienced

YPGers who help with the documentation for YPG.

Communication

YPG produces an e-newsletter several times per year, which is distributed to the members via the

discussion forum. This year we are releasing a translated version for the first time into Arabic, French,

Spanish and Portuguese. Also, you can read more about us at FIP pages as well as attend the

congress sessions where we are partners for the session or we lead session

ourselves.

FIP CongressFIP Annual Congress is a great way for students to get involved with FIP-

YPG. At Congress, YPG and IPSF hold joint social events (including an

international evening), and share similar interests and focus for educational

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sessions. YPG helps the transition from being a student to a qualified

pharmacist and helps to make FIP more welcoming and less intimidating.

Every YPG member has been a student recently so, we understand

student needs and in addition to the challenges of being a new

pharmacist.

The YPG has proposed programming for FIP Annual Congress in

Hyderabad, themed Generics and the patient experience: The

pharmacist's role in ensuring safe and effective medicines use. YPG is

looking for practitioners and scientists to provide education on this

important topic for patient care. Other programming includes: Your

career in Industrial Pharmacy - From drug development to drug

distribution, Trends in Community Pharmacy Debating the future of the

profession: Forum for policy makers; Competition for the best oral

industrial presentation [Short Oral Communications]; Developing young

academics through networking and mentoring.

Prizes and awardsFIP brings the opportunities to young pharmacists also via grants and prizes.

YPG Professional Innovation Grant (a project set in partnership with the FIP Foundation for

Education and Research). The Grant consists of 1000 for the implementation of a project by a

young pharmacist/pharmaceutical scientist. Projects can stem from any field of pharmacy (pharmacy

practice, pharmaceutical science and/or pharmacy education) but should directly or indirectly benefit

or improve health of communities and demonstrate the value-add of pharmacy on health. Pending

the acceptance of a project report, the Grant recipient may additionally be awarded a fully-paid trip

to attend the Centennial FIP Congress in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in September 2012.

Mike How Travel Award (created in 2007 by the Industrial Pharmacy Section (IPS) of the

International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). The Mike How Travel Award is granted to youngpharmacists or pharmacy students who have shown keen interest and passion for Industrial

Pharmacy. The award consists of an amount of up to 1000 Euros to be used in support of transport,

accommodation, and registration for the annual FIP

Congress, free attendance to the IPS workshops at

the FIP Congress, where applicable and free

attendance to the IPS Section dinner at the FIP

Congress

Leadership opportunities

Within YPG it all starts! Your professional career

growth is in your hands. There are leadership

opportunities within FIP and you may start with Young

Pharmacists Group. Feel free to contact us at

[email protected] for further information. We will be happy

to help you find your way to international pharmacy.

Young Pharmacist Group

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Aim of the call:

This venture of IPSF aims at identifying and encouraging

potential successful pharmacists at an early stage of their

careers to be provocative, idealistic and passionate about their

thoughts towards pharmacy profession.

Call description:

IPSF is inviting all you enthusiastic students and recent

graduates to share your knowledge, opinions and views on any

one the following topics:

- Pharmacy in My Generation's Perspective'

- How my education has prepared me/helped me to become a

pharmacist?

- How does pharmacy save lives in my country?

Through these topics, we are expecting you to pen down your

unique opinion about pharmacy as a profession in your

perspective and unique analysis of how you would justify it asbeing diverse and novel from the previous generations. A

detailed overview of transition of various phases would provide

a base for mapping the transition. Also, it is very important to

include your outlook towards the future of our profession and

your thoughts for improvising the current trends you mention in your essay. It is important also

to have references in your essay.

Prizes:

The prize is finalized as being 1 free registration, air fare, visa, and accommodation to the Eastern

Mediterranean Pharmaceutical Symposium (EMPS) in Mid-July at Doha, Qatar. For more

information, please visit http://www.emps2011-ipsf.org/Prof. Ian Bates has agreed to publish your essay in PEJ. (PEJ is a peerreview journal and open

access to all http://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/, register for free and you will be able to access all

the articles published.)

