Background
The Aspects of Compounding Summit is the third in the BEAM series of projects by the European Association of Hospital pharmacy. (see more here). It is under the auspices of the Academy which is part of the educational ‘arm’ of the EAHP.

The BEAM project is series of sponsored training and facilitation events (Summits) based on the cascade principle of dissemination. Specifically Aspects of Compounding is the ‘A’ of BEAM, the remaining letters representing Biotechnology, Evidence-based medicine and Management. The EAHP funds all participants to the event including airfare, hotel, meals, transport to the venue and registration.

Introduction and short description of the course
The aim of the Aspects of Compounding Summit is to, ‘provide participants with opportunities to learn from a structured experience that will enable them to advance compounding practice in their respective countries’.
The summit brings together expertise able to train participants from fundamental concepts to the realisation of a state-of-the-art facility for a compounding process in a European hospital pharmacy. There will be eight groups of eight participants from 31 countries and competition between groups will be encouraged.

Prior to the summit, participants will elect to participate in four purposefully devised topics according to which will provide the most useful learning for dissemination to their respective countries. In devising the topics there is a realization that Compounding varies considerably across the States of Europe. There will be two groups for each topic and with common learning needs they will work under expert guidance and with local resources. Each group will appoint a secretary and a president. Commonly groups will, for example; specify the organization of a compounding facility and a products list, design lay outs and describe processes and the compounding facility. Plenary sessions from subject experts will provide instruction on core subjects.

An expert panel will assess learning across topic pairs and overall as groups compete for prizes.

Supporting material, relevant literature and resources will be available on the EAHP website. Participants will take home all results and present them in their own country at the level they deem appropriate and to advance local practice. The website of the EAHP will be open for a compounding forum on which participants can report their progress and exchange ideas.

For more information, please contact em (at) eahp.eu