College of Pharmacy Update - Autumn 1978

Newsletter featuring news, events, and faculty profiles at the College of Pharmacy.

UNIVERSIN OF UTAH, AUTUMN 1978 fU: llP- RE€ R0 IT QU~Hl1M Stl:J[)ENTS No significant changes in student enrollment in either pharmacy or medical technology are anticipated, but he college is interested in increasing the number of well-qualified applicants. We feel that if superior students are interested in the professions, a bet er opportunity will be presented to select the best for our professional programs. By best, we are not referring to students with high grade poin averages only, but rather to students with solid, if not outstanding academic backgrounds, who in addition possess the communicative skills, motivation and drive to complete a demanding curriculum which wifl prepare 'them for the respeotive professions they wish to pursue. The recipients of UPDATE constitute a tremendous reseNoir of knowledge concerning pharmacy and medical technology. We bope that you will encourage students with outstanding characteristics to consider these professions. You may receive requests from students or high schools for information about the College of Phar acy programs. Since the curricula of both pharmacy and medical technology have changed significantly, you may feel unprepared to answer questions concerning curriculum, career opportunitfes, etc . The college is eager to answer your questions so that prospective stu- dents will be assured accurate information . The college bulletin has been revised and individual copies may be requested by those seriously interested in recruitment activities. Your help in this endeavor will be appreciated . €0L~EGE REORGANIZATION "The only thing that is constant is change" is nowhere more apparent than in the College of Pharmacy. We've come a long way since the days of dance classes and sunbathers on the roof next door to today's sophisticated environment in the Health Sciences Center. While progress is obvious, it still arouses a bit of nostalgia to think of those early days of the college. Significant changes have taken place in the college during the past few years . More than 40 full-time faculty members are now engaged In teaching and research, the curriculum has expanded beyond recognition, and our research efforts have achieved national prominence . Consequently, today's graduates are better equipped than ever before to function as an integral part of the health care team and as professional advisors to the patient. of the Task Force on Academic Reorganization, appointed by the dean in 1976, five depar ments have been established within the college. The increased identity and autonomy enjoyed by the new departments will not be allowed to engender fragmentation and divisiveness with regard to the undergraduate curriculum. The faculty a e very sensitive to the necessity of working closely together across disciplinary lines . The reorganization of the college will also seNe as a catalyst to improve teaching anc:I research within the college. Educational opportunities of the highest possible quality will be offered so that each pharmacist and technologist gradua ing from the University of Utah College of Pharmacy will be competent to practice in the professional environment of today and the future. Following are brief descriptions of the teaching and research objectives of the new department~ MEDICINAL GREMISTRY The Department of Medicinal Chemistry consists of seven faculty members and occupies most of tt;)e third floor of Skaggs Hall. The pressure for space to accommodate the research activities of the faculty, undergraduate research students, The College of Pharmacy has graduate students and postrecently been reorganized to keep the administrative function doctoral fellows has led to the in step with the growth of the acquisition of additional space college . On recommendation in adjacent buildings. 1 II The department is responsible for instruction and research in organic medicinal chemistry, instrumental techniques and natural products chemistry / pharmacognosy. Dr. H. Richard Shough, who for a decade was the natural products chemist in the college, recently left the University to assume the position of assistant dean at the College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. Dick's replacement is Dr. Milton J. Zmijewski. Milt took his Ph.D. in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Kentucky and has had postdoctoral experience with Dr. Charles Sih at the University of Wisconsin College of Pharmacy. He brings to our faculty expertise in antibiotics and biosynthesis. Dr. Arthur D. Broom Dr. Leroy B. Townsend has accepted an appointment at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. We are currently recruiting a new faculty member to replace Leroy. The emphasis will be placed on diversification of research interest and expertise as opposed to adding to the already strong areas of biomedical instrumentation, nucleic acid chemistry, antimetabolite design and synthesis, and natural products chemistry. Although the major impact of college reorgnization will lie in the relatively unseen and unsung area of improved administration and management of the various programs, a significant advantage to the practicing professional and the public will be in enhanced identity of the disciplines. For example, if you have a question on a natural product, cancer or food quackery, nutrition, structure-determination, or anything else that seems chemical, call the medicinal chemistry office at 581-7063, and we will direct you to the best source of information. