EAHP represents over 30,000 hospital pharmacists across 37 member countries. EAHP represents and develops the hospital pharmacy profession within Europe in order to ensure the continuous improvement of care and outcomes for patients in the hospital setting. This is achieved through science, research, education, practice, as well as sharing best-practice and responsibility with other healthcare professional
The EAHP Board, elected for three-year terms, oversees the association’s activities. Comprising directors responsible for core functions, it meets regularly to implement strategic goals. Supported by EAHP staff, the Board controls finances, coordinates congress organization, and ensures compliance with statutes and codes of conduct.
The EAHP staff supports the Board in executing EAHP’s mission. The Staff assists in financial management, events organisations, policy activities and all EAHP projects. The EAHP staff works closely with EAHP’s members and ensures the effective communication all relevant stakeholders.
The first member countries were Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, the Federal Republic, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands in 1972. EAHP has now 36 EAHP members and 2 Associate Members. EAHP is open to countries members of the Council of Europe and since 2022 to organisations representing the interests of hospital pharmacists from outside the Council of Europe (Associate Membership)
EAHP’s structure is also composed by different standing committes: EAHP Scientific Committee, EAHP Education Executive Committee and the EAHP CTF Steering Committee.
At EAHP, we are committed to transparency in our governance, ethical standards, and funding practices. This section provides open access to our foundational documents, including the EAHP Statutes, Code of Conduct, and Funding Sources. By sharing these resources, we aim to uphold accountability and foster trust with our members, partners, and the public.
Keep up with all EAHP’s events and webinars. Contact the team at info@eahp.eu should you have any questions about upcoming events or activities.
Here you can find all upcoming events organised by EAHP and by all its members and associate members. Do not hesitate to contact the events team at events@eahp.eu should you have any questions about the organisation of these events.
Hospital pharmacists conduct a critical role in the care of patients in hospitals. Learn more about what they do here and in all the pages under Hospital Pharmacy practice and Policy.
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EAHP brings together experts from many areas of hospital pharmacy practice providing and highlighting good local sustainable practices as that can be up-scaled and shared with other countries. The EAHP Working Group on Sustainability has the aim of reducing the environmental burden of the hospital pharmacy services.
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP), and its 36 member country platforms are creating a Common Training Framework for the hospital pharmacy education in Europe. The goal of this project is to allow the free movement of hospital pharmacists within the European Union.
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) have collaboratively developed the Oath to Society. The Oath to Society is all encompassing and acts as a contract for excellence in providing compassionate patient care, working as part of the healthcare team and advancing the pharmacy profession, and showcasing how clinical and hospital pharmacists work every day
A day created to highlight the importance and to celebrate the work done by hospital pharmacies. This day celebrates all hospital pharmacy teams.
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Find all EAHP relevant publication like the EAHP Surveys, annual reports and the history books.
The European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (EJHP) is the only official journal of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and is committed to advancing the science, practice and profession of hospital pharmacy. As the premier communication platform for hospital pharmacists worldwide, EJHP is a major source for continuing education as well as updates on advances in the practice and standard of pharmaceutical care for patients.
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EAHP publishes a monthly EU monitor with updates about the latest EAHP initiatives and information relevant for the hospital pharmacy profession.
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The Sponsor Channel is designed to maximise visibility and engagement, allowing sponsors to connect with the hospital pharmacy community and partners in a dynamic and interactive environment. From product demonstrations to networking sessions, the Sponsor Channel offers a range of opportunities for sponsors to showcase their offerings and generate leads in the new EAHP Website.
Education and Research
Ula Bozic, Matthias Witti , Jan Zottmann , Martin Rudolf Fischer, Yvonne Marina Pudritz
Among other functions of EPAs (description of activities as a guide for students, function as a curriculum guideline), they can be used as assessment tools – in our case, to identify gaps in students’ knowledge/skills and, depending on the results, to aid guiding curricula development of our educational program to ensure high quality training service.
Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are observable clinical activities consisting of knowledge, skills and attitudes that can be entrusted to learners over time. In German pharmacy education, EPAs have not yet been developed or used. For this project, we developed a Medical Reconciliation EPA for pharmacy pre-registration students taking part in a rotational programme at LMU University Hospital Munich. Four steps were required for the development: (1) Development of content for EPA description and the associated checklist by a working group of clinical pharmacists through literature review and work analysis. (2) Validation of the developed EPA and checklist by an independent expert group of clinical pharmacists from across Germany. (3) Application of the EPA and checklist in an assessment situation to check for inter-rater reliability. (4) Roll-out of EPA and checklist for assessment of pharmacy pre-reg students at LMU.
Since EPAs are a new concept in (German) pharmacy education, their concept as well as their assessment process with entrustment decisions required explanation in detail to facilitators and students alike in several workshops, which we have successfully organised and executed.
Through the implementation of this EPA, we can assess students’ competencies in performing medication reconciliation, identify the weaknesses of our training programme and adapt the content to improve students` skills in their performance.
Further EPAs with a focus on hospital discharge and medication analysis are being developed. With EPAs, it is possible to translate theoretical competencies into observable activities that can be assessed in a clinical setting. As pharmacists in Germany are increasingly involved in clinical practice, there is a need to assess their skills in performing day-to-day clinical tasks. EPAs are an excellent tool for this purpose.