Collaboration:

IPSF is collaborating with FIP WHO UNESCO Pharmacy Education Taskforce (PET). Once you

have submitted your essay, an IPSF executive member and a PET representative; Prof. Futter

along with the IPSF Chairperson of Pharmacy Education, will choose the winner of this call and

forward it to Prof. Ian Bates, the Editor-in-Chief of the Pharmacy Education Journal (PEJ) who

would suggest some minor edits for the essay to be able to be published.

For the authors:

In order to make sure that your essay is chosen and possibly the winner, check the following

guidelines - http://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/for-authors/

Deadline:

Email Word document (2003/2007/2010) by May 1, 2011 00:00 (GMT+0) to [email protected]

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AYP CAMPAIGN AND SURVEY

Review:

Ask Your Pharmacist (AYP) is a project recently initiated

by IPSF EMRO. The campaigns goal is to increase the

percentage of well-informed patients who are diagnosed

with one of the following common diseases: diabetes,

hypertension, and arthritis. We aim to go public, to changethe conception that a pharmacist is just a drug seller. The

AYP campaign is aiming to extend that to a much stronger

description and role. The new slogan we want is

Pharmacist for counseling, dispensing, and promoting

public health.

AYPs mission is to give patients with various diseases (acute and/or chronic) an opportunity to

ask questions about their conditions, to receive professional advice for a better understanding of

their condition and to achieve an optimal lifestyle. Patients will also have to fill out a questionnaire

with certain questions indicating certain diseases. The final data will be shared withnational/international health organizations.

AYPs program:

1- This event is designed to last for 4 days and 3 nights, excluding the students training sessions.

2- The recommended training period for volunteers is 2-3 days.

3- The AYP campaign is expected to be carried out during the period of mid March 2011-mid June

2011.

If your association would like to take the opportunity to be one of the initiators of this project during

the pilot stage and have your members professionally trained for this project by IPSF EMRO, do

not hesitates to contac the IPSF EMRO Regional projects Officer: Mr. Nimer Alkhatib through thisaddress: [email protected].

Stay tuned, the best is yet to come.

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Dear IPSF friends,

The biggest threat of the development of any students association is the big turnover of the people

involved in the boards. I believe that development of an association is crucial in order for the members

to continuously gain from being part of it. Throughout this year, EPSA has shown that great things

can be accomplished even in only one year. EPSA has developed in many areas, and I am proud tobe able to tell you what has been going on recently.

The most recent EPSA event was the EPSA Annual Reception (AR) held in the European Parliament

in Brussels on the 28th of February this year, with the topic The pharmacist of tomorrow Developing

new roles to meet professional challenges. The event was

hosted by MEP (Member of Parliament) Oana Antonescu. Du-

ring this event, the EPSA team has the opportunity to present

the development achieved during the current mandate to pro-

fessional associations, stakeholders, other students' associa-

tions and, of course, to our members - European pharmacystudents. EPSA also offered a very interesting panel discus-

sion with representatives from main European pharmacy as-

sociations (Community Pharmacy, Faculties of Pharmacy,

Hospital Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy and Student repre-

sentative from EPSA). Mr Jrgen Tiedje, from DG Internal Mar-

ket of the European Commission, gave a presentation on the revision of the Directive on Recognition

of Professional Qualifications, in which the results of the revision will potentially have impact on the

way the recognition of pharmacy diploma will be carried out in Europe.

The Annual Reception attracted several guests representing main European institutions and asso-

ciations, and there were also several EPSA members present. In total over 80 guests attended the

AR. The event is considered to be a great success for EPSA.

