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Pharmacists Meeting the Challenge
1973 STATE ANNUAL MEETINGS
Pharmacists Meeting the Challenge
Issues facing members of state pharmaceutical associations as they gathered throughout this year in meetings are many and varied. They include such questions as continuing competence and relicensing, Medicaid, third-party payment and effective ways of deterring criminal attacks on pharmacies. Pharmacists considering these issues are also hearing panel discussions, workshops and speakers take up topics ranging from bioavailability to the pharmacist's role in his community's development. The Alaskan Pharmaceutical Association met February 16-18 in Anchorage. The meeting included presentations on venereal disease, the duties of a consultant pharmacist and the image of the pharmacist and his profession, a well as a workshop on pharmacy management. Cliff Barnett, NABP president, discussed mandatory continuing education for relicensure , reciprocity and the future of pharmacy. George Benson, president of NARD , was a special guest. Among resolutions adopted by the association was one opposing the involvement of a third-party intermediary such as Blue Cross or Aetna to administer the Title XIX program for state. The association felt a workable program could be attained without such intervention. A record attendance of 514 was one highlight of Arkansas's annual convention held April 13-15 in Little Rock. Topics covered by speakers included dermatologicals and dermatology, prostaglandins and allergies. "Successful Management of Your Pharmacy," a panel discussion, was moderated by Gale L. Smith of Lederle Laboratories. In addition Arkansas Representative Ivan Rose discussed "Pharmacy and the Legislature." Charles West was honored as AP A Pharmacist of the Year and Lester Hosto received the APA Community Service Award. Resolutions passed by the assembly included one supporting pharmacists' continued role in creating VD awareness, as well as one requesting the U.S. Congress to enact legislation making it a federal crime to commit or attempt to commit a robbery or burglary or any other violent act in obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled drug from a registered pharmacist. 594
North Dakota pharmacists met for their annual meeting April 27-29 in Fargo. Like Arkansas pharmacists, North Dakota men and women resolved that attempts to gain illegal access to a controlled drug be considered a federal crime. In addition they resolved that the association's Education Committee investigate and recommend to the association by the next meeting a workable program for the implementation of a continuing education course for all pharmacists of the state. Further, the association in convention resolved that completion of 15 hours of some type of continuing education be a requirement for relicensure. "Three beautiful spring days" provided a fine background for the work of the Nebraska Pharmaceutical Association when it met April 27- 29 for its 90th meeting in Lincoln. Some of the topics presented to association members during the three days included-"Innovative Methods of Health Care Delivery," "New Horizons in Nebraska Internships," "Comprehensive Health Planning in Nebraska, The Pharmacist's Role and Future in It," "Pharmaceutical Services: The Foundation Concept" and "The Community · Pharmacy Is an Important and Integral Part of Our Society." Utah pharmacists attending their annual
Myrle Myers , secretary-treasurer of the Alaska Pharmaceutical Association for three years, was presented an engraved gold dish by association president Ron Sedgwick at the state's annual meeting ill recogllition of her contribution to pharmacy.
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
meeting May 4-5 in Salt Lake City heard APhA President Clifton J. Latiolais address the gathering. Latiolais spoke on continuing competency, antisubstitution legislation, the methadone issue, pharmacy . unity and APhA services. The association resolved to work with other health-oriented associations to define more clearly the role of physician's assistant in prescribing and administering drugs. In addition, the association went on record supporting the efforts of the college of pharmacy in developing a program of continuing education that would satisfy the needs of the pharmacists in Utah. Also meeting in early May, Kansas pharmacists convened in Topeka to consider issues which included continuing education and the pharmacist's role in advising on the use of o-t-c medications. Those attending heard Robert H. Henry, director of professional affairs at The U. S. Pharmacopeial Convention speak at a noon luncheon. In addition panel discussions considered-"The Pros and Cons of Incorporating a Business" and "The New Structured Externship Program." The meeting resolved that the association recommend that all continuing education activities be conducted in accordance with the recommendation of the National Tripartite Committee for Continuing Edu-
