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Hello dear IPSFers,Here is your New Year’s present from IPSF. It is with a real pleasure
that I edited this newsletter, edition number 81. I received a lot of
articles for this edition, so I would like to thank the writers. I would also
like to use these few lines to thank once more Miss Ines Harzallah for
the designs and all the Editorial board members for their good job.
Without them, you wouldn’t have such nice publications.This edition is full of news from different IPSF fields. First of all, you
will have the privilege of reading an article from Myriah Lesko,
Manager of Media and Publications for FIP, the International
Pharmaceutical Federation. Then will you find some news from IPSF
on the web, especially the new SEP Database presentation. It is also
with a real pleasure that we received an article from the EPSA team,
the European Association. You will also find some news from the
Public health and the Professional Development portfolios of the
federation. Also EPSF, the Egyptian Federation, did an article to
present their activities, which are really numerous! You can also read
an article from a pharmaceutical student from Indonesia, Estherina,
who received a Development fund to attend the IPSF Congress in
Slovenia, which is really nice. Finally, I wish you all a happy New Year and a reallygood time reading these pages.
Bastien VenotIPSF Chairperson of Medias and Publications
Dear IPSFers,
I am very happy to introduce you the next edition of the 81st IPSF
Newsletter. Without the great job of Bastien Venot, Chairperson of
Media and Publications and the whole editorial board, this great
newsletter would not have seen the light of the World. I would like to
praise all of the people who has contributed to this edition.
In line with this IPSF newsletter topic of ‘What’s Happening?’, let me
briefly introduce to you what the IPSF Executive has been working on
these past few months. Almost five months has already passed since
the election of new Executive and it is with great pleasure to say that
this great and motivated team has already achieved a lot of important
goals. A lot of great ideas were made a reality and I would like to thank
all of the Executive and also members of committees, sub-committees
and all members for their enthusiasm and effort that they put into their
IPSF work to develop IPSF itself. Among other things, the new and
improved SEP database was successfully launched at the end of
November 2010. I would like to thank Melissa Teo, Chairperson of
Student Exchange Programme for her great job. I hope all of you
already had a chance to visit it.
The registration for IPSF’s most important event, the 57th IPSF World
Congress in Hat Yai, Thailand, 3rd to 13th August 2011, is about to start
on 15th January 2011!. I would like to encourage you to register to
attend, taste and experience the true IPSF spirit! For further information,
please visit the Congress website at www.ipsf2011.org or feel free to
contact anyone of us. I hope to meet all of you in Thailand!
I am glad to see that pharmacy is improving its status within the field of
health care across the world. Your continuous activities in your local
association reassures me that the pharmacy profession has a bright
future! We as pharmacy students are the future, so let’s make the future
better together! Who if not us, when if not now?Jan RöderIPSF President
As we hope all IPSFers know, the International
Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is the global federation
of national associations of pharmacists and
pharmaceutical scientists and is in official relations with
the World Health Organization (WHO). Through its 124
Member Organisations FIP represents and serves more
than two million practitioners and scientists around the
world.
In 2001, a Young Pharmacists' Group was launched
within the structure of FIP to help serve this special sector of the membership and to encourage
more young pharmacists to get actively involved in international pharmacy. 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 OFCHARGE with your FIP Membership! To join FIP now, visit http://www.fip.org/
The YPG brings together young members of FIP and encourages them to act as a critical andinnovative force. It acts as a member-to-member gateway to FIP activities, creatingopportunities by exchange of information.
YPG welcomes and encourages:Over 400 young pharmacists from 70 different countries
Practioners, scientists, researchers, academics and members from ALL disciplines
Innovative ideas and a professional forum for young people
Active participation in the FIP bodies and projects
Guidance for the new FIP members
Support for innovative projects through the FIP Foundation
A dynamic educational and social programme at the FIP Congress especially for young pharmacists
Facilitated incorporation into an international organisation, easing the transition from pharmacy
student to professional pharmacist involvement
In addition to FIP Individual Member benefits, YPG offers:Discounted registration at the annual FIP Congress, including the special YPG programme
Subscription to the International Pharmacy Journal (IPJ) and YPG publications
Access to the members-only domain on the FIP website
Access to all YPG projects and activities
Eligibility to apply for the YPG Grant for Professional Innovation and other Awards
Voting rights at the annual YPG Assembly and opportunity to stand for elections on the YPG Steering
Committee
Find out more - join the free Discussion Forum!If you would like to find out more about YPG before joining,
we would be pleased to welcome you to the YPG Email
Discussion List, which is open to both members and non-
members of FIP. This will give you the opportunity to learn more
about YPG and hear the views of some of our current
members.