The newly created Educational Board in EPSA is really showing results these months. New projects

have been created, and the already existing projects have been growing.

oBIGsity, an anti-obesity campaign, has just been released from

the Public Health and Social Services section of EPSA. The oBIG-

sity project aims to make people aware of the increasing rate of obe-

sity cases. We believe that both students and people in general

should know the consequences of this condition, and most impor-tantly, how to prevent it. The main days of this campaign was 22th

- 24th of February, and some member associations are organising

it these days. EPSA provided the promotional and informational ma-

EPSA - an association moving forward


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History

Prof. Ian Bates and Dr. Catherine Duggan conceptualized the

Moving On projects in 2001. Moving On is a part of IPSF

efforts in collaboration initially with The School of Pharmacy,

University of London in improving the pharmacy educationsystem globally and highlighting the prospects for

improvement in the education fields. It was initiated in 2001

at the 47th IPSF World Congress in Cairo, Egypt. And series

of three projects were pursued:

Moving On I Academic mobility 2002-03

Moving On II The student learning experience 2004 onwards

Moving On III Migration intentions of pharmacy students 2004-05

Moving On II

"Moving On II" allows world-wide comparisons of the learning experiences of students enrolled inpharmacy programs. It is the first to make international comparisons in the field of pharmacy

education and is the largest study of its type to date. Data collected will be used as a tool for

education advancement. Students have a voice that can be responsible for shaping their future.

Engaging with associations is one way to be heard.

Rationale for development of MO II

Change is constant in the field of education. There is much interest in the evolution of pharmacy

education as health policy world-wide becomes more focused on extending the roles of pharmacy

practitioners. Curriculum revamping every few years is very essential, and keeping the concerned

department abreast of all the updates to lead to an effective curriculum design and delivery. This

project is focused on comparing students learning experience globally, determine studentsaspirations and provide evidence that would aid in bringing about potential changes and open the

doors for scope of improvement.

Aims

1. To determine pharmacy students perceptions of their learning experiences and quality of

education;

2. To compare and contrast learning experiences of students enrolled in pharmacy degree and

diploma programs (that would lead to the attainment of a pharmacist license) across the world;

3. To examine the quality of education from students perspectives.

Work / Results achieved so far with the 2010/2011 online survey

Up to the 15th of March 2011, 767 replies were gathered from 53 countries. The Graph 1 shows the

number of replies from each participating country, the black line means 25 replies.

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Graph 1 - Distribution of participants globally.

Methods

Pharmacy students have been completing the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) togetherwith additional items about demographics (age, gender, part-time work, country and university of

study), since 2004. Until 2008 10,000 students have shared their learning experiences and in

2010/2011 767 students have replied to the online survey, so far. After submitting their views on the

online survey, the results will be analyzed with a statistical software packaged called SPSS and

published in a journal of the field.

Future goals

Future work will include obtaining replies from a more representative group of students from each

pharmacy course in universities around the world. In order to provide a more complete and reliable

dataset and to clarify some of the issues that have rose from the data so far.

Continuing MO II

To strengthen the process of data analysis and create robust conclusions that would aid in curriculum

development, we have re-launched this project headed by Andreia Bruno (FIP Pharmacy Education

Taskforce, [email protected]) and Francisco Pereira (IPSF Moving On Coordinator 2010-11,

[email protected]).

The survey is available as an online version to make it easier and simpler. If you would like to

participate again or the first time please click on the link - http://bit.ly/g9KtwO

Tell us how you feel about your learning experience, what you think it can be different, what you like

to see in a near future... Remember that the students of today will be the pharmacists of tomorrow!Grab the IPSF experience and be change-makers!

DimpleModi

IPSFChairpersonofPharmacyEdu

cation

AndreiaBruno

FIPProjectResearchCoordinator

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Public HealthWe have successfully added three members to the

committee. We are also in the process of publishing the

semi-annual newsletter, and the next task will be to get

the ACDC website up and running. Sections of the web-

site will be given to committee members to work on, andI will be working to have it completely finished by 30

April 2011. In addition, I am working on creating an on-

line CE course pharmacists can take for credit towards

keeping their licenses current. This is a long, compli-

cated process, but I am hoping to have it coordinated

with either APhA or ASHP by this summer.