cation. This recommendation is that the reporting of continuing education activity be done in terms of Continuing Education Units. (A CEU consists of 10 hours of educational activity within the framework of meaningful communication between the student and the instructor.) The association also resolved that letters be written to state pharmacists and other state pharmaceutical organizations regarding the pharmacist's role in advising patients on o-t-c medications. Meeting May 8-9, The Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association conducted its annual meeting in Columbus in conjunction with the Ohio State Hospital Pharmacists. OSPA voted on controversial resolutions on subjects ranging from abolishing mandatory continuing education for state pharmacists to eliminating pharmacy organizations' "Ladies' Nights." It resolved to go on record as opposed to a state house bill which would change Ohio's drug laws and would incorporate new terminology. It also resolved to request methaqualone manufacturers to discontinue distribution of drug samples, as well as to support the involvement of pharmacists in local community affairs and to encourage pharmacists to institute and maintain patient profiles. The 83rd annual meeting of the Colorado Pharmacal Association, held June 8-10 in Estes Park, adopted a revised constitution and bylaws. These new articles of incorporation and bylaws eliminate the previous board of governors and establish a house of delegates for the association. Highlighting the program were addresses by Vincent R. Gardner, DHEW, on "A Review of the Work of the Ad Hoc Interagency Committee on Prepaid Third Party Prescription Drug Programs;" John . T. Fay, vice president, professional relations with McKesson and Robbins, on group practices, new forms of health care delivery and legislation, and Samir H. Zakhem, director for students from abroad at the University of Denver, on "Why I Am Proud to Be an American." Among the resolutions passed by the participants was one requesting that the association work in conjunction with BNDD for the repeal of the law requiring Schedule II drugs be kept in a locked cabinet. Installed at their respective annual meetings were the following-
ALASKA-Joy H. Donelson, president; Steve Uffelman, president-elect; Jim Woern, vice president, and Myrle A. Myers, treasurer and executive secretary.
ARIZONA-Robert E. Lee, president; Don D. Morgan, president-elect; Kathy Kalsman and Harvey Baza, vice presidents; Frank White, treasurer, and James A. Toomey, secretary and executive secretary.
ARKANSAS-Luther E. Hodge, president; Charles M. West, president-elect; Lowell Mikles, vice president; John E. Honea, treasurer, and William G. Smith, executive secretary.
New officers of the Iowa Pharmaceutical Association (left to right) are Jack Bare, treasurer; Leonard Wicks, president-elect; Gill Hartliep, president, and William Deets and Darwyn Williams, vice presidents.
Posing for a group photo a.re Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association's officers-(from the left) Luther Hodge, president,' Charles West, president-elect,' Lowell Mikles, vice president, and John Honea, treasurer
COLORADO-James H. Vincent, president; Authur Grovert, president-elect; John M. James, secretary, and Charles L. Cummings, executive director.
NEBRASKA-G. Richard Myers, president; William J. Carroll, president-elect; Warren 1. Anderson, treasurer, and Cora Mae Briggs, executive secretary.
GEORGIA-Alton D. Greenway, president; 1. Pete Mills Jr., president-elect; J. V. Riley, treasurer, and Roger T. Lane, executive director.
NORTH DAKOTA-Ervin A. Reuther, president; Bruce Rodenhizer, presidentelect; Duane Frederick Baillie, vice president, and Al Doerr, treasurer and secretary.
IOWA-Gill Hartliep, president; Leonard Wicks, president-elect; William M. Deets and Darwyn J. Williams, vice presidents; Jack L. Bare, treasurer, and Robert G. Gibbs, executive director. KANSAS-Rex G. Morriss, president; Pershing D. Frederick, president-elect; Thomas C. Hitchcock and James R. Sellers, vice presidents; George A. Reeder, trea:surer; Joseph G. Shalinsky, secretary, and John L. Rose, executive director. MISSOURI-Shelton Bower, president; Harlan Ferguson, president-elect; Wayne Prewett and Milton Mantler, vice presidents; Joe Heilig, treasurer; Carolyn Dickson, secretary, and Cora D. Cox, executive secretary.
OHIO-Rupert Salisbury, president; James Halloran, president-elect; Irving S. Feuer, vice president; Donald E. McDonald, treasurer, and John F. Kirwin, executive director. F.
RHODE ISLAND-Aldo Albonese, president; Walter Carnevale, president-elect; Roland E. Messier and Norman Campbell, vice presidents; Richard A. Yacino, treasurer; Norman J. Cabral, secretary, and Joseph S. Gendron, executive secretary.
