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IPSF congress in Istanbul
IPSF congress in Istanbul by Edward M. Jeryan
uly 25, 1969, marked the opening of the Fifteenth Congress of the 'International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (IPSF) in Istanbul, Turkey. The congress was organized by the Pharmaceutical Students' Association of the University of Istanbul. Approximately 12.0 persons from all parts ·of the world participated-South Africa, Australia, North America and Europe. There were 15 member nations represented at the meeting, including two participants from the United States-James Wilson, representing Kappa Psi pharmaceutical fraternity, and myself, representing the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and the Student American Pharmaceutical Association. The purpose of the federation is to "study and promote interests of pharmaceutical students and to encourage international cooperation among such students". The annual congress of IPSF provides a forum where these objectives can be carried out. The headquarters and lodging for the congress delegates was at the Atakoy Hotel, one of the newer hotels just outside of the city. Located nearby was a restaurant and a beach along the Sea of Marmara, which invited many midnight swims. The first full day in Turkey was spen t taking a tour of the ci ty of Istanbul, with visits to the Blue Mosque, Saint Sophia Mosque and Topkapi Palace. In the afternoon there was tea on the Bosphorus. The opening ball was held that evening and included dinner, Turkish folk dancers and a belly dancer. The congress was officially opened the next day by President Jane Turpin of Great Britain. We were greeted by the dean of Istanbul University .. The meeting was held in a modem convention hall in Istanbul, which was equipped for simultaneous translation of English, German, French and Turkish. At this time Belgium was accepted as a full member and Ankara University as a member in association.
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In the afternoon the first steering committee meeting convened. The annual reports were read and discussed in detail. President Jane Turpin discussed the International Drug Appeal program, a joint undertaking of I,P SF, the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations and the World University Service (WUS). This project was organized in 1962 and is designed to collect drugs for clinics established by the WUS for the use of developing countries. Member nations are asked to help gather drugs, which will be distributed by WUS. Recipient countries for 1969 include Honduras, Indonesia, Lesotho, the Philippines, Rwanda, Korea, Thailand and Pakistan. Treasurer and Vice President Dieter Steinbach of Germany gave a detailed report on the financial status of IPSF. It was noted that many members had not paid their fees for 1969 and several were one or more years in arrears. There was discussion on how to collect these back fees as well as methods for collecting additional funds. It was recommended that membership fees be increased. The chairman of student exchange, Hermann Koerber of Germany, discussed the state of affairs of the program. This is one of the most important and significant programs that IPSF sponsors. There is great interest among students throughout the world to travel to other countries to learn of the ways pharmacy is practiced in these countries. The exchange can be from one month to three months or longer. It was pointed out that the United States is often the first preference of foreign students wishing to participate in the program, but due to the inability of finding enough suitable hosts for Ithem in this country, many have had to be turned down. This is one area in which Student APhA can perforun a great service for IPSF. Not only do the individuals involved get a chance to view pharmacy in the United States, but their hosts are
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able to learn from them about the practice of pharmacy in their home countries. For ,e ach foreign student brought to the U.S. in the program, an American student is sent overseas. Our stay in Turkey was not all work. In our free time we went into the city to shop in the fabulous bazaar. There also were many late nights out on the town. One day was spent on the Princess Islands in the Sea of Marmara, which was climaxed by an auction at which ,e ach country auctioned off an article that was representative of its culture. One day was set aside for an opium panel. Several professors from Istanbul University came to discuss with us the problems of opium traffic in Turkey and the treatment of addicts. Another afternoon was spent visiting the Turkish pharmaceutical firm, Eczacibasi. One of its representatives met with us and told of the problems faced by Turkish pharmaceutical firms. There is very little research and development being done by Turkish companies. For the most part they manufacture products for other companies which supply the raw materials. However, at Eczacibasi there is a small research department that is growing slowly. The final general assembly was held on August 2nd. The locations of future congresses were discussed. N'ext year's congress will be held in Berlin, Germany, and in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1971. Provisional invitations for the 1972 congress have been extended by Israel and Great Britain. This year new officers were elected to s'e rve for the next two years. The new officers arepreSident-Hermann Koerber, Germany; secretary-general-Joop Volp, The Netherlands; treasurer-vice president-Dieter Steinbach, Germany; chairman of information and education-Helen Oakley, Great Britain; chairman of student exchange-ElsaLydia Toverud, Norway; publications