Education and Research
Dearbhla Murphy, Patricia Ging, Jennifer Brown
The Pharmacy Department at our institution are responsible for the delivery of a number of in-house and University level education sessions to pharmacy, nursing and medical students. In 2020, sessions included: a prescribing workshop for final year undergraduate medical students; nursing induction lectures on parenteral drug therapy; leadership workshops, lectures and site visits for pharmacy students; clinical pharmacist education sessions; and weekly journal club for Pharmacy Department staff. During the COVID19 pandemic, Pharmacy delivered education sessions were challenged with addressing the hospital-wide recommendation that face to face meetings be avoided while maintaining essential training for healthcare staff.
Pharmacist led education sessions, both at an in-house and University level, were adapted to virtual platforms during the COVID19 pandemic.
• A pharmacy team of key stakeholders were formed for each education session.
• Educational material was reviewed and revised for suitability for a virtual platform.
• Interactive learning components were explored on the various delivery platforms e.g. Brightspace®, Zoom® and Microsoft Teams®.
• For the pharmacy student virtual site visit, Pharmacy staff prepared short videos about their roles.
• Interactive tools from within and outside the delivery platforms were used e.g. breakout rooms, MCQs, ‘chat’ tools, live quizzes and Menti®.
• Feedback on individual education sessions was sought via email or use of online surveys
• All education sessions were successfully delivered virtually.
• Positive feedback was received for all sessions.
• Unexpected benefits gained from virtual delivery, include the availability of recordings which can be used to repeat the session for future students.
• Limitations learned include difficulty retrieving student feedback online.
The Pharmacy Department successfully adapted the delivery of education sessions, at University and hospital levels, during the COVID19 pandemic to ensure continued delivery of high level education, learning and engagement. The initiatives and learnings from this GPI are transferable to other hospital pharmacy departments.
Education and Research
ANTONIO PIRRONE, FEDERICA MILANI, LUCA CANCANELLI, VALENTINA MARINI , DANIELE MENGATO , ROBERTO LANGELLA , NICOLA REALDON
On October 5, 2017 the National Network of Italian Hospital Pharmacy School Students (ReNaSFO) was born with the aim to face the various critical aspects of post-graduate Hospital Pharmacy School (SHP), such as the need to make the different paths homogenous among regional SHPs, improve dialogue between colleagues and encourage a more informed approach focused to the training pathway for specialisation. In particular, little official information is available and hard to find about the different realities present in Italy.
“Compendium” project is designed to fill this lack and to gather information on post-graduate SHPs operating in Italy. In addition to outlining a summary description of the SHPs, the Compendium is configured as an official tool to respond and provide targeted information to near-graduates and graduates in Pharmacy (who often contact ReNaSFO) interested to approach the SHPs path.
Two project coordinators prepared a list of items submitted to representative ReNaSFO student in every 21 operating SHPs. The items refer to: available places and admission requirements, type of entry test, organisation of didactic lessons, exams and residency training, health facilities affiliated with SHP, potential availability of scholarships, useful links of the SHP or university. The help of universities was fundamental, in particular the helpfulness of SHP directors to collaborate with students.
As many as 18 SHPs out of 21 (85.71%) have joined the project: Bari, Bologna, Catania, Catanzaro, Camerino, Genoa, Florence, Milan, Modena and Reggio Emilia, Messina, Naples, Padua, Parma, Pisa, Rome, Siena, Turin and Sassari; of these, 14 schools have already sent their finished “Compendium” form.
Thanks to the widespread presence of associated ReNaSFO students, the initiative has immediately found interest and participation, reconfirming once again the active and unconditional collaboration between SHP students throughout Italy. Despite a heterogeneous situation between different SHPs, we keep working together hopeful to achieve national uniformity of SHPs and to improve educational objectives and training pathways.
Selection, Procurement and Distribution
Chloé HERLEDAN, Laura BEAUMIER, Laurence MINISCHETTI, Marie-Christine ALBERTO-GONDOUIN
Existing floor stocks are limited to usual psychiatric drugs. On-call resident pharmacists dispense additional treatments during pharmacy closing hours. Hence, extending the floor stocks would facilitate continuity of care. SASC centralisation enables simple and secured access to medication while saving space in care units.
A new drug and medical device floor stock was implemented in our psychiatric hospital. The floor stock is contained in a secured automated storage cabinet (SASC) located in a protected area inside the pharmacy and accessible during its closing hours. Utilisation training was offered to nurses through multiple formats.
Floor stock composition has been established from frequent requests made during on-call time and can be consulted on the pharmacy website. Prescriptions and patient informations can be checked before removal on a computer in the SASC area. The SASC requires badge identification, unit and patient name entry and provides traceability of removals. Moreover, cold storage requiring drugs are housed in a refrigerator unlocked through the SASC. Regarding utilisation training, all night nurses had to attend a demonstration of the SASC performed by the resident pharmacists. This demonstration was also offered to day nurses and head nurses during weekly pharmacy open days for three months. In addition, an instruction manual and a video tutorial were produced and uploaded on the website.
60/67 (89.5%) night nurses, 80/256 (31.2%) day nurses and 10/20 (50.0%) head nurses have attended the SASC demonstration. A satisfaction survey conducted among trained nurses or head nurses had an 18.7% response rate. 26/28 (92.9%) of respondents attended the demonstration and all were satisfied by its quality. 2/28 (7.1%) only used the instruction manual. All respondents declared being able to use the SASC, however 7/28 (25.0%) would need assistance from the instruction manual or video tutorial.
Further utilisation training or assistance will be provided by the video tutorial. Removals and prescriptions will be checked by pharmacists to uncover picking errors. Impact on resident pharmacists’ workload will be assessed within six months. Finally, SASC centralised floor stock is an interesting approach for hospital pharmacies with limited staff to improve continuity of care.
Education and Research
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