SAPSF Newsletter 2

The SAPSF Newsletter...

Volume 1 Issue 2 December 2012

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for 2012/2013 and the beginning of being a Pharmacy Intern!

I would like to congratulate all my fellow final years on completing their

Bachelor in Pharmacy and in the process, in writing the last sentence in

their book of being a student – for those still at varsity, I would like to

share the following words –

“Don’t blend, don’t water it down, don’t try to make it logical;

don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your

most intense obsessions mercilessly.”

On a lighter note, I invite all of you to open an account on Scribd and Issuu

and follow SAPSF or SAPSF Publications. These online libraries offer endless

information and may even help you more than Google someday!

The official SAPSF Magazine, The Antidote, is being published soon – you

are in for a treat!! We have worked very hard and I am sure that you will

fall in love with it!

Enjoy the bright summer pastels of the newsletter and keep safe while travelling,

Seasons Greetings and yours forever in Pharmacy,

Cindy

SAPSF Editor 2012/2013

A Warm Welcome from the Editor…

Content…

1. News from Presco

2. Vice President calls for Change

3. Madam General Secretary and Madam

President join forces at ICPA Conference

4. Student Exchange News

5. Public Initiative: Red Test

6. Post Graduate News

7. News from Branches

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It feels like just yesterday when we were all gathered at the

University of the Witwatersrand for the 59th annual SAPSF

conference. It will not be too long till we meet again at the North

Western University in Potchefstroom for the next annual

conference. I am extremely enthusiastic about this next meeting,

not only because we will get a chance to relieve our post

conference withdrawal stress but because of the milestone that

the federation is reaching as it shall be our 60th anniversary.

Please make sure that you all keep in touch, interns included and

join us for the commemorations in Potchefstroom. Keep an eye

on our website, Facebook page, Twitter page and find out more

from your branch chairs for the details about the 60th Annual

SAPSF conference.

Still on the note of conferences, the South African Pharmacy Council will be hosting the first

ever National Pharmacy Conference from the 23rd to the 26th of June 2013 at Sun City. The

objective of this conference is ‘to mould the pharmacy profession into a force that will unite

behind a shared vision to contribute more significantly to a stronger South African healthcare

system as we move to Pharmacy 2030. As Pharmacy students, we have a crucial role to play in

the profession. This conference is an opportunity for us to join other professionals, learn from

them as well as to form networks in order to become a part of the united force that will move

Pharmacy forward. I urge you all to attend this conference, and be actively involved!

The 2nd IPSF African Pharmaceutical Symposium shall be held in Tanzania from the 1st to the

10th of July and this is an additional opportunity for you to get involved and connect with fellow

African pharmaceutical students. The 59th IPSF world congress will take place in the

Netherlands from the 30th of July to the 9th of August. If you are interested in more details on

these international opportunities do not hesitate to contact myself, or any one of the PresCo

members.

Let us get involved at a national and international level, as we pharm the future of our

profession beyond the counter to where we would like to see it.

Yours in Pharmacy,

Fadzai Munedzimwe.

Fadzai Munedzimwe

SAPSF President 2012/2013

News from Presco

Vice President

calls for Change

Lutendo Makgopa

SAPSF Vice President 2012/2013 PAGE 4

“I am John - I am a health promoter, an HIV ambassador and I have been living with this virus

for more than fifteen years….´

“I am Deneo, a breast cancer survivor, when I found out I had cancer I thought it was the end of

my world until I learnt more about this condition…… “

“I thought Diabetes was a disease for the rich. Three years ago I was diagnosed with diabetes

mellitus. I then started reading more and finding out one can live long with this condition was a

load off my shoulders……… “

So we all surely have had this kind of stories more than once in our life time. The seminars,

conferences, lectures and sermons always include these kinds of topics. People with conditions

similar to the above are always good narrators and experts in these kinds of chronic conditions.

These people know even better than physicians, pharmacist, nurses, specialists etc.

When will we hear more of HIV negative, diabetes free, cancer free ambassadors?

When will our nation stop being victim of circumstances first to know more about diseases,

deadly conditions, life style modification etc.?

It is said that our country is more of a treating than preventing country. What happened to

prevention is better than cure?

On worlds AIDS day I decided to preach the gospel of changes and

the response I got made me conclude there is still a lot of

awareness to be done in our communities.

No matter how little the change can be it will make a huge

difference.

Be that change and help someone to help hundreds others.

Lutendo.

Lutendo

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of NHI is “to provide cover to more South Africans and reduce the cost and fees that are paid out of our pockets.

Most importantly to have a balance between primary care and tertiary care”.