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'continuing education news ~
"Pharmacy and the Legislative Scene, 1969" was theme of recent seminar sponsored by Miami Alumni chapter of Alpha Zeta Omega. Speakers included APhA legal division head Carl Roberts; Florida State Board of Pharmacy Inspe,c tor Vernon K. Bell; Florida State Department of Public Welfare medical services di'vision Director Wright Hollingsworth; Honorable Vernon Holloway, Florida state senator; Honorable Edward For-tune, pharmacist and Florida state representative, and Jack Moss, past AZO 'Miami president and Broward County ( Florida ) director of public welfare. '~Latest advances in rehabilitation of sick and disabled were studied by more than 250 pharmacists, nurses and physiotherapists at 1969 fall seminar sponsored by Sickroom Service, Inc., October 7-8 in 'Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Keynote speaker was Sumner G. Whittier, executive director of National Easter Seal Society for 'Crippled Children and Adults', who spoke on "New Dimensions in Rehabilitation". '~A series of nine monthly meetings, -from September through May, each covering a practical area of pharmacology, is being sponsored by the Portland Retail Druggists Association and the Professional Society of Pharmacists. With special emphasis on recent developments in pharmacology and its practical application, the topics include pracfical aspects of drug actions, antibiotics, diuretics and hypotensives, corticosteroids, oral contraceptives: anabolic agents, autonomic drugs, oral antidiabetics and CNS depressants. '~A
continuing education series was 'sponsored by Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association this fall from Septem-
IPSF congress ,(continued from page 624) office-Peter Lindner and Marjolein deWilde (both of The Netherlands)
The IPSF congress allows for an exchange of ideas and development of international friendships. The participants learn what pharmacy is like in other countries and the problems faced by pharmacy in an ever-changing world. I t is most impressive to see ,a group of young students gather together to discuss the problems of pharmacy on an international level and dedicate themselves to the betterment of international pharmacy and world health. Information on IPSF and its programs may be obtained from Joseph P. Tumelty, Liaison Secretary to IPSF, Student American Pharmaceutical Association, 2215 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20037. 634
ber 30 to November 19. General topic of series was "Current Concepts of Diabetes and Its Management". , Lecturers presented talks on the biochemical aspects, some factors which may contribute to the development of and drug management of diabetes mellitus. The lectures were presented at various sites in state and one session was video-taped and will be made available to affiliated local associations upon completion of the entire series. ~ The University of Tennessee college of pharmacy in cooperation with The Forum for the Advancement of Toxicology in College of Pharmacy held a workshop in toxicology in Memphis on October 3Q...-"3,1. The workshop was designed for faculty members of schools or colleges of pharmacy and of the allied health professions, and persons from industry and governmental agencies interested in toxicology education and research. Purpose of the workshop was to present an overview of the problems encountered in the field of toxicology.
~ Philadelphia was location of hospital pharmacy conference on new systems of drug administration sponsored by Temple University Health Sciences Center on October 29. Speakers discussed three innovations in medication administration systems-medication administration by pharmacy-based nursing pefiSonnel, medication administration by technicians and pharmacists and self-administration of medication by inpatients. ~ Annual pharmacy lectures, presented by the University of Michigan, took place October 21. Theme for 1969 lectures was clinical pharmacy and its contribution to health care. The educational aspects, application in community practice and potential contributions to improvement of health care of clinical pharmacy were discussed. Luncheon address was given by William B. Hennessy, APhA president. ~ Community and hospital pharmacists from across Georgia attended the 12th annual hospital pharmacy seminar at the University of Georgia October 11-12. Sponsored jointly by the university's school of pharmacy and the Georgia Society of Hospital Pharmacists, the seminar theme was "Unit Dose Dispensing". Program participants included Ruth Budd, RN, Kettering Memorial Hospital, Kettering, Ohio; Dorothy Griscom, RN, Methodist Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; F. Regis Kenna, University of Chicago; Leara Swilling, Hamilton Memorial Hospital, Dalton, Georgia, and W.B. Iturrian, University of Georgia, Athens.
