Egyptian Pharmaceutical Students' Federation

Egyptian Pharmaceutical students' Federation
	EPSF Logo
Formation	1982
Type	NGO student organization student exchange
Headquarters	Cairo, Egypt
Membership	37 Associations
Official language	English, and Arabic
Parent organization	IPSF
Volunteers	5.000
Website	[1]

The Egyptian Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (EPSF) (Arabic|الاتحاد المصري لطلاب الصيدلة) is an independent student organization representing about 85,000 pharmacy students in 37 pharmacy schools all over Egypt. It works under the supervision of the Egyptian Pharmacist Syndicate, the national FIP member. Since 1982 EPSF has also been a Full Member organization representing Egypt in the International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation.

History

EPSF was initially established in January 1982 with six pharmacy schools:

EPSF become a Full Member in IPSF in August 1982, in Sweden during the 28th IPSF congress.

Members

Today EPSF is represented by pharmacy associations in 37 different pharmacy schools in Egypt:

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Full name	university	has been established in
EPSF - AAST	Arab Academy for Science and Technology	2019
EPSF - ACU	Ahram Canadian University	2010
EPSF - ASU	Ain Shams University	2018
EPSF - Alexandria	Alexandria University	11/11/2011
EPSF - Assuit	Assuit University	1982
EPSF - AUG	Al Azhar University for Girls	2010
EPSF - Azhar	Al Azhar University	1980
EPSF - Azhar Assuit	Al Azhar University in Assuit	2003
EPSF - Beni Suef	Beni Suef University	1998
EPSF - BUC	Badr University in Cairo	14/2/2015
EPSF - BUE	British University in Egypt	2013
EPSF - Cairo	Cairo University	2010
EPSF - Damanhour	Damanhour University	7/9/2013
EPSF - Delta	Delta University	2012
EPSF - DUM	Deraya University	17/9/2015
EPSF - ERU	Egyptian Russian University	2008
EPSF - Fayoum	Fayoum University	2018
EPSF - Heliopolis	Heliopolis University	2013
EPSF - Helwan	Helwan university	2009
EPSF - HUE	Horous University in Egypt	2018
EPSF - KFS	Kafrelsheikh University	2013
EPSF - Mansoura	Mansoura University	1992
EPSF - Menoufia	MenoUfia University	21/8/2017
EPSF - Minia	Minia University	1998
EPSF - MSA	University for Modern Sciences and Arts	2011
EPSF - MTI	Modern University for Technology and Information	2011
EPSF - MUST	Misr University for Science and Technology	09/4/2009
EPSF - NUB	Nahda University in Beni-Suef	2009
EPSF - O6U	6 October University	2010
EPSF - Port Said	Port Said University	2020
EPSF - Sadat	Sadat University	2018
EPSF-SCU	Suez Canal University	2000
EPSF - Sinai	Sinai University	2010
EPSF - Sohag	Sohag University	2014
EPSF - SVU	South Valley University	2018
EPSF - Tanta	Tanta University	1981
EPSF - Zagazig	Zagazig University	1982

Structure

EPSF consists of the General assembly and the executive board. Each association is represented in the General assembly and has the right to vote according to provisions of the EPSF constitution, which gives the right of voting to the Full members only.

General Assembly (GA)

The GA is the highest decision-making body in EPSF at which discussion on all the Federation's ongoing matters and plans take place. in addition to reports adoption, admission of new members, and executive board elections.

EPSF General Assemblies are held four times a year, first during the Annual National Congress in October, the second after the mid-year vacation at the end of February, the third during the National Symposium at the end of April, and the fourth in August(final GA ). This ensures a smooth running of the Local Associations whilst taking important decisions, accepting reports of Executives and Associations, admission of new members to EPSF, and the constitutional amendments. The Full Members of EPSF have the right to vote in the General Assembly. full members of EPSF are the associations that fulfill all the conditions to become a full member, they present their reports, attend the General Assembly meetings and pay their membership fees.

Executive Board

The EPSF Executive board consists of 15 elected members: President, Secretary-General, Treasurer, Contact Person, Marketing Director, training director, Chairpersons of Public Health, internal Relations, external relations, Professional Development, Media and Publications, Logistics and organizing Continuous Education and the Student Exchange Officer, the Immediate Past President works as an advisor for the Executive board. Executive Board members are Pharmacy students who serve the Federation as volunteers.