Currently the Department of Health (DOH) is conducting a pilot study in the 9 provinces in order to test innovations

necessary for NHI success and ways to improve general management of facilities contracting centralized and regional

procurement of particular product funded by NHI. The main point that he raised was that we as pharmacists must

take action if we see injustice in our delivery service sector because the patient is the one who is most affected and

not be afraid to raise it to the next level and not leave it to the doctors to be the only ones saying

something. There needs to be a paradigm shift in the role of the pharmacist “how is it that we put the patient at the

centre” and that we provide basic health care and not just a place where people collect medicine.

For further information on NHI contact:[email protected]

International speakers were Lauro Moretto Exec Vice President SINDUSFARMA (President: National Academy of

Pharmacy Brazil) and Ashok Soni (Vice Chair English Pharmacy Board of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (UK)) .They

provided us with tools in terms of their supply chain and what is done in the primary health care structure of the

respective countries, most importantly how we can learn from each other. Ashok Soni mentioned that “we should be

pharmacists with a special interest and not just a pharmacist focusing on what a pharmacist does”. We have the

opportunity to make an intervention that will make a difference in the patient‟s life.

After tea break was Lulu Kruger, Associated Director KPMG spoke to us about cost VS Economic benefits

of Implementing NHI. Topic was “Funding NHI: A spoon full of sugar” .The critical factor about

implementation of NHI is to increase productivity for the economy and make sure its introduced the right

way.

Madam General Secretary and Madam

President join forces at ICPA

Conference

Keneilwe Rabaji

SAPSF General Secretary 2012/2013

ICPA CONFERENCE REPORT 14-16th SEPTEMBER 2012

The Inaugural ICPA Convention and Trade Exposition 2012! The first that ICPA

has ever done and it was a success the first time around. It started on the 14th

September with the cocktail evening at Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg.

The 15th September 07h00 is when the real work began starting with

registration.

Opening and welcome speech by ICPA Chairperson, Sham Moodley. He

mentioned a very vital point that pharmacists are being underutilised in

terms of service and one of the ways to improve the health care system is to

expand on pharmacists and maximise our potential.

Next speaker Dr Anban Pillay, DDG of National Department of Health spoke

of NHI and the relevance to Pharmacy. He mentioned that the objective of

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In the afternoon were presentations on Business tools for Pharmacy. Speakers inorder: Bernhardt van Der

Merwe (Smolla group), Richard Gill and Gary Hendrickse (Sherpa Business Communications).

Following the hot topic medical schemes Reimbursement. Speakers in order:

Mark Payne (Medscheme) and Ms Inez Naidu (Discovery health 2013).

In the evening was the lovely Gala dinner to celebrate the Inaugural Conference and success of the first day

of conference, with Solly Suleman opening the Gala evening at the ICPA Conference and Justin Cohen, the

motivational speaker for the evening.

The next day of the conference began with a breakfast symposium and saw the launch of the ICPA diabetes

campaign which will involve screening patients for diabetes and the ICPA committed itself to screening 100

000 patients before November which is the Diabetes month. This was followed by the ICPA AGM and a

presentation by Prof Nadine Butler.

Professor Nadine Butler (University of the Western Cape) presented on “Using Treatment Algorithms in

Pharmacist Initiated Therapy”. In her presentation, she defined an algorithm as „a process or set of rules to

be followed in problem solving operations‟. She went through the phases and importance of developing

algorithms stating that some of the benefits of using algorithms are that they facilitate decision making and

also allow pharmacists to individualise patient therapy. Algorithms may be very useful if applied in conditions

such as GORD, headache and possibly rhinitis.

After the tea break, there was a presentation on adherence management through the „Simplify my Meds‟

programme. This is a coordinated prescription refill program which is aimed at improving adherence as well

as simplifying the process of renewing prescriptions for pharmacist. He went through the steps of the

programme and highlighted that the potential benefits of using the programme would be that it would allow

the pharmacist to control the queue in the pharmacy, start each month with an almost guaranteed revenue

from patients that come to collect their chronic medications, order medicines more efficiently, potentially

reduce costs whilst maximising on profits.

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UWCAPS STUDENT EXCHANGE REPORT 2012

Student Exchange

News

Mmakgabo Chokwezz

SAPSF Student Exchange Officer

2012/2013

On 24 August 2012, University of the Western Cape Association for Pharmacy Students

(UWCAPS) welcomed Anja Stulz, a German exchange student to Cape Town, South

Africa. Her Cape Town visit, which extended from 24 August -22 September 2012, was

a great initiative and opportunity to interact with an international pharmacy student

and recognise her perspective on the world of pharmacy. The aim of the exchange

programme was to enrich the students learning experience in pharmacy by exposing

her to the multifaceted realm of pharmacy and mutually benefit the development of

the UWCAPS Student Exchange Programme.