~ The third annual seminar sponsored by the North Carolina Society of Hospital Pharmacists and the University of North Carolina school of pharmacy took place September 6-7. Approximately 125 pharmacists registered for the sessions which covered the seminar's main theme-"The Hospital Pharmacist Spe,cialist". A clini-
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cal pharmacy seminar, as an optional session, was presented ' by the school of pharmacy students who have been working as medication assistants at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. ~ University of Kansas school of pharmacy 25th biennial pharmacy extension course was held in September in four state cities-Hays, Wichita, Salina and Lawrence. Pharmacists attending the one-day sesisions heard talks on "Family Health Records" by David A. Knapp, The Ohio State University; "Institutional Pharmacy-Its People and Its Ways", David D. Almquist, Wesley Medical Center ( Wichita) ; "Trends in Antibiotic Therapy", Robert A. Wiley, University of Kansas, and "Drugs Used for Immunosuppression", Ian H . Pitman, University of Kansas.
world drug progams (continued from page 610) Services in Europe, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen (December 1963) 8. Abel-Smith, B., "An International Study of Health Expenditure and Its Relevance for Health Planning", Public Health Papers #32, The World Health Organization, Geneva (1967) 9. United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Task Force on Prescription Drugs, Background Papers, Current American and Foreign Programs, Washington (December 1968) 10. Hall, Nathan, "Pharmaceutical Aspects of the Australian National Health Scheme", JAPhA, NS9, 184 (April 1969) 11. "Pharmacy in The Common Market", The Pharm. J., 200, 535 (May 11, 1968) 12. Feder:ation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations, 2nd General Assembly, 1st Asian Conference of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aspects of Asian and Pacific Pharmacy, Tokyo (1966) 13. Scott, Sir Eric, "Australia, The Government is Pharmacy's Biggest Customer", Journal Mondial de Pharmacie, 2,113 (1967) 14. Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal, 102, 179 (Ontario Province); 102, 218 (Alberta Province); 102, 232 (Nova Scotia), and 102, 236 (New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island), (June, July, August 1969) 15. Department of National Health and Welfare of Canada, Royal Commission on Health Services, Provision, Distribution, and Cost of Drugs in Canada, Ottawa (1964) 16. Smecka, V., "Recent Trends in Czechoslovak Pharmacy", Amer. J. of Pharm. Educ. 33, 14 (February 1969) 17. Belcastro, P.F., "Danish Pharmaceutical Practice", JAPHA, NS4, 588 (December 1964) 18. Hastings, J.E:F., Report to the World Health Organization on Health Service Patterns and Medical Education in Selected Countries, University of Toronto, Ottawa (1960) 19. The World Health Organization, Third Report on the World Health Situation, 19611964, Official Records of the World Health Organization, No. 155, Geneva (April 1967) 20. "Financing the Health Service", The Lancet, 2, 103 (July 12, 1969) 21. Johnson, R. H., "The Health of Israel", The Lancet, 2, 842 (October 23, 1965) 22. Takada, K., "In Japan . . . Drugs and Pharmaceuticals", JAPHA, Practical Edition, 21, 771 (December 1960) 23. Department of Health, Republic of China, Taiwan Provincial Government, Taiwan's Health, Formosa (1967) 24. The World Health Organization, Health Services in the U.S.S.R., Public Health Papers #3, Geneva (1960) 25. Petrovic, B., The Public Health Service in Yugoslavia, revised edition with introduction by Morna Markovic, Secretary of Health, Belgrade (1962)
uly 25, 1969, marked the opening of the Fifteenth Congress of the 'International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (IPSF) in Istanbul, Turkey. The congress was organized by the Pharmaceutical Students' Association of the University of Istanbul. Approximately 12.0 persons from all parts ·of the world participated-South Africa, Australia, North America and Europe. There were 15 member nations represented at the meeting, including two participants from the United States-James Wilson, representing Kappa Psi pharmaceutical fraternity, and myself, representing the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and the Student American Pharmaceutical Association. The purpose of the federation is to "study and promote interests of pharmaceutical students and to encourage international cooperation among such students". The annual congress of IPSF provides a forum where these objectives can be carried out. The headquarters and lodging for the congress delegates was at the Atakoy Hotel, one of the newer hotels just outside