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A book for today's student of pharmacy as well as the pharmacy professional!

There were several surveys and conferences on pharmacy during the twentieth century, but few had the impact of the Millis Study Commission on Pharmacy. The Millis Study Commission on Pharmacy: A Road Map to a Profession's Future is an insightful look at the report and its effects on today's pharmacy profession. The book chronicles the educational surveys of the twentieth century, reviews the study's impact on the profession, and then presents "Pharmacists for the Future," the actual Millis Study Commission's 1975 report. This source provides a multi-perspective look at pharmacy, its place in society, and its direction for the future.

The Millis Commission is seen as the turning point for pharmacy as a profession, calling for a shift in focus from being product centered to being patient centered. One reason the study has remained so effectual was that the study commission's views came from a membership that included not only pharmacy professionals but also educators and other health professionals who provided a depth of knowledge beyond, but still interconnected with, pharmacy. The Millis Study Commission on Pharmacy: A Road Map to a Profession's Future reviews pharmacy's forces of change, educational recommendations, and credentialing issues past and present. The book also traces the Minnesota Program and Kellogg Program, direct applications of the study's suggestions. Helpful tables and a thorough bibliography are included to provide full clarity of thought.

The Millis Study Commission on Pharmacy: A Road Map to a Profession's Future discusses:

the history of pharmacy in the twentieth century

differences between other studies and the Millis study

the Health Manpower Act of 1968

evolving educational standards and recommendations

changing roles of pharmacists

pharmacist activities beyond distribution

the future of pharmacy

The Millis Study Commission on Pharmacy: A Road Map to a Profession's Future is an essential resource for educators, graduate students, pharmaceutical professionals, pharmacists, health professionals, and anyone interested in the history of pharmacy.

Contents:

About the Editor

Contributors

Foreword to the New Edition (Lucinda L. Maine)

Foreword to the Original Edition (Mickey C. Smith)

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction. The Workings of the Commission (Dennis B. Worthen)

Chapter 1. Transitions: Changing Emphases in Pharmacy Education, 1946 to 1976 (Michael C. Shannon)

Introduction

Thirty Years of Change

Changes in the Medical and Pharmacy Worlds

Different Studies for Different Times

Summary Comments

Chapter 2. Prelude to the Commission: The Intervening Years (Lawrence C. Weaver, Allen I. White, and Dennis B. Worthen)

Introduction

The Beginning

The Intervening Years

The Charge

Postscript

Chapter 3. New Insights into the Commission (Dennis B. Worthen)

Beginnings

The Starting Point

Pharmacy: The Perspectives

Deliberations

The Commission

Summary

Chapter 4. Reactions to the Study (Marie A. Abate)

Background

The Present

The Early Years

The Year 1976

The Years 1977 and 1978

The Years 1979 to 1981

Conclusion

Chapter 5. Millis Applied: The Minnesota Program (Albert I Wertheimer)

Addendum. Thoughts for the Kellogg Pharmaceutical Clinical Scientist Program (John S. Millis)

Postscript

Appendix A. Pharmacists for the Future: The Report of the Study Commission on Pharmacy

Membership of the Study Commission on Pharmacy

AACP Advisory Committee for the Study Commission on Pharmacy

Preface

I. Introduction

II. What Is Pharmacy?

III. Who Are Pharmacists?

IV. Pharmacy and the Public Interest

V. Economics and the Pharmacist

VI. Pharmacy's Information System

VII. Forces of Change in Health Services: Implications for Pharmacy

VIII. Forces of Change Internal to Pharmacy

IX. Pharmacists of the Future

X. The Objectives of Pharmacy Education and the Responsibilities of Schools of Pharmacy

XI. The Content of Pharmacy Education

XII. The Environment of Pharmacy Education

XIII. Credentialing in Pharmacy Education

XIV. Summary of Concepts, Findings, and Recommendations

Footnotes

Consultants to the Study Commission on Pharmacy

Appendix B. Twentieth-Century Pharmacy Studies

Surveys and Conferences, 1905-1975

Index

Reference Notes Included