2. Agenda
• Pre-Meeting Quiz
• What exactly is IPSF?
• APhA-ASP Sponsored Missions
• Other Missions
• Reporting Forms and Awards
• Student Exchange Program
• Pan-American Regional Office (PARO)
• The 59th IPSF World Congress
• Recommendations Going Forward
• Post-Meeting Quiz
• Discussion/Questions
3. Pre-Meeting Quiz
• Do these events count as IPSF events?
– Global Health Outreach Trips
– BP screening for migrant workers, in Spanish
– Blood drive held at St. Petersburg Campus
– Tobacco cessation booth at UF Football game
– Heartburn event at Orlando Vietnamese Church
– Operation Diabetes screening at Jax art festival
4. What exactly is IPSF?
• IPSF is the leading international advocacy
organization for pharmacy students,
promoting improved public health through
provision of information, education,
networking and a range of publications and
professional initiatives.
5. What exactly is IPSF?
• Selected Objectives
– Establishing a permanent form of contact with
representative organizations of pharmaceutical students;
– Encouraging the formation and development of national
pharmaceutical student organizations without trespassing
upon their domains;
– Encouraging member associations to organize annual
international pharmaceutical students’ congresses;
– Encouraging and promoting international visits and
exchanges of students;
– Representing the opinions of pharmaceutical students in
discussions with professional, governmental and non-
governmental organizations
8. Reporting Forms and Awards
• APhA-ASP Outstanding IPSF Activity Award
– Given to individual APhA-ASP chapter with best
overall IPSF activities
– Awarded at APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition
– UFCOP won 2010-2011
– Required to participate in at least two sponsored
missions
– Reporting
• Campus Level - Same report as sent in to Campus
President/Executive Liaison
• Chapter Level – 1,000 word document submitted with
Chapter Achievement Awards
9. Reporting Forms and Awards
• Sidney J. Relph Award
– Given to individual member association (e.g. APhA-
ASP)
– Awarded at IPSF World Congress
– Egyptian Students’ Pharmacy Federation won 2010-
2011
– Reporting
• Campus/Chapter Level – Additional Report required, to be
submitted to APhA-ASP/IPSF National Contact Person and
National Projects Coordinator
• Association Level – Four page document submitted to IPSF
on July 15th, annualy
10. Student Exchange Program (SEP)
• Exchange program run through IPSF
• Month-long study abroad to selected country
• Apply through APhA-ASP/IPSF Student
Exchange Officer
• Application comes out September 15th, due
December 1st, rolling admissions
• US allowed to send out 3 students for every 2
taken in
11. SEP and UFCOP
• Hosting a student would help bring UF further
into the International Arena
• Considerations
– Housing
– Travel
– Experiential Learning
– Leisure activities
– Funding?
12. Pan-American Regional Office (PARO)
• IPSF is broken into four Regional Offices based
on geographic location (PARO, AFRO, EMRO,
APRO)
• PARO encompasses North and South America
• Growing organization, not very many activities
• Symposium is currently inactive
• US has a large presence on their board
• More of an FYI
14. Recommendations Going Forward
• By August 2013
– Complete separation of the IPSF Liaison from
GHOT at distance campuses
• Creation of GHOT Chair at each campus that deals
exclusively with GHOT
• IPSF Liaison will be freed up to focus on IPSF Missions
15. Recommendations Moving Forward
– Gainesville IPSF Liaison transitioning into IPSF
“President”
• Keep IPSF “under” APhA-ASP
• Creation of several positions under him/her, such as
Treasurer, chairpersons for each IPSF Mission, much like
APhA-ASP
• IPSF “President” in Gainesville will serve as the IPSF
Executive Liaison, and will be responsible for
completing all reports dealing with IPSF including the
APhA-ASP Outstanding IPSF Activity Award Report
16. Post-Meeting Quiz
• Do these events count as IPSF events?
– Global Health Outreach Trips
• Yes! Humanitarian Campaign
– BP screening for migrant workers, in Spanish
• No, not under purview of any IPSF Mission or Campaign
– Blood drive held at St. Petersburg Campus
• Yes! Vampire Cup Event
– Tobacco cessation booth at UF Football game
• Yes! IPSF Tobacco Awareness Campaign
– Heartburn event at Orlando Vietnamese Church
• No, not under purview of any IPSF Mission or Campaign
– Operation Diabetes screening at Jax art festival
• Yes! IPSF Diabetes and Healthy Living Campaign