of the city. Located nearby was a restaurant and a beach along the Sea of Marmara, which invited many midnight swims. The first full day in Turkey was spen t taking a tour of the ci ty of Istanbul, with visits to the Blue Mosque, Saint Sophia Mosque and Topkapi Palace. In the afternoon there was tea on the Bosphorus. The opening ball was held that evening and included dinner, Turkish folk dancers and a belly dancer. The congress was officially opened the next day by President Jane Turpin of Great Britain. We were greeted by the dean of Istanbul University .. The meeting was held in a modem convention hall in Istanbul, which was equipped for simultaneous translation of English, German, French and Turkish. At this time Belgium was accepted as a full member and Ankara University as a member in association.
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In the afternoon the first steering committee meeting convened. The annual reports were read and discussed in detail. President Jane Turpin discussed the International Drug Appeal program, a joint undertaking of I,P SF, the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations and the World University Service (WUS). This project was organized in 1962 and is designed to collect drugs for clinics established by the WUS for the use of developing countries. Member nations are asked to help gather drugs, which will be distributed by WUS. Recipient countries for 1969 include Honduras, Indonesia, Lesotho, the Philippines, Rwanda, Korea, Thailand and Pakistan. Treasurer and Vice President Dieter Steinbach of Germany gave a detailed report on the financial status of IPSF. It was noted that many members had not paid their fees for 1969 and several were one or more years in arrears. There was discussion on how to collect these back fees as well as methods for collecting additional funds. It was recommended that membership fees be increased. The chairman of student exchange, Hermann Koerber of Germany, discussed the state of affairs of the program. This is one of the most important and significant programs that IPSF sponsors. There is great interest among students throughout the world to travel to other countries to learn of the ways pharmacy is practiced in these countries. The exchange can be from one month to three months or longer. It was pointed out that the United States is often the first preference of foreign students wishing to participate in the program, but due to the inability of finding enough suitable hosts for Ithem in this country, many have had to be turned down. This is one area in which Student APhA can perforun a great service for IPSF. Not only do the individuals involved get a chance to view pharmacy in the United States, but their hosts are
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
able to learn from them about the practice of pharmacy in their home countries. For ,e ach foreign student brought to the U.S. in the program, an American student is sent overseas. Our stay in Turkey was not all work. In our free time we went into the city to shop in the fabulous bazaar. There also were many late nights out on the town. One day was spent on the Princess Islands in the Sea of Marmara, which was climaxed by an auction at which ,e ach country auctioned off an article that was representative of its culture. One day was set aside for an opium panel. Several professors from Istanbul University came to discuss with us the problems of opium traffic in Turkey and the treatment of addicts. Another afternoon was spent visiting the Turkish pharmaceutical firm, Eczacibasi. One of its representatives met with us and told of the problems faced by Turkish pharmaceutical firms. There is very little research and development being done by Turkish companies. For the most part they manufacture products for other companies which supply the raw materials. However, at Eczacibasi there is a small research department that is growing slowly. The final general assembly was held on August 2nd. The locations of future congresses were discussed. N'ext year's congress will be held in Berlin, Germany, and in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1971. Provisional invitations for the 1972 congress have been extended by Israel and Great Britain. This year new officers were elected to s'e rve for the next two years. The new officers arepreSident-Hermann Koerber, Germany; secretary-general-Joop Volp, The Netherlands; treasurer-vice president-Dieter Steinbach, Germany; chairman of information and education-Helen Oakley, Great Britain; chairman of student exchange-ElsaLydia Toverud, Norway; publications
( continued on page 634)
'continuing education news ~
