23/02/2024
Introducing ESCP Close to You events
ESCP has been working on a new concept: the ESCP Close to You events. These 1-day events are meant to be physically organized on a regional level and on a regional/national knowledge level. In this way, we will be able to provide education and transfer knowledge that is precisely fitting to the national needs. Of […]
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February 2024 issue of IJCP has been published
Remember that all ESCP members have free access to all journal issues, via the member login pages. The February 2024 issue of the journal was recently published, Check out the great selection of reviews, research papers, commentaries and much more. https://link.springer.com/journal/11096/volumes-and-issues/46-1 This includes a great paper from members of ESCP committees, ‘Scope, content and quality […]
Read more31/12/2023
Optimizing Patient Care: Administering Psychotropic Medications via Enteral Route
Mental Health SIG Colleagues from the ESCP Special Interest Group Mental Health have prepared a very useful leaflet on Optimizing Patient Care: Administering Psychotropic Medications via Enteral Route. Psychotropic medication users, including inpatient and outpatient individuals such as geriatrics, nursing home and intensive care unit patients, may require enteral feeding tubes (EFTs) when oral intake isinadequate or gastrointestinal tract […]
Read moreEuropean Council for Pharmacy Education Accreditation – ECPhA
The European Council for Pharmacy Education Accreditation (ECPhA) was officially launched in mid-November. The ESCP is a founding member of ECPhA, together with the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP). ECPhA’s goal is to support improvements in the quality of continuing education in pharmacy practice in healthcare settings across Europe via accrediting live and online […]
Read more28/11/2023
December 2023 issue of IJCP has been published
Remember that all ESCP members have free access to all journal issues, via the member login pages. The December 2023 issue of the journal was recently published, https://link.springer.com/journal/11096/volumes-and-issues/45-6 Check out the great selection of reviews, research papers, commentaries and much more. This includes an ESCP Best Practice Paper, ‘Medication supply at hospital discharge via community […]
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Mental health special issue of IJCP has been published, October 2023
Remember that all ESCP members have free access to all journal issues, via the member login pages. The mental health special issue of the journal was recently published, https://link.springer.com/journal/11096/volumes-and-issues/45-5 With guest editors Filipa Alves da Costa, Matej Stuhec and Martina Hahn, the issue has 32 articles relevant for all practitioners, researchers, educators and students. Mental […]
Read more13/09/2023
World Mental Health Day
10 October 2023 is World Mental Health Day. The ESCP Special Interest Group Mental Health has prepared a LEAFLET to be used and shared.
Read more30/08/2023
In Discussion with…
It is our pleasure that prof. Derek Stewart, the ESCP President, gave interviews to Dr. Christine Clark from www.pharmacyupdate.online. Click to read, watch & listen:
Read moreSummer 2023 Updates from the Committees
Update from the General Committee (by Derek Stewart) The General Committee is the ESCP leadership body and is responsible for driving the strategy of the society. We now have a vacancy for a position on the General committee. All non-student members will have received an email about this opportunity to make a major impact on […]
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August 2023 issue of IJCP has been published
Remember that all ESCP members have free access to all journal issues, via the member login pages. The August issue of the journal was recently published, https://link.springer.com/journal/11096/volumes-and-issues/45-4 Check out the great selection of reviews, research papers, letters and much more. Great range of topics on clinical pharmacy practice, education and research. Remember to sign up […]
Read more14/06/2023
ESCP Research Committee publishes guidance on writing successful research grants in IJCP
The ESCP Research Committee has recently published a commentary in the June issue of the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy giving guidance on writing successful research grants. Lots of great tips from experienced researchers, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11096-023-01543-7 Join ESCP to benefit from the expertise of the Research Committee!
Read moreJune 2023 issue of IJCP has been published
Remember that all ESCP members have free access to all journal issues, via the member login pages. The June issue of the journal was recently published, https://link.springer.com/journal/11096/volumes-and-issues/45-3 Check out the great selection of reviews, research papers, commentaries and much more. This includes a commentary from the ESCP Research Committee on ‘How to write a successful grant application’, […]
Read more02/06/2023
Research being conducted by ESCP members
We are happy we can introduce the research of our members. This time we introduce the research of Ugur Balaban from Turkey. Ugur works as a research assistant in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy at Hacettepe University in Ankara. His research interests include drug pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics during therapeutic plasma exchange and renal replacement […]
Read moreWho Is Who?
During the ESCP Spring Workshop in Antwerp we had the opportunity to hear the results of the work of young colleagues from Latvia and Malta. Anna Gavrilova Anna has a pharmacist diploma and she is currently pursuing a PhD in clinical pharmacy. Her research focuses on the safety aspects of direct oral anticoagulants among patients […]
Read moreESCP Spring Workshop 2023 was held in Antwerp
In April, ESCP welcomed participants from 19 countries to its international workshop ‘Advancing clinical pharmacy and care in diabetes and cardiovascular comorbidities’ in Antwerp (Belgium). The program for the 2-day workshops had four plenary sessions. In the four workshops, participants discussed the following topics: safe use of injectables and devices in diabetes patients, lifestyle and […]
Read morePre-Summer 2023 Updates from the Committees
Update from the General Committee (by Derek Stewart) The General Committee is the ESCP leadership body and is responsible for driving the strategy of the society. We are continuing to move with delivering our 2022-2024 strategy and are now working with external consultants, 3Sixty Healthcare Meetings Consultancy, on a number of key areas surrounding event […]
Read more10/05/2023
Granada Statements have been published
Pharmacy practice has been defined as “the scientific discipline that studies the different aspects of the practice of pharmacy and its impact on health care systems, medicine use, and patient care”. Like any other scientific discipline, clinical and social pharmacy practice disseminates research findings using scientific journals. Clinical pharmacy and social pharmacy journal editors have […]
Read moreApril issue of IJCP has been published
ESCP is affiliated with the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy (IJCP), with all abstracts from our workshops and symposia published in the journal. Remember that all ESCP members have free access to all journal issues, via the member login pages. The April issue of the journal was recently published, https://link.springer.com/journal/11096/volumes-and-issues/45-2 Check out the great selection of ‘Granada […]
Read more31/03/2023
February 2023 issue of International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy has been published
The February issue of the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy is now available at this link.Check out the great selection of reviews, papers, commentaries and much more. Included in this issue is an ESCP Best Practice paper from Wales in the UK, Mantzourani E, Brooks O, James D, et al. Development, implementation and evaluation of […]
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