Call for Regional Essay Competition to be published in PEN

This year, the Pharmacy Education Newsletter (PEN) would like to give the
opportunity for one student from each region, through a competition, to publish their
response to the following topic. The objective of this competition is to learn the
differences in each region and how we can use those differences to better our region.
When answering the question, we want you to think about pharmacy in your country
and how pharmacist practice in that area. Please use the criteria provided as a
guideline for your essay.
The winner for each region will be selected by your Regional Project Officer and the
Pharmacy Education Committee based on answer completeness and innovation.
Please keep in mind that as this topic is the same for all regions, article selection will
aim to feature the most innovative and insightful responses that showcase pharmacy in
their country the best.

We ask that the essays follows the following publication criteria:

[Theme of paper]

The value of the pharmacist in a world facing antimicrobial resistance: benefits

and challenges in the European region

[Guideline Questions]

While keeping your article unique and original with a focus on your country ,
please address the following questions in your essay:

What is the role and the tasks of a pharmacist in the Antimicrobial

Stewardship (AMS) Team?

How can the role of the pharmacist be expanded in the AMS team?

What are the barriers that pharmacists face and how can they be
overcome?

If not already implemented, how would you propose to include

pharmacists in the team and describe the vital contributions they make?

[Format]

1.5 spacing

Size: 11

Font: Arial

References: AMA style with superscript in-text referencing

(http://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=99161&p=642357) .

Word Count: 1,500 Maximum

Images: Maximum of 4 images (High Resolution)

Please submit your essay and a picture of yourself by March 10th, 2016 23:59 GMT+0
with the subject line Regional Essay Competition Submission - Authors name to the
Regional Project Officer, Lara-Turiya Seitz at: rpo@euro.ipsf.org.

For any additional information or questions please contact the Regional Project Officer
from your region.

Kind Regards,

Jessica Rodiles (PARO), Lara-Turiya Seitz (EuRO),

Riziki Mulimba (AfRO), Omnia Hamza (EMRO),
Sai-Khim Lengwiriyakul (APRO)
Regional Project Officer 2015-2016