In addition to YPG activities, FIP is constantly moving forward
in its efforts to advance pharmacy practice, science and
education on a world wide level. For example, in March of 2010
FIP launched the FIP Academic Institutional Membership, or
FIP AIM. This Membership that allows Faculties and Schools
of Pharmacy to become inter-connected on a global platform
of discussion, leadership and shared challenges and
successes. The FIP AIM focuses on the parallel evolution of
Faculties and Schools of Pharmacy alongside the ongoing
changes in pharmacy practice, science, research and their
respective funding. All Faculties and Schools of Pharmacy from
around the world are welcome to apply for a FIP AIM. These
Academic Institutes are represented by their Deans, Vice
Deans and other Decision Makers within the Membership
activities such as online discussion platforms and the annual
International Dean’s Forum at the FIP Congress.
If the Dean of your school would like more information on
becoming an AIM Member, please contact Oliver
at [email protected] for more information. Myriah LeskoFIP Manager of Medias and Publications
It is with great pleasure I announce to all IPSF members the launching
of the new SEP Database! The new and improved SEP database was
created and built by Webtown, Hungary, who has done an excellent
job with the website! You can find the database at the same website
address – http://sep.ipsf.org.
To give you a sneak preview, here are some screen snapshots of the
database! Start applying for SEP by creating an account on the
system! The database is full of useful information including information
about each country and association participating in SEP and also a
useful ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for new users.
I hope that you will enjoy the new database as much as I have! Let’s
SEP!
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google are some
of the most used websites by all of us online. You check
what your friends are up to tonight, show them funny
videos or prepare for tomorrow’s exam by using these
sites. As social media gradually becomes the leading
source of information for young people, IPSF got involved
in this field too!
The IPSF fan page on Facebook and Twitter accounts
now reach 17.000 people, and in the future we plan to
expand to other pages too! If you are not a member yet,
don’t hesitate: LIKE! You can interact with friends, discuss
topics of interest and many more on our page at
http://www.facebook.com/International.Pharmaceutical.St
udents.Federation .
See you there!
Melissa TeoIPSF Chairperson of Student Exchange
Bálint TóthIPSF Marketing coordinator
IPSF and EPSA are two associations that share a common root: Not only the mutual
representation of pharmacy students, but also historically since EPSA was formed after the
independence of IPSF’s European Sub-Committee in 1982.
Back then, the European Community was discussing directives on the mutual recognition of
pharmacy degrees and comparing studies between different countries. European pharmacy
students felt the need to meet and brainstorm among them. The urge to make a position on these
matters through a representative association led, in 1978, to the creation of a SubCommittee just
to discuss them: The European SubCommittee (ESC), headed by Ms. Judith Richter from the
Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), was formed.
Four years later, ESC declared independence and since then the relationship between these NGOs
became quite unstable – not everyone agreed with this decision of separation!
Now, almost 35 years later, both EPSA and IPSF have their own identities: While IPSF represents
pharmacy students worldwide, EPSA makes sure the European Pharmacy students’ voice it is
heard by the European institutions and governmental bodies.
However, despite the different path, structure or aim, the focus of both associations is exactly the
same: YOU, the pharmacy student! In order to ensure that your needs and whishes are being
fulfilled, EPSA and IPSF decided to join strengths and collaborate with the aim to present you
great activities and events, joint statements and reliable formation. Since the beginning of the new
IPSF mandate, both NGOs have held different meetings and worked on joint projects:
1. A joint e-group with students that have been active in
both associations was created. The aim is to discuss within
the members how this collaboration should be established,
what kind of joint projects to introduce, what steps to take!
