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Hospital Pharmacy
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
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by Gloria Niemeyer, secretary, A_m_e_r_ic_a_"_S_o_c_ie_t_y_o_f_H_o_s_p_it_a_l_P_h_a_rm_a_c_i_sts
With Hospital Pharlllacists • Hospital pharmacists are urged to participate in National Hospital Week, which will be observed May 6-12. Following the theme "Your Hospital ... For You and Your Community ," emphasis during the week will be on planning for community needs-every day and in time of catastrophe. The AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION will again offer a plaque as an award for the best pharmacy display in a hospital arranged by hospital pharmacists. To be eligible for this award, hospital pharmacists must be members of the A.PH.A . and the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. • The Veterans Administration has announced plans for VA pharmacy residencies which are sponsored in cooperation with several schools of pharmacy. The programs offer a combination of graduate school study along with practical experience in a VA hospital. Applications are being received for positions of pharmacy resident in Los Angeles, Calif.; Buffalo, N.Y. ; and Iowa City, Ia. Pharmacists interested in applying should file a Form 57 (application form) with the Executive Secretary, Central Board of U.S. Civil Service Examiners, Veterans Administration, Washington 25, D.C., before May 1, 1956. • Schools of Pharmacy offering the graduate program combined with an internship in hospital pharmacy have announced openings for the 1956 fall term. In most instances, applications must be received before May 1, 1956. A complete listing of Internship and Graduate Study Programs in Hospital Pharmacy is included in the March- April issue of The Bulletin of the American Society of I-Iospital Pharmacists. • The Catholic Hospital Association will hold its 41 st Annual Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., May 21- 24 . An Institute for Hospital Pharmacists is scheduled on May 19-22 in conjunction with the convention. Arrangements are in 142
charge of the C.H.A.'s Committee on Hospital Pharmacy Practice with the A.PH.A., the A.S.H.P., and the local hospital pharmacists' group as sponsoring organizations. • Dr. George F. Archambault, chief, Pharmacy Branch, Division of Hospitals, U.S. Public Health Service, has been named the 1956 recipient of the H. A. K. Whitney Award presented annually by the Michigan Society of Hospital Pharmacists for outstanding contributions to hospital pharmacy. Dr. Archambault is the immediate past president of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists and a member-elect of the Council of the A.PH.A. • The A.S.H.P. Committee on Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals met in Washington on March 6 to outline plans for inaugurating the Formulary Service. Dr. William Heller, chief pharmacist, University Hospital, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark., is chairman of the committee. • The Southeastern Society of Hospital Pharma.cists will meet in conjunction with the Southeastern Hospital Conference in Miami Beach, April 18- 20. Announcement of the program has been made by the President, Terry Nichols. • The Wisconsin Society of Hospital Pharmacists held a one-day Seminar ' in Milwaukee on February 24. Principal speakers included Dr. Alex Berman of the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, Madison, Wis.; Larry Summers and Peter Solyom, pharmacists at the University of Chicago Clinics, Chicago, Ill.; Dan Moravec, chief pharmacist at Lincoln General Hospital, Lincoln, Nebr.; Sylvester G. Dretzka, secretary of the Wisconsin State Board of Pharmacy, Milwaukee; and Wilbert Penberthy, narcotic agent, State of Indiana. • A Hospital Pharmacy Forunl for Hospital Administrators is scheduled for May 2 by the Mississippi Society of Hospital Pharmacists. The principal speaker will be Grover C. Bowles, chief pharmacist at the Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. Vol. XVII, No.3
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Hospital
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by Gloria Niemeyer, secretary, A_m_e_r_ic_a_"_S_o_c_ie_t_y_o_f_H_o_s_p_it_a_l_P_h_a_rm_a_c_i_sts
With Hospital Pharlllacists • Hospital pharmacists are urged to participate in National Hospital Week, which will be observed May 6-12. Following the theme "Your Hospital ... For You and Your Community ," emphasis during the week will be on planning for community needs-every day and in time of catastrophe. The AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION will again offer a plaque as an award for the best pharmacy display in a hospital arranged by hospital pharmacists. To be eligible for this award, hospital pharmacists must be members of the A.PH.A . and the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. • The Veterans Administration has announced plans for VA pharmacy residencies which are sponsored in cooperation with several schools of pharmacy. The programs offer a combination of graduate school study along with practical experience in a VA hospital. Applications are being received for positions of pharmacy resident in Los Angeles, Calif.; Buffalo, N.Y. ; and Iowa City, Ia. Pharmacists interested in applying should file a Form 57 (application form) with the Executive Secretary, Central Board of U.S. Civil Service Examiners, Veterans Administration, Washington 25, D.C., before May 1, 1956. • Schools of Pharmacy offering the graduate program combined with an internship in hospital pharmacy have announced openings for the 1956 fall term. In most instances, applications must be received before May 1, 1956. A complete listing of Internship and Graduate Study Programs in Hospital Pharmacy is included in the March- April issue of The Bulletin of the American Society of I-Iospital Pharmacists. • The Catholic Hospital Association will hold its 41 st Annual Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., May 21- 24 . An Institute for Hospital Pharmacists is scheduled on May 19-22 in conjunction with the convention. Arrangements are in 142
charge of the C.H.A.'s Committee on Hospital Pharmacy Practice with the A.PH.A., the A.S.H.P., and the local hospital pharmacists' group as sponsoring organizations. • Dr. George F. Archambault, chief, Pharmacy Branch, Division of Hospitals, U.S. Public Health Service, has been named the 1956 recipient of the H. A. K. Whitney Award presented annually by the Michigan Society of Hospital Pharmacists for outstanding contributions to hospital pharmacy. Dr. Archambault is the immediate past president of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists and a member-elect of the Council of the A.PH.A. • The A.S.H.P. Committee on Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals met in Washington on March 6 to outline plans for inaugurating the Formulary Service. Dr. William Heller, chief pharmacist, University Hospital, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark., is chairman of the committee. • The Southeastern Society of Hospital Pharma.cists will meet in conjunction with the Southeastern Hospital Conference in Miami Beach, April 18- 20. Announcement of the program has been made by the President, Terry Nichols. • The Wisconsin Society of Hospital Pharmacists held a one-day Seminar ' in Milwaukee on February 24. Principal speakers included Dr. Alex Berman of the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, Madison, Wis.; Larry Summers and Peter Solyom, pharmacists at the University of Chicago Clinics, Chicago, Ill.; Dan Moravec, chief pharmacist at Lincoln General Hospital, Lincoln, Nebr.; Sylvester G. Dretzka, secretary of the Wisconsin State Board of Pharmacy, Milwaukee; and Wilbert Penberthy, narcotic agent, State of Indiana. • A Hospital Pharmacy Forunl for Hospital Administrators is scheduled for May 2 by the Mississippi Society of Hospital Pharmacists. The principal speaker will be Grover C. Bowles, chief pharmacist at the Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. Vol. XVII, No.3