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY The medical technology program was based in the University Hospital from 1965 until 1971 . From 1971 until July of 1978 the program was a division of the Department of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences within the College of Pharmacy. As part of the college reorganization plan, medical technology became one of five departments within the college. The Department of Medical Technology is the smallest of the five departments in terms of full time faculty. The four full time faculty are, Garth F. Croft, chqirman; Sarah A. Wise, director of graduate studies; Betty C. Sampson, instructor and clinical affiliates coordinator; Diana W. Voohees, instructor and associate affiliates coordinator. Terry 0. Hess is a part time faculty member who assists with the clinical chemistry and instrumentation instruction. The clinical and adjunct faculty members contribute their services as lecturers on special topics such as laboratory medicine and assist with the coordination of the undergraduate student's clinical experience. Dr. Garth F. Croft The department has between 140-180 undergraduate majors and 8-10 Master of Science Degree graduate students. There are on the average 30 students (1971 through 1978) graduating annually with their Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Technology. An average of two graduate students complete their program of study annually. Although the field of laboratory medicine is a challenging and viable profession, its significance and role in patient care is not always clear to the public and some health practitioners. Consequently, the Department of Medical Technology plans to emphasize opportunities for community involvement. There will also be a continuing effort to provide appropriate courses, seminars and workshops to help sharpen the skills of practicing professionals. In addition, the faculty stands open to suggestions for ways of assisting alumni and others in achieving their professional goals. BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY The teaching of pharmacology to undergraduate and graduate students and the strength- effects of opiate drugs and sex hormone receptors. ening of research endeavors are the objectives of the Department of Biochemical Pharmacology and Toxicology. Currently, there are ten full-time faculty members within the department. • Dr. James W. Gibb The faculty is comprised of scientific investigators who enrich their classroom instruction with the latest developments in their respective areas. We are proud of the national and international reputation the faculty members of the department now enjoy. Currently, the foll0wing projects are under active investigation: drug metabolism, neurochemical changes occurring with the abuse of drugs, diabetes research, factors regulating macrophage function and immune responses, testing of antiepileptic drugs, drugs and driving, sudden infant death syndrome, development of analytical procedures for measuring minute quantities of drugs in body tissues, mechanisms involved in the behavioral The common thread of biochemical toxicology can be interwoven throughout each of these research projects. With the increasing awareness by the public, government, and industry of the need for definitive toxicological studies on all consumer products, an acute national shortage has developed for individuals trained in toxicology, It is the consensus of the faculty that such problems can best be solved by toxicologists who are well-trained in biochemical techniques. The department is unusually wellequipped and the faculty eminently qualified to train individuals in this area of national ~eed. The National Institutes of Health, in recognition of this achievement, has awarded a training grant to the department for this purpose. The Center for Human Toxicology is associated academically with the department and provides teaching as well as research opportunites to undergraduate and graduate students. The center also makes a major seNice contribution i[ ) the areas of clinical and forensic toxicology in the Health Science Center. The research of each faculty member in the department is funded by individual contracts and / or research grants from federal agencies such as NIH and ADAMHA Money for this research makes a significant contribution to the total University of Utah research effort and is responsible for bringing jobs and capital into the State of Utah. PHARMACY PRACTICE The college has long had an outstanding reputation as a center of pharmaceutical teaching and research. The establishment of the Department of Pharmacy Practice extends the college 's commitment to include programs in support of professional practice. The department looks forward to cooperative efforts with hospital and community pharmacies in the Salt Lake area in exposing students to contemporary pharmacist role-models. The college does not wish to become involved in the operation of pharmacy seNices off the oampus, but will provide support and cooperation to pharmacists in all areas of practice whenever possible. Dr. Arthur Lipman The department incorporates several disciplines formerly associated with the Departments of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences. All pharmacy practice education and seNice at the University is provided through one department. Courses of study are offered in clinical pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, nuclear pharmacy and pharmacy administration. The Poison Control Center and Ute Apothecary are under the direct supervision of pharmacy practice . The department also coordinates community practice and hospital practice externships. The Clinical Pharmacy Program There are now 12 full time clinical practitioner-faculty members plus five part-time auxiliary faculty practitioners in the program. Starting next year, all students will