IUPHAR-Ed Newsletter - September 2025

Welcome to the September edition of the IUPHAR Education Section newsletter.
In this edition, we provide updates on various IUPHAR-Ed initiatives, including details of upcoming workshops on teaching pharmacology in an integrated medicine and health sciences curriculum, organised by the Online Meeting Steering Group.
We also highlight the main sessions from the BPS Educator Meeting held in York in June and feature educators who will be presenting at WCP 2026 in Melbourne.
A reminder that abstract submissions are now open for the WCP 2026 Education Satellite, taking place on 11–12 July, and for the WCP 2026 Education Innovation Workshop on Wednesday, 15 July. Abstracts for both are due by 30 September. Please see page 18 for further details. We look forward to receiving your submissions!
This edition also features an article on the transformation of bush medicines, contributed by our Australian colleagues, as well as a piece highlighting a recently published paper on Objective Structured Practical Examinations (OSPEs).
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Professor Clare Guilding, Chair IUPHAR Education Section