Upon receiving notification that the exchange student would be arriving at our

UWCAPS branch, I took the liberty of advertising via social media as well as the faculty

for accommodation to host the visitor. Prior to Anja's arrival a huge issue of

accommodation set doubts about whether or not our branch was able to

accommodate the exchange student as fellow UWC pharmacy students were not able

assist in this regard.

My new role as UWCAPS Local Student Exchange Officer, officially handed over to me

in July, posed challenging as this had been my first major project of hosting an

exchange student and completing the task seemed impossible. After no response

received from students regarding accommodation, UWC Student Accommodation

Administration was approached to arrange housing for the students visit.

The Theology Guesthouse, a well known accommodation site for many dignitaries and

guests to the University of the Western Cape was booked for Anja. Her stay include

self-catering facilities and the availability and accessibility to the main campus at all

times of which was convenient for the student to attend the campus activities.

Week 1

On the day of her arrival, Friday 24 August 2012 at Cape Town International Airport,

Anja was greeted by Frank Zindo, a 4th year Pharmacy student who resides on the

campus of the university. He had ensured Anja settled in at the arranged

accommodation, grabbed a bite to eat and even accompanied her to do her grocery

shopping for her stay.

On Monday 28 August 2012, the first day at the School of Pharmacy, Anja was officially

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On Monday 28 August 2012, the first day at the

School of Pharmacy, Anja was officially welcomed by

the Director of the Pharmacy School, Professor Sarel

Malan. He commended SAPSF for the great initiative

in allowing UWCAPS to host an exchange student for

the duration of time. His enthusiasm about the

development of UWCAPS Student Exchange

Programme was encouraging as this was a fairly new

introduction to the pharmacy school.

The introduction of Anja to the staff at the Pharmacy

School and allowed all administration to be

completed to allow the student to participate in

activities and gain access to the facilities on the

campus such as the computer laboratories and

library.

During Anja's first week of being at UWC, 26 August-

30 August she had participated in the Service

Learning in Primary Healthcare (SLIP) for 4th year

students, she had experienced the community of

Mitchells Plain Clinic. Her two consecutive days

(Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th) at the clinic

had opened her eyes to the role of pharmacists in

the community as she had not experienced the buzz

of a local clinic before, not even in Germany. Her

exposure to the Cape Flats was indeed a culture

shock from life in her native land.

On Thursday 29 August 2012, Anja was invited to the

Library Auditorium to witness the 3rd Years SLIP

Demonstrations. A day on the UWC School of

Pharmacy calendar when all 3rd year student

present to their fellow students, staff, and Primary

Healthcare facility managers their community

projects which was carried out. The demonstration

took most of the day and was well-received by the

German exchange student as this was something not

done during her Pharmacy course at Freiburg

University.

Week 2

On the first Saturday of the short university holidays,

Julia Losper, a UWCAPS member and Head of Charity

Foundation, invited Anja along with her friends to

the 'Old Biscuit Mill', an organic market in

Woodstock near the CBD as well as a visit to the

famous Victoria & Alfred Waterfront where Anja had

a taste of the Cape Town life.

Her second weekend in Cape Town was dampened

by the rainy weather and thus was not been able to

do more sightseeing of the city. Due to the distance

of the universit weekend visits to the university

hindered many plans to do social activities together

with Anja.

On Monday 2 September 2012, during the holiday

break allowed Anja to interact with UWC 4th year

Pharmacy students on campus to observe the

progress of their Research Projects. Anja shadowed

Theodette Golden, ex- Local Student Exchange

Officer, and her group in their Pharmacy Practice

Research Project. Her presence in the discussions

and meetings was well received by the fellow

students and the encouraged the making of new

UWC friends.

The remainder of the week allowed Anja to explore

more of the city with acquaintances at the Theology

guesthouse. Her trips around the city on the topless

red bus and seeing the penguins on Boulders Beach

in Simonstown had been one of the highlights of her

trip to Cape Town.

Due to academic commitments none of these fun

activities were participated by members of UWCAPS.

The location of the university was in close proximity

to a busy taxi rank and train station and thus the

student was free to explore those routes at her own

risk.

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The timing of Anja's arrival was not ideal as the first

week of her arrival coincided with the September

holidays which was for one week, Friday 30 August

and beginning campus 10 September 2012, in which

the majority of the students took advantage of to

study for their upcoming tests and due dates of

assignments.

Week 3

The opening of the university for the fourth and final

term, saw the return of all students to the campus

and the commencement of lectures. During this time

period the campus was plagued by midterm tests.

Anja accompanied me to the 3rd year lectures which

were very informative as they had focussed more on

the practical side of pharmacy in relation to her

pharmaceutical chemistry background. She had

commented on the lecturing style of the lectures

whom she found to be very accommodating and

helpful.