UTAH-John G. Italasano, president; Alfred V. Bateman, president-elect; John L. Bawden and Richard N. Vincent, vice presidents, Glain H. Hansen, treasurer, and Morris C. Stout, executive secretary. Vol. NS13, No. 10, October 1973
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Pharmacists Meeting the Challenge
Issues facing members of state pharmaceutical associations as they gathered throughout this year in meetings are many and varied. They include such questions as continuing competence and relicensing, Medicaid, third-party payment and effective ways of deterring criminal attacks on pharmacies. Pharmacists considering these issues are also hearing panel discussions, workshops and speakers take up topics ranging from bioavailability to the pharmacist's role in his community's development. The Alaskan Pharmaceutical Association met February 16-18 in Anchorage. The meeting included presentations on venereal disease, the duties of a consultant pharmacist and the image of the pharmacist and his profession, a well as a workshop on pharmacy management. Cliff Barnett, NABP president, discussed mandatory continuing education for relicensure , reciprocity and the future of pharmacy. George Benson, president of NARD , was a special guest. Among resolutions adopted by the association was one opposing the involvement of a third-party intermediary such as Blue Cross or Aetna to administer the Title XIX program for state. The association felt a workable program could be attained without such intervention. A record attendance of 514 was one highlight of Arkansas's annual convention held April 13-15 in Little Rock. Topics covered by speakers included dermatologicals and dermatology, prostaglandins and allergies. "Successful Management of Your Pharmacy," a panel discussion, was moderated by Gale L. Smith of Lederle Laboratories. In addition Arkansas Representative Ivan Rose discussed "Pharmacy and the Legislature." Charles West was honored as AP A Pharmacist of the Year and Lester Hosto received the APA Community Service Award. Resolutions passed by the assembly included one supporting pharmacists' continued role in creating VD awareness, as well as one requesting the U.S. Congress to enact legislation making it a federal crime to commit or attempt to commit a robbery or burglary or any other violent act in obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled drug from a registered pharmacist. 594
North Dakota pharmacists met for their annual meeting April 27-29 in Fargo. Like Arkansas pharmacists, North Dakota men and women resolved that attempts to gain illegal access to a controlled drug be considered a federal crime. In addition they resolved that the association's Education Committee investigate and recommend to the association by the next meeting a workable program for the implementation of a continuing education course for all pharmacists of the state. Further, the association in convention resolved that completion of 15 hours of some type of continuing education be a requirement for relicensure. "Three beautiful spring days" provided a fine background for the work of the Nebraska Pharmaceutical Association when it met April 27- 29 for its 90th meeting in Lincoln. Some of the topics presented to association members during the three days included-"Innovative Methods of Health Care Delivery," "New Horizons in Nebraska Internships," "Comprehensive Health Planning in Nebraska, The Pharmacist's Role and Future in It," "Pharmaceutical Services: The Foundation Concept" and "The Community · Pharmacy Is an Important and Integral Part of Our Society." Utah pharmacists attending their annual
Myrle Myers , secretary-treasurer of the Alaska Pharmaceutical Association for three years, was presented an engraved gold dish by association president Ron Sedgwick at the state's annual meeting ill recogllition of her contribution to pharmacy.
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
meeting May 4-5 in Salt Lake City heard APhA President Clifton J. Latiolais address the gathering. Latiolais spoke on continuing competency, antisubstitution legislation, the methadone issue, pharmacy . unity and APhA services. The association resolved to work with other health-oriented associations to define more clearly the role of physician's assistant in prescribing and administering drugs. In addition, the association went on record supporting the efforts of the college of pharmacy in developing a program of continuing education that would satisfy the needs of the pharmacists in Utah. Also meeting in early May, Kansas pharmacists convened in Topeka to consider issues which included continuing education and the pharmacist's role in advising on the use of o-t-c medications. Those attending heard Robert H. Henry, director of professional affairs at The U. S. Pharmacopeial Convention speak at a noon luncheon. In addition panel discussions considered-"The Pros and Cons of Incorporating a Business" and "The New Structured Externship Program." The meeting resolved that the association recommend that all continuing education activities be conducted in accordance with the recommendation of the National Tripartite Committee for Continuing Edu-
