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Friday, Jul 30th, 2010

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Pharmacy Education: Who's in Charge?

by Scott A. Meyers, Executive Vice President
Friday, Jul 16th, 2010

This month’s column may cause a bit of controversy, but most of us have been thinking it so I might as well say it. The pharmacy profession oversees its own educational process. Pharmacy leaders guide ACPE for both the professional degree program and the continuing pharmacy education component that plays such an important role after the initial professional degree is granted. Pharmacy leaders guide our colleges of pharmacy as deans, faculty and staff. Pharmacy leaders guide the national pharmacy organizations that develop and implement practice policy that impacts healthcare nationwide. Pharmacists play key roles in the continuing pharmacy education programs created by state and national pharmacy associations, medical education companies and many of the above mentioned colleges of pharmacy. But does the pharmacy profession have a plan for, or even control of, the educational expansion that is currently underway?

Healthcare Reform: The Ultramarathon

by Todd Karpinski, ICHP President
Friday, Jul 16th, 2010

The road to implementing a transformation in health care will be extremely long and difficult. We will encounter numerous ups and downs, sharp curves, and turbulent times before it is all said and done. While I can’t predict how our ‘health care legs’ will feel after such a long race, I thought I would provide an update on how the reform is looking at the one mile mark.

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