"Pharmacy and the Legislative Scene, 1969" was theme of recent seminar sponsored by Miami Alumni chapter of Alpha Zeta Omega. Speakers included APhA legal division head Carl Roberts; Florida State Board of Pharmacy Inspe,c tor Vernon K. Bell; Florida State Department of Public Welfare medical services di'vision Director Wright Hollingsworth; Honorable Vernon Holloway, Florida state senator; Honorable Edward For-tune, pharmacist and Florida state representative, and Jack Moss, past AZO 'Miami president and Broward County ( Florida ) director of public welfare. '~Latest advances in rehabilitation of sick and disabled were studied by more than 250 pharmacists, nurses and physiotherapists at 1969 fall seminar sponsored by Sickroom Service, Inc., October 7-8 in 'Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Keynote speaker was Sumner G. Whittier, executive director of National Easter Seal Society for 'Crippled Children and Adults', who spoke on "New Dimensions in Rehabilitation". '~A series of nine monthly meetings, -from September through May, each covering a practical area of pharmacology, is being sponsored by the Portland Retail Druggists Association and the Professional Society of Pharmacists. With special emphasis on recent developments in pharmacology and its practical application, the topics include pracfical aspects of drug actions, antibiotics, diuretics and hypotensives, corticosteroids, oral contraceptives: anabolic agents, autonomic drugs, oral antidiabetics and CNS depressants. '~A
continuing education series was 'sponsored by Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association this fall from Septem-
IPSF congress ,(continued from page 624) office-Peter Lindner and Marjolein deWilde (both of The Netherlands)
The IPSF congress allows for an exchange of ideas and development of international friendships. The participants learn what pharmacy is like in other countries and the problems faced by pharmacy in an ever-changing world. I t is most impressive to see ,a group of young students gather together to discuss the problems of pharmacy on an international level and dedicate themselves to the betterment of international pharmacy and world health. Information on IPSF and its programs may be obtained from Joseph P. Tumelty, Liaison Secretary to IPSF, Student American Pharmaceutical Association, 2215 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20037. 634
ber 30 to November 19. General topic of series was "Current Concepts of Diabetes and Its Management". , Lecturers presented talks on the biochemical aspects, some factors which may contribute to the development of and drug management of diabetes mellitus. The lectures were presented at various sites in state and one session was video-taped and will be made available to affiliated local associations upon completion of the entire series. ~ The University of Tennessee college of pharmacy in cooperation with The Forum for the Advancement of Toxicology in College of Pharmacy held a workshop in toxicology in Memphis on October 3Q...-"3,1. The workshop was designed for faculty members of schools or colleges of pharmacy and of the allied health professions, and persons from industry and governmental agencies interested in toxicology education and research. Purpose of the workshop was to present an overview of the problems encountered in the field of toxicology.
~ Philadelphia was location of hospital pharmacy conference on new systems of drug administration sponsored by Temple University Health Sciences Center on October 29. Speakers discussed three innovations in medication administration systems-medication administration by pharmacy-based nursing pefiSonnel, medication administration by technicians and pharmacists and self-administration of medication by inpatients. ~ Annual pharmacy lectures, presented by the University of Michigan, took place October 21. Theme for 1969 lectures was clinical pharmacy and its contribution to health care. The educational aspects, application in community practice and potential contributions to improvement of health care of clinical pharmacy were discussed. Luncheon address was given by William B. Hennessy, APhA president. ~ Community and hospital pharmacists from across Georgia attended the 12th annual hospital pharmacy seminar at the University of Georgia October 11-12. Sponsored jointly by the university's school of pharmacy and the Georgia Society of Hospital Pharmacists, the seminar theme was "Unit Dose Dispensing". Program participants included Ruth Budd, RN, Kettering Memorial Hospital, Kettering, Ohio; Dorothy Griscom, RN, Methodist Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; F. Regis Kenna, University of Chicago; Leara Swilling, Hamilton Memorial Hospital, Dalton, Georgia, and W.B. Iturrian, University of Georgia, Athens.