Current Executive Board 2022-23

President : Mr. Mohamed Shabaan
Secretary-General: Ms. Amira Ahmed
Treasurer: Ms. Alyaa Mohsen
Chairperson of Internal Relations: Mr. Ahmed Ashraf
Chairperson of External Relations: Ms. Israa Khaled
Chairperson of Pharmacy Education: Ms. Reem Ebraheem
Chairperson of Public Health: Ms. Alaa Qandil
Chairperson of Media and Publications: Ms. Mariem Shoukry
Chairperson of Logistics and Organizing: Ms.Raneem Naser
Contact Person: Ms. Reem Osama
Student Exchange Officer: Ms. Passant Nashaat
Marketing Director :Mr. Ahmed Eltaher
Training Director : Mr. Hamdy Fathy
Immediate Past President: Ms. ALAA Elsayed

Awards

EPSF official Delegates receive IPSF Award, Hat Yai Thailand 2011

On 6 December 2014 at Mall of Arabia in cairo: EPSF hit Guinness World Record under title of “Most Blood Glucose Tests taken in 24 Hours”; with 8,600 blood glucose tests and they introduced awareness about Diabetes for more than 10,000 persons at a National diabetes awareness campaign “La Vista”^[1]

On 12 August 2011, the EPSF was declared winner of the IPSF Annual Award (Sidney J. Relph Award) for the overall best-performing association in the world 2010–11 in the Gala Night of the 57th IPSF World Congress in Hat Yai, Thailand.

Winning First Place in the IPSF Patient Counseling Competition twice.
Winning Second Place in the IPSF Compounding Competition
Winning First Place in the IPSF Member Association Poster Competition
Winning First Place in the IPSF’S Tuberculosis Poster Competition
EPSF acquired the 8th place worldwide in diabetes awareness in 2012-2013 according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
EPSF honoring In league of Arab states During world blood donation day 2016.

International Achievements

1-The Egyptian Pharmaceutical Students' Federation hosted the International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation annual world congress three times :

The 30th IPSF Congress held in Alexandria in August 1984 was the first IPSF Congress to be hosted in Egypt .
The 47th IPSF World Congress held in Cairo in August 2001 .
The 58th IPSF World Congress 2012 held Hurghada the most recent world congress hosted by the Egyptian Pharmaceutical Students' Federation and was attended by over 500 pharmacy students from over 50 countries around the world .

2-The 5th IPSF EMPS Symposium held in Cairo in July 2016 .

3-Participation in Organizing of first annual conference of “Arab African Pharma (APP)”.

EPSF Main committees

EPSF has 4 projects oriented committees which aim to serve pharmacy students, pharmacists and the community.

1-Public Health

Public health committee is an important part of the Egyptian Pharmaceutical Students' Federation, Using their strength in scientific and public health research, they have built effective teams around Egypt, they are organizing health awareness campaigns in universities, public places, villages and Schools about different epidemic places in Egypt to increase public awareness.

EPSF is intended to be one of the best organizations all over Egypt which is interested in Public health, all the Associations collaborate with their time and efforts preparing the materials and actively arrange campaigns all over Egypt; they all interact and develop their skills, to increase people's awareness, help them to change their life style and present a real change on ground.

Public Health committee Responsible for:

Promote public awareness in Egypt and to deliver the concept of pharmacy students' role to the public and Spreading the latest information about Public Health topics to EPSF member association.
holding awareness campaigns for the WHO Health awareness day Public Health workshops during Annual Congress, National Symposium and through the year.

Tobacco Alert Campaign

Each year EPSF exerts effort to reduce the prevalence of smoking-related diseases. Their target is to convince people to stop and to help them understand the risks of developing the fatal diseases caused by smoking. Congresses and campaigns aim to help people detect the diseases caused by smoking and be diagnosed early.

2-Professional Development

Professional Development committee Responsible for:

Creating events for developing the pharmacy practice and Promoting the pharmacist role in the community and improving the quality of the profession through professional events and workshops .
Establishment of basic projects included by this portfolio such as Clinical Skills Event, Patient Counseling Event, Pharmacy Profession Awareness Campaign and Teddy Bear Hospital according to the need of EPSF through the year .

3-Continuous Education

Continuous Education committee responsible for

-Plan, coordinate and innovate courses.

-creating other educational programs which helps pharmacy students in Egypt to fulfill the profession requirements after graduation .

-Plan and coordinate the Mini diploma program and responsible for its development to achieve the target and to appear in the best way .

-Work for creating other educational and research programs.

Later in the 20th national symposium 2021, the GA's decision was to merge the PD and CE committees together to form a new committee with the name PE (Pharmaceutical Education).

4-Student Exchange Program (SEP)

Student Exchange Program (SEP) is a project offering professional pharmacy internships. Every year, through it pharmacy students around Egypt are given the opportunity to experience the field of pharmacy in other countries. The program runs throughout the year (Winter version and Summer version), but the majority of the exchanges take place between May and September.

The length is usually 1 to 3 months with a minimum of 60 working hours per exchange, and possible host sites include

Community pharmacy;
Hospital pharmacy;
Clinical pharmacy;
Wholesale pharmacy;
Pharmaceutical industry;
Research at university;
Government or private health agencies.

The host may also provide room, board, and/or pocket money in addition to the training site in order to help the applicant.

References

^ Record, Guinness. "Guinness Record". Guinness Record. Guinness Record. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.