Shortly after the congress, my subcommittee and I started to prepare for World AIDS Day

(WAD). This also means the preparation of the HIV/AIDS campaign kit. The kit is composed

of a number of different publications, which include posters, fact cards, a step-by-step cam-paign booklet, myths and facts cards, and of course, the IPSF Worldwide WAD Project- the

Human Ribbon Project.

It wasnt until the 1st of November that the entire campaign kit had been prepared in addition

to the pre-campaign newsletter. This kit has been sent to the CP and VIP group already. There

were a total of 16 countries that requested the campaign kit. On the 1st of December, World AIDS Day took

place. Up to this point, we have received a total of 10 activity reports from our IPSF members. The post-cam-

paign newsletter has been prepared since January and is already published. For the rest of the year, due to

personal issues, I will be restarting my work on the database in April. Additionally, it is worth mentioning that

the preparations for the IPSF Congress have already been started. Finally, I would like to thank everyone

who organized an HIV/AIDS campaign this year, and a special thanks goes to Sharon, who has been a great

support in organizing the campaign kit. However, my subcommittee, especially Lina, shall not be forgotten.Without you, I would not have been able to get eve-

rything done in time!

As the TB coordinator, I have been preparing the Pre TB newsletters and campaign kit, which are to be used

for campaigning and awareness purposes. I formed a TB subcommittee to support the cause. The subcom-

mittee has worked with me to prepare the TB newsletters, drafts, official invitations, campaigning strategies

and the TB video, which is a work in progress that will be used for general

public awareness after approval by the Public Health Committee for World

TB Day on March 24th, 2011. In the upcoming 6 months of my 1-year term

as TB coordinator, post-campaign work has to be done, documents and

reports need to be collected, compiled, prepared and submitted on time.

Also, the maintenance of the database and a systematic hand over of do-

cuments will be done for the future TB coordinator

so that our successors can have the advantage of

our work too.Jasmit SinghTuberculosis Awareness CampaignCoor

dinator 2010-11

[email protected]

ChristineCooper

Anti-CounterfeitDrugCampaignCoordinator2010-11

[email protected]

JohannaWalzHIV/AIDSAwarenessCampaign Coordinator

2010-11

[email protected]


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Public Health

The Healthy Living and Diabetes Awareness Campaign was launched on No-

vember 14th, 2010 and associations from all over the world showed creativity

and interest in BRINGING DIABETES TO LIGHT. Different audiences were

reached and the goal of spreading awareness around the world through

pharmacy students was achieved.Different ideas were developed by the marvelous teams working on the cam-

paign, they include the following:

Awareness sessions were held- Information tents were set-up

Blood sugar levels were measured- BMRs were calculated

Human blue rings were photographed

Public and pharmacy student awareness was increased through the use of fliers, posters, banners

and booklets.

Each and every member of all the teams around the world gave their time and effort to deliver the

message. Now, you may ask, whats next?

We are excited to announce the publication of our post World Diabetes Day (WDD) campaign news-letter, coming soon! Watch out for this upcoming publication and learn more about what happened

for WDD 2010. In addition, since most of the members involved in the awareness campaign will be

gathering for the IPSF Congress 2011, we are excited about our upcoming congress workshop and

what we can do together to support diabetes patients.

Please feel free to email [email protected] should you have any suggestions

for the upcoming congress workshop.

My goals and plans:

1. Make a Tobacco Alert Team (IPSF): I have 6 friends on my Tobacco Alert Team:2. Introduce the Tobacco Alert Campaign:

3. Start a pre- and post- event media campaign: Not yet, but we are preparing for it now.

4. Initiate and maintain a database: In progress

Plans for the rest of the year:

1. Increase the communication with the tobacco team.

2. Prepare and publish the campaign kit, as well as the pre-media campaign.

3. Increase communication with the Chairperson of Public Health to prepare for the upcoming campaign.

4. Ask the subcommittee to make their own team to do their job, it will be helpful for them and future tobacco

campaign teams.