Her attendance to all the practicals during the week,

allowed her to participate and refresh her

experience in the preparation of suppository making,

making powders and granules for tablets as well as

doing a full ear, nose and throat examination which

was an entirely new experience. These practicals

were educational and fun and provided Anja with a

greater appreciation for the profession.

Cake sales and boerewors were on sale a fundraiser

in aid of the Annual 4th year Pharmacy Ball and this

was supported by Anja along with many students

who thoroughly enjoyed the local South African

boerwors rolls and indulged in delicious cupcakes.

This was one way of in which fellow UWC students

socialised with the foreign student on campus and

learnt more about each other's cultures.

Final Week

On 18 September 2012, Anja celebrated her 24th

birthday at UWC for which she was really surprised

at the gesture of her birthday cake and her gift

received from UWCAPS. Her birthday had marked

the last week of her UWC visit for which she would

be leaving the campus to tour the greater South

Africa with her sister, due to arrive 22 August.

The days following her birthday were filled with

great memories and her farewell at UWC Pharmacy

School was emotional as she had developed great

ties with UWC and Cape Town. UWCAPS presented

Anja with a Farewell goodie bag which contained

Proudly South African biltong, biscuits and chocolate

as well as UWCAPS merchandise.

On behalf of UWCAPS, it was a great opportunity

and privilege to host Anja Stulz as I believe UWCAPS

has gained as much an appreciation for the Student

Exchange Programmes as Anja has for UWC School

of Pharmacy. UWCAPS has developed to a more

recognised student body with the hosting of the

foreign student and the aims to engage in a new

perspective of the world of pharmacy, to enrich her

learning and benefit the development of the

UWCAPS Student Exchange Programme were indeed

met.

Going forward, I would like to encourage SAPSF to

kindly be cognisant of the timing and dates of the

arrival of the exchange student as academic

commitments continually overshadowed the

availability of the students to host the visitor. As this

was my first project as Local Exchange Student

Officer I have definitely acquired great knowledge

and experience in the ability to liaise and organise a

programme for the exchange student and was

grateful to be a part of this initiative.

Yours in Pharmacy

Lindy Hesqua

UWCAPS

Public Initiative: The Red Test

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Smiling and posing for pictures have become one of the SAPSFers

specialities to promote health projects. The national oral healthcare

project was a great success. The success in such projects lies in that

they are easy to implement and easily controlled. I therefore urge

students to continue their participation in the projects and most importantly

get other non-pharmacy students involved too. On that note I encourage

1st to 3rd year students to take part in the HIV/AIDS pharmacy focused

Quiz that was launched on the 1st of December,World AIDS Day.

The competition was uploaded on all Facebook groups and will be

extended to the 30th of December 2012 and there is an amazing gift

voucher to be won by the winning student. The unfortunate element to

the projects launched is that they lack community involvement. We

therefore look forward to projects that will require students to go into

communities and get their hands dirty.

We appreciate branches that have made great efforts to successfully organise eventful and enjoyable

pharmacy weeks and the reports of such have been lovely to read.

The prospect of new projects is exciting and hopeful for full participation as we will kick off the year by

celebrating Health lifestyle awareness.

As the new year approaches I wish you all the best.

Love Health, Love SAPSF

Yours in Pharmacy

Phumeza Aviwe Mlonzi

SAPSF PIO 2012-2013

Editor’s note

Please feel free to e-mail SAPSF if you have any questions regarding the HIV/AIDS Day Campaign.

If you don’t ask, you will never know; If you don’t try, you will never win!

South Africa is one of the countries with the highest HIV infection rate, which means that we

have the responsibility to know EVERYTHING about this disease – we have so much to share with

other countries! But first things first – be the change!

Phumeza Aviwe Mlonzi

SAPSF Public Initiative Officer

2012/2013

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Post Graduate News

Janke Kleynhans

Post Graduate

M.Sc Pharmaceutical Chemisty

APSSA Conference hosted by Rhodes University

The annual conference of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of

South Africa (APSSA) was held at Rhodes University on the

13th to 15th September 2012. The Young Scientist presentations were also

presented during this event.

This was the 33rd annual conference of the APSSA, an organisation

established in 1979 to advance pharmaceutical sciences and education in

South Africa. The theme of this years conference was “From innovation to

commercialisation-Advancing Practice” and the idea behind this theme

is that innovation must be implemented in the broad sense to improve

quality of health care in our country and not just be laboratory work that

have no impact.

Key speaker like Prof. Richard Haynes, Dr. Bhupesh Samant,

Dr. David N’Da and Dr. Tim Rennie presented on topics like

Malaria, Pharmacy Education, Trypanosomiasis, Biosimilars and

HIV counselling. The winner of the Young Scientist competition was

Wayne Mentz form North-West University with his presentation on

Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

Runners up were Karin Roos (North West University) and

Razia Gaida (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University).

