Lifelong Learning for Students

Suvi Sivula | Partnership Coordinator 2015/2016

EMBL Conference on Lifelong Learning in the

Biomedical Sciences

6th July 2016, Heidelberg

About EPSA

• Since 1978

• Representing

160,000 students

• 43 member associations

• 35 countries

• Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium

Mission

The mission of the Association is to

actively engage at student and

professional level, bringing pharmacy,

knowledge and students together while

promoting personal development.

Bringing pharmacy, knowledge and students together!

Main Activities

• Education

• Webinars, Training

Project, Mentoring

Project..

• Advocacy

• Mobility

• Events

External collaboration

• Professional Organisations

• Knowledge sharing

• Internships

• Sponsorships

• Student fees, student awards

• Student Associations

• E.g. European Healthcare Students’ Associations Summit

• Partners

Publications & Online

• Newsletter

• Monthly Dose

• EPSA Students’ Science

Publication

www.epsa-online.org

facebook.com/epsaonline

@EPSA_online

EPSA Lifelong Learning

Programme (LLP)

Definition

Background

• Increasingly competitive job market a need for

highly skilled workforce

• A lack of ideal tools that allow pharmacy students

to develop and prove their competencies

• The benefits of the continuing professional

development (CPD) have been recognised and

are now being implemented into curriculums at

numerous European schools of pharmacy

• EPSA has created a programme for students to

identify, develop and demonstrate their

competencies and to be recognised for their

efforts

The EPSA Lifelong Learning

Programme (LLP)

• A dynamic learning tool that accompanies students’ active participation in extra-curricular learning activities

• These activities assist them in: • developing and maintaining continuing

competence

• enhancing their professional practice

• supporting achievement of their career goals

• Demonstration of students’ personal ambition in developing themselves professionally

Programme Overview

• LLP is backed by the Student Pharmacy Framework

(SPF)

• The framework is separated into 4 roles:

1. Professional

2. Collaborator

3. Manager

4. Leader

• Each role contains competencies which are further

divided into sub-competencies (behaviours)

• There are 15 competencies in total

• The framework is progressive by having three levels

that a student can achieve:

Level 1 - Apprentice, Level 2 - Intermediate,

Level 3 - Advanced

Example:

Role 2. Collaborator

Programme Overview

• The framework serves as a tool for the student self-

development

• Students will provide their competencies by filling in

reports for each competency, which will add up to a

portfolio, representative of each of the applicants'

experiences.

• Once the student feels that his/her portfolio is

complete, they can send it to EPSA for assessment

• The student will receive feedback, suggestion for

future development and a Certificate of Completion

which will include a matrix of the level they have

achieved in each category

Conclusion

• EPSA Lifelong Learning Programme provides students with a

more structured approach to personal development, based on

Student Pharmacy Framework (SPF) with

• 4 roles

• 3 levels

• 15 competencies

• We support our members on their way to future professionals by

providing them with various extracurricular activities

• Collaboration with other student associations and professional

associations is important

• We are promoting the LLP to our members and looking forward

to receiving their reports in order to assess their achievements

• Vision of LLP: To build a generation of global competent

problem-solvers who are lifelong learners

Bringing pharmacy, knowledge and

students together

Thank you!

Suvi Sivula | Partnership Coordinator 2015/2016 | partnership(at)epsa-online.org

Questions?

Please contact Ana Marcelino, Vice President of External Relations

2016/2017 (vp.er(at)epsa-online.org) and Raluca Radu, Vice President of

Education 2016/2017 (vp.education(at)epsa-online.org)