5. Find as much information as I can about World No Tobacco Day, from WHO, other websites, etc.

6. Prepare the campaign for Thailand Congress (after I get confirmation).Plans for upcoming projects:

1. Campaign kit (done in February 2011)

2. Pre-campaign newsletter (3 April 2011)

DwiRuthKurniasih

TobaccoAlertCampaignCoo

rdinator2010-11

[email protected]

FedaaMoussaHealthyLivingandDiabetesAwa

renessCoordinator

[email protected]


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Stop TB Essay

Pharmacists Role in the Management of Tuberculosis

As health care practitioners, there is a great need to heed the words of Dr. Giuliano Gargioni, We

have a great responsibility to people with tuberculosis all over the world. Every step we take should

be a step towards ending all deaths from tuberculosis. Indeed, tuberculosis (TB) is a worldwide

problem. It ranks as the eighth leading cause of death in low- and middle-income countries; among

adults aged 1559, it ranks as the third cause of death. Pharmacists have a key role in addressing

TB and its elimination. Specifically, pharmacists are crucial in the prevention, early detection, and

treatment of tuberculosis worldwide. They are also educators and advocators for their patients in the

overall management of TB.

Prevention is ideal in dealing with any disease due to the decreased long-term costs to the healthcare

system and improved patient outcomes. When it comes to tuberculosis, pharmacists can stress theimportance of simple, non-pharmacological measures to decrease transmission such as coughing

or sneezing into the elbow or sleeve rather than into the air or the hand during their everyday

interactions with patients. With regards to pharmacological therapy, pharmacists work with patients

and other health care practitioners to instigate Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT). IPT can decrease

the risk of TB by 33% overall and by 64% when targeted to people living with HIV who have had a

positive tuberculin skin test. Since pharmacists are often the first point of contact for people with

symptoms of TB, they can monitor adherence in patients on IPT and assess their signs and

symptoms on a regular basis to see if they correspond with active tuberculosis. In this aspect, they

are integral in the early detection of TB.

Drug therapy counselling to all patients in the provision of patient-centred care is within the scope of

all pharmacists practice, including patients receiving anti-TB medications. If a patient has contracted

tuberculosis, pharmacists can provide detailed care plans explaining drug therapy, and monitoring

for each individual patient.

Pharmacists should be knowledgeable about tuberculosis and its treatment and be able to advise

accordingly. Furthermore, pharmacists have the niche in being able to answer drug interaction and

adverse reaction questions especially with anti-retroviral therapy medications if patients have HIV

as a comorbidity. Educational points should always include ways to minimize transmission as an

estimated 3040% of people with close exposure to tuberculosis will become infected, and someone

with untreated tuberculosis is predicted to infect 1015 people per year. The general population

should be encouraged to decrease contact with people infected by TB and patients who have

tuberculosis should limit their exposure to other immunocompromised patients.


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Besides prevention and educating patients on treatment options, another vital part of managing

tuberculosis and its resistance is ensuring adherence to regimens through monitoring. Pharmacists

can do so via administering directly observed treatment (DOT) short-course therapy for patients living

in their community. They can also assess adherence at least once a month through patient interviews

and pill counts in areas where urine analysis en masse cannot be done. If non-adherence is noted,

pharmacists can build a rapport with the patients, find the barriers to adherence and address them

accordingly. For instance, patients should be advised of the potential adverse effects commonly

associated with the anti-TB medications in their regimen. If the patient does encounter any of these

side effects to a disruptive degree, they should be advised to report them but not stop the medications

abruptly as some of the adverse effects are transitory. Through ongoing discussions with patients,

pharmacists can re-iterate and educate patients on the importance of meeting drug therapy

guidelines regarding the dosing, and duration of therapy for each individual patient.