The venue for the converence was the magnificent

Settlers monument with an amazing view of Grahamstown.

Rhodes University entertained us in abundance with many

sophisticated social events. This is definitely a week that we will

not forget very soon and I thank the City of Grahamstown and

Rhodes university for entertaining us in such an enjoyable way!

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News from RUPSA

September Events

The committee of 2012/2013 took over from the Annual General Meeting that was

held on the 28th of September 2012.

Events for the month of October

With the new committee recently elected into office, the planned event organised by RUPSA

was the Semester Exam Treats which was planned to be held on 26th October 2012.

There were no further activities due to upcoming examinations and the completion

of an academic year.

Plans for February 2013.

The tentative plans for the following year include signing up new members for the

society, organising ice-breakers between 1st year BPharm students and the seniors

in the faculty, organising community engagement amongst other events. A

more detailed report will follow in due course.

News from PASV

September Events

NWU had their testweek was from the 8 September till 17 September, which delayed pharmacy

week to start on the 17th of September.

On day one students took children from their community outreach project “learn and play

nursery,” to the local SPCA to play with the dogs.

On the 18th they had a campaign to give out bread and flour to the community by driving

around in Potch, handing out bread and flour to the people in the streets. The day was ended

with a talk about M-degrees, PSSA and PPS.

On Wednesday it was the informal social event. The theme was “Smokers Lounge.” It was a

big success with over 300 people attending. iHeart campaign was held in the morning where

cupcakes and teddybears were handed out.

On the last day rugby was played against the “tokkelokke - ” theology students - Pharmacy

beat them 67-7.

September ended with even more scheduled tests.

News from the Branches…

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October Events On 11 October we had Barefoot Day, where students spend a day without shoes to raise awareness about the large number of street children. PASV placed a donation box in the Pharmacy Building. On the 12th of October we hosted our Final Years Ball. Read below. Examinations started on the 26th October, which marked the end of PASV Events for 2012.

PASV Final Year Ball

This year Madam GS and I attended our Final Years Ball as final years and not as

executive members. Despite the unexpected thunderstorm causing unwanted

hairstyling difficulties and high heels sinking into the drenched grass, the weather

did everything but dampen our moods when we arrived at Feather Hill Estate to a

breathtakingly stunning sunset!

Quintin Labuschagne did more than an excellent job with his “Tango” themed

wonderland. The hall was decorated in red and black, complimenting the

glamorous atmosphere perfectly. Final years and their dates were treated to

Tango and Latin

dancing lessons presented by a professional ballroom dancer. Numerous sponsors

and lecturers joined us for a three course meal and a fun filled line-up, including

Mardi Potgieter as the Master of Ceremonies.

Whether you were sitting at the table endulging in the delicious food, discussing

the beautiful gowns, or laughing at everyone doing Gangnam Style in high heels or

tuxedos, everyone could agree that this was a magical evening. I wish I could share

all of the photographs to strengthen my case!

Cindy Hayward

News from the Branches…

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News from PEPSA

October has been a very busy month for PEPSA. On the 8th of October Sanlam handed over the 4th year hoodies. They also made a presentation to the 4th years. It was a big day and 4th years were very happy to receive the free hoodies from Sanlam. PEPSA also got involved in helping the pharmacy department host the Pharmacy day, where our new department was launched. It was a very big day as a lot of schools, students and parents came to see and listen to presentations. A lot of pharmaceutical companies were involved in terms of sponsoring and presentations. Late in the evening it was a special event were speeches were made, also a platform for socialising was also created. Many important guests came to the event including the dean of pharmacy from Rhodes University. In all the Pharmacy day was a big success. As a chairperson I also attended 2 NMMU award events (NMMU Achievers and merit awards) to represent PEPSA. PEPSA won together with other societies best charity outreach programme. It was a good event and PEPSA was proud to win something. We ended up postponing our charity hand over, SAPSF I want to be pharmacist campaign and health awareness for next year. Big event that kept people talking was our final event as PEPSA 2012 Pharmacy ball themed 007 Casino Royale. Organizing this event was very stressful, but we managed to be successful at the end. The ball took place at Elizabeth place on the 20th of October 2012. Though the weather was very bad people still managed to come through to the event and I’m proud to say that it was full. We had our sponsor representatives from Medi- rite, Sanlam and Clicks attending the ball. We also had 8 staff members who attended the ball. We had 4 speakers. First speaker from main sponsor was Varity Smith (Clicks), guest speaker was Mr Raydon juta, and Lecturer speaker was Mrs Fogarty and student representative Mr Pavan. Event was full of motivational advices and funny moments. Some 4th years were presented with fun awards. As PEPSA we also prepared a small gift for each 4th year. The gift was a coffee mug written NMMU BPharm class of 2012. The ball was a big success and everyone who went there enjoyed themselves. We will be releasing our second “PEP T@LK” magazine in November. Then we look forward to the final exams and closing the year. From PEPSA we are grateful to be part of SAPSF and wish you all the best.