Do you want to take part on it? Contact the IPSF or EPSA
Secretary General!
2. In the next events held by IPSF or EPSA, we will provide
you with joint sessions, which aims to give you the quality
and experience of the members of both associations by
attending just one event. Great, isn’t it?
3. The possibility of having a joint event has also been discussed and more updates will come
soon!
In the end of the year Jan, IPSF President, and Anette, EPSA President, will sign a Memorandum
of Understanding between both associations to ensure that such collaboration will last for many
years.
To sum up, both EPSA and IPSF teams are giving their best to keep a high level of understanding
and collaboration between the organizations – it might not as high as back in the time the “IPSF-
EPSA baby” was born, but the dedication is the same!
Vive la Pharmacie!
Yours in EPSA-IPSF,Mariana FróisEPSA Vice President of Public Relations 2010/2011
Emre Şefik ÇAĞLAR
IPSF European Regional Co-ordinator 2010/2011
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day- Progress to Date
In 1987, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 1st of
December to be World AIDS Day (WAD), a day where the world raises
awareness towards AIDS & HIV and shows its solidarity with people who
are infected by the virus.
On the 1st of December, 2010, we had the 22nd WAD and, of course,
IPSF has continued to organize and support HIV and AIDS campaigns
worldwide.
There are 33.2 million people living with HIV. Every year, approximately
2.5 million people are newly infected. To raise awareness, the HIV/AIDS
subcommittee has prepared a campaign kit to support our members. The
kit is composed of a number of different publications which include
posters, fact cards, step-by-step campaign booklet, myths & facts cards,
and of course, the IPSF Worldwide WAD Project – the Human Ribbon
Project. So far we have not received any IPSF activity report forms on
World AIDS Day 2010 activities. Contact persons (CPs), please send us
your activity reports as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from
you!
Finally, I would like to thank everyone who has been organizing 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 and especially Lina shall not be forgotten. Without you, I
would not have been able to get everything done in time!
AIDS & HIV is not only among us on the 1st of December, but for the
whole year! Thank you and keep up with the campaigning!
Johanna WalzIPSF HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign Coordinator
Fedaa Mahmoud
IPSF Diabetes and Healthy Living
Awareness Campaign Coordinator
Diabetes and healthy living
This is one of the most important concerns in the world of public health. Thenumber of patients newly diagnosed with diabetes continues to increase fromyear to year and the threats of this condition may not be apparent in the initialstages. On November 14th, IPSF and the numerous different organizationsall around the world gave attention to diabetes and healthy living. Targetedaudiences differed from country to country and organization toorganizations; nevertheless, the message was the same: “Bringdiabetes to light”.
Campaigns from around the world aimed to help people by improving their health and changing theirlifestyles. Successes of these campaigns are thanks to the increasing efforts of IPSF members andnumerous volunteer organizations. Their efforts are greatly appreciated.Special thanks to the ones who took part in bringing international awareness to diabetes, for all theones who gave their efforts and hearts into it and for my subcommittee members who had given alltheir energy into the IPSF Diabetes and Healthy Living Awareness Campaign.
Together, IPSF members can make a difference in the world!
Since I was a child, I have always had a dream of traveling to Europe. When I entered university I
was interested in IPSF. By joining the IPSF division in my university’s pharmaceutical students
association, I can improve my English, learn something new, and perhaps attend some international
events. When I became a CP for by university’s pharmaceutical students association, there was a
chance to make by dreams come true by joining the Development Fund Event Grant program. I
applied to attend the 56th IPSF World Congress 2010 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Before the end of the 2nd term for registration I got an email telling me that I was granted a partial
grants to attend the IPSF World Congress 2010. Even though the grant was just a quarter of the
cost to attend, this grant gave me hope. I also got other sponsorships to cover the cost, from my
university, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), my faculty, School of Pharmacy ITB, and a
pharmaceutical company, PT. Kimia Farma.
After about 24 hours of travel from Indonesia, I finally arrived at Ljubljana, Slovenia on August 2nd,
2010. Although I felt really tired, it all disappeared when I met many new friends from other countries
around the world who looked different, spoke different languages, and had different cultures. I know
IPSF stands from International Pharmaceutical Students Federation, but it was my first time to see
the meaning of it since this was my first congress. There were students from Asia, Africa, America,
ME
Australia, and Europe. All continents were complete! IPSF is a really big and important organization.