Related to patient education is the promotion of public awareness and advocacy for increased access

to treatments of tuberculosis. The former is critical in reducing the stigma of diagnosis and

encouraging early care-seeking behaviour by patients. This will lead to better patient outcomes ona global scale. The latter is especially critical in areas that are hardest hit by this unique disease;

Africa and Asia. In these parts of the world, barriers to effective and appropriate care of patients with

TB include a lack of facilities for diagnosis, lack of skilled health care providers, and limited or no

drug therapy access. Pharmacists must advocate for timely and appropriate access to anti-TB

medications irrespective of their location of practice and on behalf of their patients and community

as a part of the overall management of tuberculosis.

In summary, pharmacists are key players in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis through

promoting and monitoring adherence, and educating patients and the general public about disease

control and prevention. During drug therapy, they must work with the patient and other health careproviders to monitor for effectiveness, adverse effects, and drug interactions based on each individual

patient. On a day to day basis, pharmacists must advocate for their patients to ensure rational use

of medications by those who need it, in a timely manner.

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Clark, P. et al. Effect of pharmacist-led patient

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Gargioni, G. December 17th, 2010. End-of-year statement from Dr Giuliano Gargioni, Executive Secretary a.i. of the

Stop TB Partnership. Available from http://www.stoptb.org/news/stories/2010/ns10_065.asp. Accessed 19 December

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Stop TB Essay

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Lets talk about SEP!From March 13th-18th, the Student Exchange Committee Meeting was held in Den Haag, the

Netherlands. The FIP office played host to the Chairperson of Student Exchange, Melissa Teo

(Australia), Blint Toth (Hungary), Slavia Stojkovi (Serbia), Kerstin Heyder (Germany), Milanka

Marunic (Serbia), Ilse Bollen (The Netherlands) and Elena Fasniuc (Romania).

On our agenda was a discussion about the

importance of regional SEOs in SEP. We had a

thorough discussion and believe that utilizing members

of SEC to assist in proving SEP in each region may be

useful. However, this matter will be further discussed

with SEOs and the Regional Working Groups before

presentation to the General Assembly in Thailand.

Another topic in the agenda was the SEP database,

and the issues that have been identified so far are going

to be clarified. Starting next year, we are introducing

and enforcing Quality of SEP by including it in the IPSFofficial documents, whereby students must complete a

minimum number of working hours during their

exchange. Also, because our aim this year is to have

more than 800 exchanges, we will find a way to reward

you for growth in your association.

This week we also talked about the SEP grant recipients. Their names have been confirmed.

We h0pe they have a great exchange wherever they go. Regarding the Application Form Reallocation

Project, SEOs already received the results.

A new collaboration will soon be established

between the European Law Students Association

(ELSA) and IPSF. This project will prove to be a new

cornerstone for IPSF. More information will be available

soon.

We also talked about the PJT (Pharmaceutical

Japan Tour) held this year in February in Tokyo, Japan.

The other SEC members were really happy with the

participants impressions and will suggest to the RC tocontinue to run this tour every year if possible.

Additionally, new member countries or those who are not

able to run SEP yet are more than welcome to organize

such tours.

SEC Members that attended the Meeting

Grandma and Grandpa of SEC gave

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Lets talk about SEP!After the conclusion of the meeting, we made plans to visit Sin City-Amsterdam. We explored

the Amsterdam city center and the Red Light District. The weather was really nice and we had the

chance to take a lot of pictures. We also had the opportunity to visit Leiden, the city where Ilse Bollen

is currently studying. We were invited to meet the local pharmacy student association and were

delighted for the introduction. Thank you Ilse! Whats more is that we were the last people to stay in

the IPSF flat. The Execs are already searching for a new one.

Yours in IPSF,

Viva la pharmacie!!!

Dear IPSFers,

The first ever IPSF Contact Persons online meeting was held at the end of March. It was a great

opportunity to communicate with all of the members, to share ideas and discuss very important topics

in IPSF. More than 30 COs were divided into three groups due to time zones.

The proposed agenda:

1. CP Introduction

2. Association Updates

3. Communication and activity reports: IPSF webpage, IPSF

Facebook page, IPSF e-groups4. The 57th IPSF Congress: registration, official delegates,

communication with RC

5. The second executive meeting

CPs ideas, recommendations and suggestions

6. Any other business

Meeting outcomes were presented during the 2nd executive meeting.