Yours in pharmacy Sinoyolo Sifo PEPSA Chairperson 2012-2013

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News from the Branches…

News from ULAPS

SPORTS DAY

On the 25th of August 2012 we had a Pharmacy sports day at our campus grounds,where 1st

levels to final levels competed against each other in football, netball and volleyball.

There was an after party at Matsiri park,we had lots of fun.

PHARMACY WEEK(3-7 SEPTEMBER 2012)

3rd-Launch pharmacy week at Gate 2

4th-Stalls to beset up all around campus to let people know about proper use of medication

under the theme"Know your medicine".

5th-visit Kganya and Makanye Clinics to teach/remind patients with chronic conditions to know

their medication and the proper use

6th- I heart campaign,go out to Magaung hospice(a home of sick people abandoned by families)

and an orphanage called Reakgona children centre to donate food parcels and clothes,and

donate teddy bears at the orphanage as well.

7th-Clinical skills competition,whichever group that wins gets R2000

QUARTELY REPORT GENERAL MEETING -12 Oct 2012

Here the ULAPS executive is going to report on what we were up to,how we did it and how much

we spent during ULAPS events most importantly the balance of our account.

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY-12 Oct 2012

Since October is National breast cancer awareness month,we all (ULAPS members) going to wear

pink ribbons,t-shirt or anything e pink just to create awareness about the disease on campus and

encourage fellow students to go for mammograms.

Tertia Seboko

News from the Branches…

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News from TUTULAPS

On the 1st of September, Tutulaps in

partnership with Tshwane municipality had

a pharmcary week launch event at

Atteridgeville attlyn mall,where we had

other companies at the launch such as Cipla,

Dischem, VCT, Beyer and Net care they

ofeered a variety of services such as free HIV

testing and counselling, blood pressure,

cholesterol and glucose readings.

We had guest speakers and representatives

from University of Limpopo and TUT

Pharmacy Departments as well as PSSA,

students took part in health education to

the community.

First day of Pharmacy week on the

3rd:First years visited the Dr. George

Mukhari Hospital where they helped

with packing the stock and they had a

motivational talk from one the sisters in

charge and the Chief Pharmacist.

Tuesday: We had all pharmacy students

taking part in donations, raising money

for the orphanages and hospices.

Wednesday: Students took an initiative

to go visit a township high school, Botse-

Botse High School where the students

talked about applying for varsity

especially the B.Pharm course, adapting

to varsity and preparation for the final

exams.

Thursday: B.Pharm students and

pharmacist interns visited an orphanage

around Tshwane, using the money raised

from the donations to buy gifts and food

stuff for the kids.

We rewarded the students by taking

them to a PSL soccer game between

Sundowns F.C vs Maritzburg United at

atteridgeville, unfortunately the

sundowns students supporters were

heartbroken by the final match score.

Upcoming Events:

2nd annual Tutulaps amazing race to

happen after experiential learning

Financial Education session with the final

years

Tutulaps End of year BASH!!

During the month of October Pharmacy

Students of each level of the B.Pharm

degree took part in experiential learning.

Experiential learning is an integral

component of the B.Pharm curriculum that

equips the students with the necessary skills

to fulfil the duties that will be expected of

them when they commence in the field of

Pharmacy as proficient pharmacists. The

setting of the module as a whole has been

successfully structured in order to provide

the students with sufficient time to gain the

skills different sectors of Pharmacy.

News from the Branches…

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Since students were placed in different sectors and different places i.e: 1st years went to primary

health care facility, 2nd years in industry, 3rd years were the retail sector and final years were

allocated at hospitals, TUTULAPS was unable to do anything for the month of October so no

activities took place during this month.

During the month of October Pharmacy Students of each level of the B.Pharm degree took part

in experiential learning. Experiential learning is an integral component of the B.Pharm curriculum

that equips the students with the necessary skills to fulfil the duties that will be expected of

them when they commence in the field of Pharmacy as proficient pharmacists. The setting of the

module as a whole has been successfully structured in order to provide the students with

sufficient time to gain the skills different sectors of Pharmacy.

Since students were placed in different sectors and different places i.e: 1st years went to primary

health care facility, 2nd years in industry, 3rd years were the retail sector and final years were

allocated at hospitals, TUTULAPS was unable to do anything for the

month of October so no activities took place during this month.