cation. This recommendation is that the reporting of continuing education activity be done in terms of Continuing Education Units. (A CEU consists of 10 hours of educational activity within the framework of meaningful communication between the student and the instructor.) The association also resolved that letters be written to state pharmacists and other state pharmaceutical organizations regarding the pharmacist's role in advising patients on o-t-c medications. Meeting May 8-9, The Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association conducted its annual meeting in Columbus in conjunction with the Ohio State Hospital Pharmacists. OSPA voted on controversial resolutions on subjects ranging from abolishing mandatory continuing education for state pharmacists to eliminating pharmacy organizations' "Ladies' Nights." It resolved to go on record as opposed to a state house bill which would change Ohio's drug laws and would incorporate new terminology. It also resolved to request methaqualone manufacturers to discontinue distribution of drug samples, as well as to support the involvement of pharmacists in local community affairs and to encourage pharmacists to institute and maintain patient profiles. The 83rd annual meeting of the Colorado Pharmacal Association, held June 8-10 in Estes Park, adopted a revised constitution and bylaws. These new articles of incorporation and bylaws eliminate the previous board of governors and establish a house of delegates for the association. Highlighting the program were addresses by Vincent R. Gardner, DHEW, on "A Review of the Work of the Ad Hoc Interagency Committee on Prepaid Third Party Prescription Drug Programs;" John . T. Fay, vice president, professional relations with McKesson and Robbins, on group practices, new forms of health care delivery and legislation, and Samir H. Zakhem, director for students from abroad at the University of Denver, on "Why I Am Proud to Be an American." Among the resolutions passed by the participants was one requesting that the association work in conjunction with BNDD for the repeal of the law requiring Schedule II drugs be kept in a locked cabinet. Installed at their respective annual meetings were the following-
ALASKA-Joy H. Donelson, president; Steve Uffelman, president-elect; Jim Woern, vice president, and Myrle A. Myers, treasurer and executive secretary.
ARIZONA-Robert E. Lee, president; Don D. Morgan, president-elect; Kathy Kalsman and Harvey Baza, vice presidents; Frank White, treasurer, and James A. Toomey, secretary and executive secretary.
ARKANSAS-Luther E. Hodge, president; Charles M. West, president-elect; Lowell Mikles, vice president; John E. Honea, treasurer, and William G. Smith, executive secretary.
New officers of the Iowa Pharmaceutical Association (left to right) are Jack Bare, treasurer; Leonard Wicks, president-elect; Gill Hartliep, president, and William Deets and Darwyn Williams, vice presidents.
Posing for a group photo a.re Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association's officers-(from the left) Luther Hodge, president,' Charles West, president-elect,' Lowell Mikles, vice president, and John Honea, treasurer
COLORADO-James H. Vincent, president; Authur Grovert, president-elect; John M. James, secretary, and Charles L. Cummings, executive director.
NEBRASKA-G. Richard Myers, president; William J. Carroll, president-elect; Warren 1. Anderson, treasurer, and Cora Mae Briggs, executive secretary.
GEORGIA-Alton D. Greenway, president; 1. Pete Mills Jr., president-elect; J. V. Riley, treasurer, and Roger T. Lane, executive director.
NORTH DAKOTA-Ervin A. Reuther, president; Bruce Rodenhizer, presidentelect; Duane Frederick Baillie, vice president, and Al Doerr, treasurer and secretary.
IOWA-Gill Hartliep, president; Leonard Wicks, president-elect; William M. Deets and Darwyn J. Williams, vice presidents; Jack L. Bare, treasurer, and Robert G. Gibbs, executive director. KANSAS-Rex G. Morriss, president; Pershing D. Frederick, president-elect; Thomas C. Hitchcock and James R. Sellers, vice presidents; George A. Reeder, trea:surer; Joseph G. Shalinsky, secretary, and John L. Rose, executive director. MISSOURI-Shelton Bower, president; Harlan Ferguson, president-elect; Wayne Prewett and Milton Mantler, vice presidents; Joe Heilig, treasurer; Carolyn Dickson, secretary, and Cora D. Cox, executive secretary.
OHIO-Rupert Salisbury, president; James Halloran, president-elect; Irving S. Feuer, vice president; Donald E. McDonald, treasurer, and John F. Kirwin, executive director. F.
RHODE ISLAND-Aldo Albonese, president; Walter Carnevale, president-elect; Roland E. Messier and Norman Campbell, vice presidents; Richard A. Yacino, treasurer; Norman J. Cabral, secretary, and Joseph S. Gendron, executive secretary.
UTAH-John G. Italasano, president; Alfred V. Bateman, president-elect; John L. Bawden and Richard N. Vincent, vice presidents, Glain H. Hansen, treasurer, and Morris C. Stout, executive secretary. Vol. NS13, No. 10, October 1973
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