By joining and participating in IPSF, pharmaceutical students can contribute to improving the healthy
lifestyle and quality of pharmacies and pharmacists in their own country. I also learned more about
IPSF from discussing with other CPs and SEOs from all over the world, attending the General
Assembly, doing a health campaign, and also joining the Poster Exhibition.
In Slovenia, I discovered many different things and unforgettable experiences. I had to eat without
rice and chili everyday; it was totally different from my daily meal. It was amazing for me to still see
a bright sky at 6 p.m., because in Indonesia the sun sets around 6 p.m. every day. The number of
citizens in Slovenia (one country) was the same as my city, Bandung (one city). Therefore Ljubljana
as a capital city wasn’t crowded and there weren’t any traffic jams either. I was happy to stay there
because of how calm it was and also because of the weather. In Indonesia, the weather is so hot
with high humidity in the dry season.
The best place that I visited in Slovenia was Bled, a famous tourism town in Slovenia. We found a
really beautiful lake with mountains around it, and also a castle and a church in the middle of the
lake. Even though my country has many mountains and lakes, this place was really different. There
was also a wine shop and a letter museum. There is just one word to describe it, “wow!”
I thank You, Lord for this trip. Thanks for the opportunity YOU have given me. I also want to say
thank you to every sponsor for their support, to the IPSF Development Fund (DF) for the grant, to
Jenna Carmichael as a DF-Event Grant coordinator and Vesna Terbuc the Coordinator of the
Registration team for helping me to complete administration and to the reception committee for
organizing the best congress ever.
Don’t hesitate to dream something big! If it is God’s will, you will get! IPSF, Vive la Pharmacie!
Estherina Juliana Marbun
HMF ‘Ars Praeparandi’ ITB, Indonesia
EPSF is a Full Member (FM) federation in IPSF. EPSF was founded in 1982 and it now
represents more than 50,000 Egyptian pharmacy students from 23 local associations.
On August 25, 2010, a new Executive Board was elected, president was Mr. Ahmed Hamdy at
the EPSF 20th General Assembly. Seventeen local associations attended, GA was honored by the
attendance of Ms. Marwa Beltagy (IPSF EMRO ChP.) and Mr. Yousef El-Bromboly (EPSF President
2008-09).
2nd and 3rd Leaders In Training: For the first project of the year, we held our 2nd National LIT. We did the 3rd
one a week later as we received 74 applications for all around Egypt. The 2nd
and 3rd LIT were held at the end of September for 3 days. It was given by
International trainers from IPSF. After that, LIT was also held locally in 3
associations: TPSS, ASSPSA, and EPSF-NUB.
Breast Cancer Race for the Cure:The 2nd breast cancer race was held at the Great Pyramids and is considered
the largest breast cancer event in the Middle East. It gave us the chance to put
forth a serious effort to end the disease. EPSF had a delegate of 29 with the
Public Health team, they were full of energy, wore race t-shirts, and ran about
2 Km. The event was organized by the Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt and
Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
EPSF 15th Annual National Conference and General Assembly:Held in Mansoura and hosted by SAMPS Local Association with the
participation of more than 180 students from 23 associations. The three day
conference was mostly about smoking and lung cancer.
Presidential, Public Health and Professional
Development workshops were also given to keep local associations updated
with recent projects. The EPSF 21st General Assembly was held over two days,
and three new local associations joined EPSF.
Pneumonia Awareness Campaign: EPSF was a main partner in the first World Pneumonia Day awareness
campaign and celebration in Egypt. EPSF’s role was leading the awareness
campaign, which included malls, universities, clubs,
pediatric hospitals, and schools in more than 25 cities
in Egypt. Our target was children everywhere. EPSF
launched the WPD website in Arabic. A great
celebration was held in a hotel, the campaign covered
by famous national TV channels and newspapers. The Pneumonia Campaign
was considered the largest awareness campaign in Egypt in 2010.