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News from UKNAPS

The main focus of September 2012 were planning and preparation for the UKNAPS Pharmacy week.

Pharmacy week has been moved to Mid-October. We specifically chose this part of the month due to the fact that all DP tests for all levels would have been completed by then and these will a perfect end to the semester prior to exams. DAY ONE: Icebreaker events, meet your fellow Pharmers. * Address by HOS, UKNAPS representative and a talk about SAPSF Launching THE PHARMACY TIMES (UKNAPS first newsletter) * Kicking off charity collections (SAPSF EVENT #1: I <3 CAMPAIGN) DAY TWO: *Diabetes awareness talk (SAPSF EVENT #2: “I CHOOSE TO LIVE”) * Teddy bear raffle * Planting of a tree on UKZN (SAPSF EVENT #3: GOING GREEN) DAY THREE: *Off campus event, visiting an orphanage in the area to spread some UKNAPS love and donate the goodies we had collected in the previous two days

The UKNAPS Newsletter The Pharmacy times has completed!!! Mr MCO had completed the project in time for pharmacy week events which were scheduled for early September. The newsletter was not launched as yet due to

the unpleasant weather (and subsequent postponing of events. Madame GS and I were given a sneak peek into the pharmacy times and were both blown away by the final masterpiece. Mr MCO and his team have done an amazing job on the newsletter and I am sure that you will also be just as impressed. All in all, I am highly delighted with the new UKNAPS ExCo and I feel that we are moving forward in a big way. My hope is that things will continue to progress in this manner for both UKNAPS and SAPSF. Great thanks to you, Madame GS, for all of your assistance and hard work.

October 2012 was a great month for UKNAPS. The main focuses of this month were the following Pharmacy Week 2012 Launch of the UKNAPS Newsletter, "Pharmacy Times" UKZN Exam prep

Pharmacy week 2012 Durban has been experiencing unfavorable weather for the past few months. The four-seasons-in-one-day became a daily occurrence and the rain became a limiting factor in our plans. This did not stop the UKNAPS crew! We made alternate arrangements and settled for an indoor event which went on rather well.

Members who attended the event were divided into Groups which gave themselves a name after a specific drug (prizes were given for the best name and knowing what

the drug does) talks were given to the groups about SAPSF, UKNAPS, Diabetes and Green Pharming.

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After all talks and presentations were completed, the groups all took part in multiple games and activities to test their knowledge of the above mentioned topics and to determine if the presentations were a success! All the groups performed really well in the activities! Points were allocated for each correct answer and it was decided that the group with the highest score will be deemed the winners and have the privilege of signing "The Coat of Honour" which will be passed down from year to year, forming part of a new tradition in UKNAPS pharmacy week.

Launch of the UKNAPS Newsletter, "Pharmacy Times"

The highly anticipated "Pharmacy Times" was finally released during the UKNAPS Pharmacy week 2012. Readers were highly impressed with Mr MCO, Shelden Kistnasamy's hard work on the newsletter.

The newsletter is full of exciting information about the history of pharmacy, current standing of pharmacy and fun activities to keep the reader intrigued! The newsletter was received very positively by the crowds. Unfortunately only digital copies of the document were available due to the lack of printing sponsors. Plans for a second edition

of the Pharmacy Times are on the way. Part 2 will be launched early 2013.

UKZN Exam prep Whilst UKZN got ready for exams by finalising lectures, releasing DP's etc., UKNAPS was thinking of innovative ways to help our members with exams. In 2011, UKNAPS MCO, Shaveer Inderjith, took it upon himself to create an online information drive where his second year class could obtain past papers, lecture slides, notes and other useful information to help them in final examinations for all of their modules. This worked really well with the UKZN 2nd year Pharmacy class of 2011 having the highest pass rate to date! The same method was adopted this year. The second year class rep built on what was left to her class, the third year class rep created a similar site for his class and the final year rep also practiced the same. After speaking to some of the students from various levels, I've gathered that they really appreciated the initiatives made by their reps and will be much better prepared for exams. UKZN examinations started at the end of October and concluded on 17th November. Shaveer Inderjith (Mr) UKNAPS President 2012/2013

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UKNAPS Pharmers Ball 2012

44 modules and 544 credits later marked the time to bid farewell to our final year B.Pharmacy

students, equipped with their Bachelor of Pharmacy qualification!

The prestigious final year ball, as it has become famously known as, was held on Sunday, 18

November 2012, at the scenic sharks board convention centre, situated in Umhlanga, North of

Durban, please note that there were no visible sharks roaming around...

