28th Congress of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP)

The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

ACPE is the American agency for accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy and providers of continuing pharmacy education, including certificate programs in pharmacy. Accreditation is the public recognition granted to a professional degree program in pharmacy or a provider of continuing pharmacy education, including certificate programs in pharmacy that are judged to meet standards through periodic evaluations.

Note that only seminars and keynote presentations are accredited.

How can participants receive their ACPE certificates
In order to receive your ACPE accreditation points, what you have learned during this session will be assessed.

At the beginning of their presentations, each presenter will ask 3 questions that will be answered in the content of their presentations. After the congress, you will receive an evaluation with the same questions, and this is when you will need to answer these questions to receive your accreditation certificates.

Please note that the ACPE certificate will not be sent automatically, but upon request only. EAHP will send you the certificate within 15 days after receiving your request.

For licensed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the USA
ACPE and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) are developing a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) tracking service, CPE Monitor, that will authenticate and store data for completed CPE units received by US-licensed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from ACPE-accredited providers as the EAHP. This service will be particularly helpful to the growing number of pharmacists who are licensed in multiple states and thus may need to meet the varied CPE requirements of different state boards of pharmacy. The CPE tracking system will create a direct link for sending CPE data from the EAHP to ACPE and then to NABP, ensuring that all reported CPE units are officially verified by the EAHP.

European Council for Pharmacy Education Accreditation
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and the European Society of Clinical Pharmacists (ESCP) have founded the European Council for Pharmacy Education Accreditation (ECPhA).

The European Council for Pharmacy Education Accreditation (ECPhA) is establishing a system for accrediting lifelong learning education in pharmacy. ECPhA’s mission is to help improve the quality of continuing education in pharmacy practice in healthcare settings across Europe via accrediting live and online lifelong learning events through collaborating with national healthcare professional associations and national accrediting bodies.

This is being achieved through applying high-quality standards in the assessment of available and future continuous professional development and educational programs, which address the needs and current practices of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and the pharmacy staff practicing in Europe.

ECPhA is an accreditation provider so the goal of ECPhA is to present an additional layer to the national accreditation systems in the countries where there is one, and not be a substitute for them.  A European body, such as ECPhA, will ensure that accreditation of European continued education events is aligned with European practice.

In addition, ECPhA is facilitating the attendance of national education events by participants from other countries by ensuring the transferability of continued education points between countries. ECPhA’s accreditation is also open to other countries from outside Europe.

ECPhA applies high-quality standards in the assessment of available educational programs, which address the needs and current practices of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and the pharmacy staff practicing in Europe and worldwide.

The 28th EAHP Congress will be ACPE and ECPhA accredited. 1 ECPEC (European Continuous Pharmacy Education Credit)= 1 hour of educational activity

The annual EAHP congress is recognized as a valid continuing pharmacy education by the below national association of Hospital Pharmacists. This information will be updated on a weekly basis.

Accreditation for Austrian participants
The Weiterbildungskommission Krankenhausfachapotheker of the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacy, on request of the Austrian Association of Hospital Pharmacists (www.aahp.at), has accredited the 28th EAHP Congress. Austrian hospital pharmacists are therefore eligible to obtain continuing education points according to the Krankenhausfachapotheker-Weiterbildungsordnung 2015. Details on how to claim these points will be available in the member section of the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists website (www.apotheker.or.at). ACPE certificate from the participation of Congress is needed. A total of max. 18 credits can be earned.

Accreditation for Belgian participants
The Federal Public Service HEALTH, FOOD CHAIN SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT has accredited the 28th EAHP Congress. Belgian hospital pharmacists are therefore eligible to obtain continuing education points. ACPE certificate from the participation of Congress is needed. A total of max. 2 points per day (6 in total) in the section can be earned. 28AC-Accreditation-Belgium

Accreditation for Estonian participants 
The 28th EAHP Congress is accredited by the Estonian Society of Hospital Pharmacists.
Participants have to be present at the forthcoming EAHP congress and submit a copy of their certificate of participation to ESHP which includes name and all seminars/workshops attended.
1 accreditation point will be given for every 45 minutes of educational event participated.

Accreditation for German participants
The German Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ADKA) acknowledges the high level and quality of scientific education provided by the 28th EAHP Annual Congress. Therefore the 28th EAHP Annual Congress is accredited by the German accreditation system of Zertifizierte Fortbildung Klinische Pharmazie der ADKA.ZeFoBi (ADKA) will accept the congress as a continuing education event and will give points on the basis of the ZeFoBi rules.

Accreditation for Portuguese participants
Portugal hospital pharmacists are eligible to obtain continuing education points. A certificate from the participation of Congress is needed. The credit request can be made individually, in the private area of the Ordem dos Farmacêuticos website, by completing the form and attaching the certificate. More information is in the following PDF document.

Accreditation for Serbian participants
The 28th Congress is recognized as a valid form of continuing education (International Congress) by the Pharmaceutical Chamber of Serbia. The following amount of credits will be awarded, in accordance with current regulations: invited lecturer - 15 points; oral presentation - 13 points; poster presentation - 11 points for the first author and 0.5 points for other co-authors; passive participation - 10 points.

Accreditation for Slovak participants
The EAHP Annual Congresses have been accredited by the Slovak Chamber of Pharmacists (SLeK) as a continuing education for pharmacists.
The Section of Hospital Pharmacists of the Slovak Chamber of Pharmacists acknowledges the high quality of scientific education provided by the EAHP annual congress.
Participation will be evaluated according to the SLeK methodology depending on the number of hours spent on specific presentations and seminars within the congress. ACPE certificate of participation in Congress needs to be enclosed.

Accreditation for Swiss participants
The EAHP Congresses are accredited by the GSASA (Swiss Association of Public Health Administration and Hospital Pharmacists). Hospital Pharmacist Switzerland 50 FPH credit points per day and Clinical Pharmacist Switzerland 50 FPH credit points per day.