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Jordanian pharmaceutical students association is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious organization that was founded in May 2007. The organization affiliated to the Eastern Mediterranean regional office (EMRO) of the International pharmaceutical students federation (IPSF) which located in the Netherlands. In Jordan the organization comprises the faculties of pharmacy in four universities which students are able to be a members. Those universities are: the University of Jordan, the Hashemite University, the Jordanian University of science and technology and the eastern Mediterranean university. The organization’s aim is to improve the skills of the pharmaceutical students in their field, by raising their pharmaceutical and medical knowledge, to be able to do an impact in their societies and help the arounds with their medical knowledge. The organization also works to improve the personality and raise the self-confidence for the students to build future pharmacist who will be able to deal with any troubles they might have in the future.

Objectives:
1.	To enhance cooperation and communication among pharmacy students in Jordan. 2.	Perform public health activities to increase health awareness among the community. 3.	Involve students in capacity building and skills development activities. 4.	Encourage students to participate in international and regional events organized by IPSF and exchange experience with pharmacy students from other countries. 5.	Build bridges for students with the working field making them more qualified to meet the market needs when they graduate.

Humanitarian campaigns
including road safety campaigns, health awareness campaigns, cancer children activities, foster and nursing homes visits, medical campaigns in the refugees camps, clothing bank for the poor and many other campaigns that aims to give humanitarian assistance and raise the awareness of the students.

Public health campaigns
including world health day, medicine awareness campaigns, tobacco alert campaign, health living and diabetes campaign, tuberculosis campaign, HIV/AIDS campaign and anti-counterfeit drugs campaign. These events contributes to promotion of the student’s self-confidence through meeting people from all ages and direct contact with their societies.

Professional development campaigns
including pharmacy profession awareness campaign, trainers development camp, leaders in training, clinical skills event, compounding event and many other extracurricular events that aims to improve the students personality and skills including leadership, time management and many other skills.

SEP- students exchange program:
SEP is the IPSF’s largest project, offering professional pharmacy internships. Every year, more than 900 students around the world are given the opportunity to experience the field of pharmacy in different countries. The member association of IPSF organize the exchange by finding the host sites where the students are trained. The programme runs throughout the year (winter version and summer version), but most of the exchanges take place between May and September. The length is usually 1 to 3 months with a minimum of 40 working hours per exchange, and possible host sites include: -	Community pharmacy. -	Hospital pharmacy. -	Clinical pharmacy. -	Wholesale pharmacy. -	Pharmaceutical industry. -	Research at university. -	Government or private health agencies. The host may also provide room, broad and/or pocket money in addition to the training site in order to help the application.

IPSF World Congress (WC):
It’s an event for all IPSF members hosted by a different country every year. World congress includes General Assembly (GA) in which members discuss the regulations of the federation, review reports of the IPSF executive committee and elect new executive committee. Scientific symposium, workshops, trainings, lectures, social and cultural events are held during the WC too. And many other programs that help the global pharmaceutical family to be connected.

Eastern Mediterranean pharmaceutical symposium (EMPS):
An event for all EMRO members hosted by a different EMRO country every year, it was held in Jordan in 2011 and 2018 by JPSA. EMPS includes the regional assembly (RA) in which members discuss the regulations of the regional office, review reports of the EMRO board and elect new board. Scientific symposium, workshops, trainings, lectures, social and cultural events are held during EMPS too. And many other programs that help the global pharmaceutical family to be connected.

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