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Dressed to impressed, the soon to be pharmacist interns, were treated to a night filled with

awesome entertainment, great food boasting a delicious 3 course meal, and fabulous pharmer

company.As customary, speeches were on the itinerary, fortunately with the night still young,

speeches were kept to a minimum, by the Head of school, Dr P Govender and pharmaceutical

care lecturer, Mrs V Bangalee, followed by a representing and farewell speech by UKNAPS

president, Shaveer Inderjith.

In keeping with tradition, the 4th years were treated to a final lecture, some say in remembrance

of their 4 year lifestyle, (others say it was because the food was delayed, our secret off course!)

Mr Lushen Moodley a systemic pathology lecturer, provided the history of Aspen, as well as

opportunities afforded by the company to our soon to be working interns.

The Formalities of the night concluded with "special" awards presented as follows:

Most talkative award - Leshania Naicker (yep, that same Miss Naicker who won the

award for best of contribution at a SAPSF conference)

Class bunker - Yushen Naidoo (who also made history and bunked the ball as well!)

The funniest person - Mnqobi “Door” Myango (4th year Class rep and comedian, never a

dull moment with )

Always late - Muzaffer Saib ( Mr Saib arrived literally moments before

the announcing of his name!)

With words of wisdom and encouragement, hearty congratulations and

best wishes for the years ahead, the night ended with our talented

pharmacists of the future, embark on the dance floor, and boy did some

of them give Rihanna a run for her Myprodol!!

Lerisha Maharaj

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News from UWCAPS

News from the Branches…

Before one hits the year end, reflection is key of the steps taken from the halfway

mark. In light of the events that made a great mark in all the pharmacy students at

UWC, we are all glad that we can smile and wave at 2012 with ease and comfort after a

whirlpool of a semester. UWCAPS and al pharmacy students engaged and participated

in a number of activities that will settled in well, should 2013 not come.

We had the a great privilege of being active in pharmacy week (during the first week of

September) by having an awareness campaign around campus on healthy alternatives

from the orthodox energy drinks, and potentially health hazard activities we engage in

as students. In our spirit of being global citizens, we had the honour of hosting Anja

Stultz, an exchange student from Germany. Thanks to Lindy Hesqua and the rest of the

pharmacy students, she had full experience of what it meant to be South African

pharmacy Student, and more so a Capetonian.

To further show service to our surrounding community, the UWCAPS-charity

committee/foundation adopted the Kensington Old-Age Home, which within mid-

September we managed to have a cupcake sale which raised R600 in total towards the

homes basic needs, and we are currently in progress towards obtaining a full time

sponsor for the home. A few members of UWCAPS had the benefit of spending a

beautiful Friday afternoon with the elderly folk at the home, which was a pivotal act

that went hand in hand with the money we had just donated. And in continuing with

the spirit of health awareness, we had a Breast-Cancer Awareness week, where we sold

ribbons in our department and wore them throughout the entire week.

In honour of the class of 2012, the ball committee worked tirelessly to produce a a

spectacular ball, under the theme: Coco Chanel. The ball was put to justice by the

words of Theodette Golden:

We girls were thinking up ideas on how to enhance our natural “classy and fabulous”

vibes and the guys, well, the guys retreated to their special place, Clueless-land. Words

like timeless, iconic and elegant were not computing in some male minds, but they

totally “got” simple. Nevertheless, we all showed up on the 6th October at the Crystal

towers Hotel, Century City, looking trés magnifique… All in all, it was a great night. We

ate, we laughed, we danced and created one more memory to reminisce about in ten

years time. Let me leave you with this quote by Gabrielle “Coco” Bonheur Chanel,

“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know failure is inevitable.”

And that how the cookie crumbled at the halfway road for UWCAPS and its people.

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Abednigo Nkosi

UWCAPS President

News from WPSC

On the 26th of September WPSC held our very first annual SAPSF day at Wits Medical school. Students

showed their support for SAPSF by wearing the official SAPSF colors or the SAPSF t-shirt that was given

out at the 59th annual SAPSF conference that was held at wits this year. Pharmacy students were given a

short talk about SAPSF and its aims and initiatives of the federation such as the "I want to be a

pharmacist" campaign, the annual conferences held each year at the different universities offering

pharmacy and of course the Antidote newsletter and what features it has.

The aim of SAPSF day was to promote the federation and raise awareness of the federation as many

students were not familiar with SAPSF, WPSC members have also felt that students should know more

about the federation as it serves as a network between pharmacy students of different universities and

also open doors for pharmacy students to see what is beyond university and get equipped with what is

happening in the world of pharmacy in South Africa. In a nutshell, SAPSF day was a success and there was

positive feedback from the students.

On the 28th of September WPSC held their annual pharmacy braai at Wits main campus. All pharmacy

students were invited and were asked to dress according to the theme which was "pharmers" the

feedback was positive and students enjoyed the day – Kashmira Mitha

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