Diabetes Day:TPSS (full member association in EPSF) organized it on the university medical
campus with the participation of 20 students from the Public Health team in
collaboration with students from IFMSA-Egypt and from Tanta Faculty of
Dentistry. The campaign depended on publications provided by EPSF to target
about 2500 people. The main activities were measuring blood sugar, a march,
and drawing blue rings.
Clinical Skills Event:Students from 23 universities participated in the National Clinical Skills Event,
which was held at Mansoura University. The plans and cases were prepared,
the topic was determined, an instructor was called, posters were printed and
evaluation forms were filled out. The three winners of the competition will
represent EPSF at the world CSE in Thailand. The national event was held to
be a model for the local associations to follow.
World AIDS Day Campaign:EPSF organized a great celebration for World AIDS Day 2010 in collaboration
with many national and international health care organizations; it was an event
open to the public and had several youth activities and games for children.
EPSF also distributed publications around the universities for the awareness
campaigns.
Humanitarian project:Blood donating campaigns were organized at universities by ASSPSA, EPSF-Assuit, and local
associations in EPSF, students explained the importance of donation.
Step On The Way 2011 Program:Considered one of the biggest educational programs for pharmacy students,
EPSF recently launched it for the 3rd successive year. This year SOTW is
different, it will be held in four regions to reach students everywhere. It will be
sponsored by more than ten pharmaceutical and business companies and
academic providers and include 18 different sessions. The program will start
in February 2011.
Viva La EPSF! Viva La IPSF! Viva La Pharmacie!
Read more about EPSF and its events and projects at http://www.e-psf.org, and you’re always
welcome to contact and share with us at our Contact Person e-mail [email protected]
EPSF official Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/epsf.page
Khaled MostafaIPSF EMRO Icco
It has been almost one year since we have last chatted at the counseling booth (via this column)
and I want to share a lot of news and exciting developments with you.
Reflecting on the past four years that I have been involved in IPSF, the quality and quanitity of
people who are interested in professional development programs such as the Patient Counseling
Event (PCE), Leaders in Training (LIT), Pharmacy Professional Awareness Week (PPAC), and the
Clinical Skills Event (CSE), has steadily grown.
Just to give you an example, the PCE participation rate at the 9th Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical
Symposium had almost 30 participants, which was quadruple over the previous APPS. In addition,
having seen the evaluation and work of each PCE participant from the world congress of Cluj-
Napoca, Romania 2008, Bali, Indonesia 2009, and just recently in August 2010, Ljubljana,
Slovenia, I am astounded at how well each candidate did, as how fierce the competition was
between finalists in their overall performance. In the coming year the professional development
department is looking at readjusting the format of PCE by introducing the case one day prior to
the counseling event. Hopefully this would encourage more to participate by giving them more
time to prepare.
Finally, the highlight of professional development this year is the re-launch of the clinical skills
event (CSE) after a long absence from IPSF. We had almost 20 participants who participated in
the one hour event. For those who are not familiar with the concept, CSE involves clinical based
cases where the candidates must identify and solve drug-related problems. As the world of
pharmacy is moving towards a more clinical approach, CSE is a great opportunity for all future
pharmacists to test and refine their problem solving skills. In addition to the individual case based
format, in the coming year we are also looking into development of a team based event as well. If
all goes well, it will be launched at the next world congress in Thailand 2011.
But just in case you are craving for a chance to put yourself to the test, here is one:You are stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. Fortunately, all the passengers survived.
However, one of the survivors is suffering from palpitations, malaise and muscle weakness. He
tells you that he suffers from hyperkalemia and was taking Kayexalate (sodium polystyrene
sulfonate), which is a cation-exchange resin, but it was lost during the crash. It will be 2-3 days
before search-and-rescue arrives, so you search for medications that other passengers have in
hope that you can find something to help this poor man.
From the search you find:
1) Ramipril 2.5mg capsules
2) Salbutamol 1mg/ml nebules
3) Insulin (normal human insulin)
4) Spironolactone 25mg tablets
5) Atorvastatin 10mg tablets
How would you help this man?
Until next time; Vive la Pharmacie!Eric SoIPSF Chairperson of Professional Development