Opinions from our members can really direct our work and improve every

segment of IPSF. Communication via messages on e-groups mostly consist of sharing activity

reports, informing about important events and projects.The Skype meeting showed that live

conversation is very important in IPSF networking.I am looking forward to the next Skype meeting. I would really like to encourage all CPs to attend it,

and to meet friends worldwide while actively participating in IPSF work.

Your sincerely,

ElenaFasniuc

IPSF Internal Relations

VladimirObradovic

IPSFChairpersonofIntern

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Just before Christmas, on 18 December 2010, the IPSF community was shocked and saddened to hear

about the sudden death of IPSF Honorary Life Member Jos van der Zandt. Jos suffered a heart attack

while out jogging he was only 51 years old.

Jos van der Zandt means a great deal to many people around the world. He became involved with IPSF

during his pharmacy student years in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He dedicated a great deal of his time to

the organisation and served as Treasurer of IPSF in the mid-1980s. It was in this period that I got to knowJos myself and we served on the IPSF Executive together.

Jos was a very capable Treasurer. He took his responsibilities seriously, worked hard and was determinedto apply high standards to his work. There were no emails in those days but the Dutch Post was kept busy

delivering may bags of international correspondence to Jos apartment in the Kloksteeg in Utrecht.

Jos had firm principles and wasnt afraid to speak up. In fact, he took on the position of IPSF Treasurer because he believed that

the presentation of accounts needed to be improved. In the 1980s, with the computer age still in its infancy, Jos embraced the newtechnology and applied it to the benefit of the IPSF organisation. True to his word, he sorted out the accounts and developed a

system that future Treasurers would thank him for in the years ahead.

Jos travelled a great deal in this period in his li fe. Visiting USA, Panama, Portugal, Israel, UK, France and Sweden - he participated

in conferences and international meetings and made many friends. He was a good travel companion always well prepared,

organised and very knowledgeable about his destination.

During the IPSF meeting in Israel in 1987 I remember visiting Masada - the hilltop fortress in the Judean desert. It was extremelyhot and we all decided to take the usual visitor route to the top via the cable car. However this was not to be the way for Jos who

had made up his mind to take the steep winding path up to the summit on foot. He made it - and I think this sums up Jos

determination to succeed at the goals he set himself.

It goes without saying that IPSF was also a lot of fun in those days. Jos

joined in the many IPSF parties with enthusiasm. We remember him

shaving off his beard at one point and we seem to have gathered quite afew photographs of Jos enjoying a beer or two.

It was truly an amazing time, and although our University days are long

behind us, the friends we made then are still special today. We keep in

touch and hold an annual reunion. Jos joined the early reunions in Dublin

and Brussels in the 1990s. His chosen career path took him away from

pharmacy, and he went on to have a successful career in various financial

positions with DHL in The Netherlands and Belgium. The bond with IPSFwas still there and it was very special that Jos and his wife J-Lee came to

the reunion which was held last May in Maastricht. Many people who had

not seen Jos for a number of years were delighted to meet up again and

enjoy some good times just like before.

Jos will be sadly missed by his IPSF friends. We have all been looking at photographs of happy days together and are deeplyshocked at the sudden loss of a dear friend. We are grateful for having shared these times with Jos and remember him as: steadfast,

trustworthy, impeccably mannered and a perfect gentleman.

I am reminded of the words of the writer CS Lewis when he reflected on the life we have lived. He said The pain now is part of the

happiness then. Thats the deal.

On behalf of IPSF friends I would like to extend my deepest sympathy to Jos wife J-Lee and to his family.

Vivien Moffat

Honorary Life Member IPSF

Past President 1987-1988

IPSF Tribute to Jos van der Zandt

Exec meeting USA , Jim (USA), Ilan,

Luz (with mascot), James, Vivien, Jos


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