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EPSA Activities review Tiia Metiäinen |EPSA President Annual Reception 11th February 2014 EPSA in brief • The European Pharmaceutical Students' Association • Became an independent organisation in 1982 (current name from 1992) • Representing over 160 000 pharmacy students and recent graduates from more than 30 European countries • Aim to ”develop the interests and opinions of European pharmacy students and to encourage contact and co-operation between them" EXTERNAL AFF. EDUCATION PR MOBILITY EPSA Team Development of EPSA - Key points • Advocacy at the heart of the association • Purposeful collaboration with student and professional associations, increased involvement • Reshaping internal structures and regulations to match EPSA’s needs Admin and neutral bodies • New members - Ireland, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 36 countries altogether • Statutes reform and internal restructuring EduBoard (1/2) • EPSA Student Advocacy Platform • Antimicrobial resistance + 3 other topics • 5 public health campaigns this mandate • Campaign Kit out • Pharmaceutical sciences increasing visibility • New: EPSA Students’ Science Publication - reviewed by EUFEPS EduBoard (2/2) • Sustainability in soft skills Training Project • 57 EPSA trainers • Collaboration with ESTIEM, EESTEC, EFPSA, IFMSA • Career section on website to be launched in March • Methodology survey to support better pharmacy education – we need your input! Public Relations • Information letter restructuring - keeping members and alumni up to date • Enforcing strong presence on social media: • Twitter, Facebook, Linked-in, Blog... • Sustainable event coordination • Reconnecting with Alumni Mobility • 45 Individual Mobility placements until now • Interest in TWINNET exchange programs skyrocketing! - Spain, Serbia, Austria, Croatia, France, Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Ireland currently interested or planning External Affairs (1/2) • Fundraising Sub-Committee -> better quality for members with less money e.g. Over 100 contacts for upcoming AC • Grant support External Affairs (2/2) • Collaboration with other student and professional organisations to increase outreach and possibilities in educational activities - e.g. webinars with GSK and ESOP • Student programs at professional events: • EAHP, DIA, TOPRA, EAFP, EUFEPS? • Involvement in professional initiatives and platforms: • PHAR-IN, PHAR-HOSP, PHAR-QA • IMI Lifetrain • EPHA • Internships in Brussels and Basel EPSA EVENTS CALENDAR = OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXTRA-CURRICULAR EDUCATION, NETWORKING AND FUN • ANNUAL CONGRESS • SUMMER UNIVERSITY • AUTUMN ASSEMBLY • ANNUAL RECEPTION Thank you! www.epsa-online.org Students’ perspective to Mobile Health Jorge Batista | EPSA Vice President of Education Mobile Health • Support for Health outcomes, services and research through mobile devices (mobile phones, tablets). • Usage of mobile devices when providing medicines information, collecting health data and delivering healthcare information to practitioners, researchers and patients. Introduction • Potential to reduce the healthcare costs. • Improvement of healthcare outcomes. • Empowerment of patient to take greater control in their own health. • Factors to take into account: Quality and safety of apps, privacy concerns – patient confidentiality data, Regulation? Students’ Perspective • Benefits to patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare students • Patients - access medical information in real time increase therapy compliance • Accuracy of information in apps, userfriendliness. • Quality information, training and follow up with users. Patients • Privacy issues – patient data confidentiality • Harmonization of opinions between healthcare professionals and inter-professional collaboration – further development of mobile health strategy Healthcare Professionals • Mobile health should evolve towards a personalised healthcare approach (e.g. chronic patients monitoring, patients with hindered access to (specialised) care) • Relation between patients and healthcare professionals – risk of becoming impersonal and decrease efficiency? • mHealth apps enforces patient independency and knowledge – gap/bridge between the two parties? Students • Helping tools throughout education process (e.g. Exams study, integrated practice in the degree, quick access to reliable medical information). Poll on EPSA website – mapping students opinion and experiences • 157 Responses from 23 countries • 83% not addressed in their education • 31% of the students have used a health app before • Purposes: 1. Study-oriented (Drug Compendium, Therapy Guidelines) 2. Public Health use (Calories tracker, Fitness, Self-diagnosis) 3. Technological use (Healthcare services location tracking, Health-related news, articles research) Results (2/2) • 9 out of 10 students wish that mobile health would be addressed more in their education • 58% wish that mobile health would be addressed in the compulsory practice integrated in the degree.