~ The third annual seminar sponsored by the North Carolina Society of Hospital Pharmacists and the University of North Carolina school of pharmacy took place September 6-7. Approximately 125 pharmacists registered for the sessions which covered the seminar's main theme-"The Hospital Pharmacist Spe,cialist". A clini-
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cal pharmacy seminar, as an optional session, was presented ' by the school of pharmacy students who have been working as medication assistants at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. ~ University of Kansas school of pharmacy 25th biennial pharmacy extension course was held in September in four state cities-Hays, Wichita, Salina and Lawrence. Pharmacists attending the one-day sesisions heard talks on "Family Health Records" by David A. Knapp, The Ohio State University; "Institutional Pharmacy-Its People and Its Ways", David D. Almquist, Wesley Medical Center ( Wichita) ; "Trends in Antibiotic Therapy", Robert A. Wiley, University of Kansas, and "Drugs Used for Immunosuppression", Ian H . Pitman, University of Kansas.
world drug progams (continued from page 610) Services in Europe, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen (December 1963) 8. Abel-Smith, B., "An International Study of Health Expenditure and Its Relevance for Health Planning", Public Health Papers #32, The World Health Organization, Geneva (1967) 9. United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Task Force on Prescription Drugs, Background Papers, Current American and Foreign Programs, Washington (December 1968) 10. Hall, Nathan, "Pharmaceutical Aspects of the Australian National Health Scheme", JAPhA, NS9, 184 (April 1969) 11. "Pharmacy in The Common Market", The Pharm. J., 200, 535 (May 11, 1968) 12. Feder:ation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations, 2nd General Assembly, 1st Asian Conference of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aspects of Asian and Pacific Pharmacy, Tokyo (1966) 13. Scott, Sir Eric, "Australia, The Government is Pharmacy's Biggest Customer", Journal Mondial de Pharmacie, 2,113 (1967) 14. Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal, 102, 179 (Ontario Province); 102, 218 (Alberta Province); 102, 232 (Nova Scotia), and 102, 236 (New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island), (June, July, August 1969) 15. Department of National Health and Welfare of Canada, Royal Commission on Health Services, Provision, Distribution, and Cost of Drugs in Canada, Ottawa (1964) 16. Smecka, V., "Recent Trends in Czechoslovak Pharmacy", Amer. J. of Pharm. Educ. 33, 14 (February 1969) 17. Belcastro, P.F., "Danish Pharmaceutical Practice", JAPHA, NS4, 588 (December 1964) 18. Hastings, J.E:F., Report to the World Health Organization on Health Service Patterns and Medical Education in Selected Countries, University of Toronto, Ottawa (1960) 19. The World Health Organization, Third Report on the World Health Situation, 19611964, Official Records of the World Health Organization, No. 155, Geneva (April 1967) 20. "Financing the Health Service", The Lancet, 2, 103 (July 12, 1969) 21. Johnson, R. H., "The Health of Israel", The Lancet, 2, 842 (October 23, 1965) 22. Takada, K., "In Japan . . . Drugs and Pharmaceuticals", JAPHA, Practical Edition, 21, 771 (December 1960) 23. Department of Health, Republic of China, Taiwan Provincial Government, Taiwan's Health, Formosa (1967) 24. The World Health Organization, Health Services in the U.S.S.R., Public Health Papers #3, Geneva (1960) 25. Petrovic, B., The Public Health Service in Yugoslavia, revised edition with introduction by Morna Markovic, Secretary of Health, Belgrade (1962)