complete a core clerkship in both drug therapy (clinical pharmacy) and in toxicology. Additionally, 12 elective clerkships in various areas of clinical practice are bution, centralized intravenous admixture, outpatient pharmacy, support services and comprehensive drug information and clinical pharmacy services which are provided in cooperation with clinical program faculty and Pharm.D students. The undergraduate externship in institutional practice is operated through this program. offered . All students take a course in drug information in the fourth year and cJinical seminars and special problems courses are offered continu ously. Appropriate clinical activities for all pharmacists are emphasized. The Doctor of Pharmacy program (Pharm.D.) is now an intensive, two year program incorporating coursework, clinical clerkships and clinical research. Most candidates have a B.S. in Pharmacy and many have previously completed an accredited pharmacy residency. Eight of the twelve . students in the program are 1n the first year of study We anticipate eight to ten more students in July, 1979. The Hospital Pharmacy Program The hospital pharmacy program provides undergraduate and graduate education in institutional pharmacy practice as well as pharmacy services at University Hospital. A combined two year program in institutional pharmacy management leading to the M.S. degree in Hospital Pharmacy, the Master of Business Administration degree and a Certificdte of Residency in Hospital Pharmacy is now available. The program is intended to educate and train managers for major institutional pharmacies. Two graduate student-residents are admitted each July. Hospital pharmacy services at University Hospital now include decer;itralized unit dose distri- The Nuclear Pharmacy Program Elective undergraduate courses include a general survey, preparation of radiopharmaceut1cals and special problems. The lntermountain Radiopharmacy provides radio-nuclides to 1_6 hospitals in a five state region . The Radiopharmacy is a cooperative operation wit~ :he Division of Nuclear Med1c1ne. The Pharmacy Administration Program Both undergraduate and graduate study are available in this program as is the coordinated six year B.S. Pharmacy / M.~.A. offering. The M.S. degree 1n Pharmacy Administration is offered with emphasis in management or marketing. The community pharmacy practice externship and the Ute Apothecary are also operated through the Pharmacy Administration program . The lntermountain Regional Poison Control Center The center provides comprehensive information and support in clinical toxicology to a five state region. The associate director, managing director and all the information specialists in the center are pharmacists affiliated with the clinical pharmacy program of the department. Both undergraduate and Pharm.D . core courses in toxicology are provided by the PCC staff. PHARMACEUTICS The present Department of Pharmaceutics is an outgrowth of the former Department of Applied Pharmaceutica_l Sci-_ ences which was organized 1n 1965. Disciplines in the department include: physical pharmacy, biopharmaceurtics (including pharmac<;>kinetics) , dispensing , dnd basic pharmaceutical technology . This 1s one of the smallest departments of the college with _six regulC?r . faculty with full-time and Joint appointments, two research faculty on joint appointments, and five adjunct faculty appointments. Dr. Robert V. Petersen Courses of instruction relate to basic concepts of dosage form design, drug bioavailability, the mechanics, technology, and theory of drug formulation , and several topics related to these areas. Most of these courses were formerly identified as operative p armacy, manufacturing , dispensing, correlative pharmacy. The new cirriculum is an improvement over its predecessors and reflects the concept of patient orientation. The effec of such a change is greater identification of pharmacists as bona fide members of the hedlth care team. However, an unfortunate consequence has been a sacrifice in some of the time devoted to the mechanical and tech no logical aspects of pharmaceutics The pendulum may have swung too far a~d is now beginning to seek middle ground. This is evidenced by is serving as convention chairman for the 1979 Utah Pharmaceutical Annual Convention at St. George, May 3, 4, & 5. II II REX M. ANDERSON '57 has accepted a position with the Utah Department of Social Services as Director of Provider Relations. Ii I II the fact that our course in dispensing has been increased from two to four quarter hours as a requirement for the coming year. For those of you who are still nostalgic about the hours spent in pharmacy laboratories, dispensing remains as the only course in the core professional curriculum for which laboratory work is presently required. ALUMNEWS 1950-1959 ROBERT (BOB) FREESTONE '51 staff pharmacist at Walgreens 3 West South Temple, Salt Lake City reports that he enjoys meeting new customers and surprising them by remembering their names. MELVIN (MEL) FREEBAIRN '51 pharmacy manager of Skagg's No. 28, Salt Lake City recently appeared on the "tube" as a Skaggs N model to advertise private label merchandise. JOHN DUANE BLACK '56 would like to coordinate some of his trips to Utah with the dates of the college's continuing education programs. HAROLD P. LISH '57 recently resumed pharmacy practice at Cottonwood Heights Pharmacy, Salt Lake City. KAY H. ALLEN '53 is Director of Pharmacy Services at the Community Hospital in American Fork, Utah . DON L. ANDERSON '51 medical representative with B & W Co . ROBERT V. PETERSEN '50 has been appointed Chairman of Utah Pharmaceutical Association's Constitution and By-Laws Committee. He will conduct a complete revision of the documents and report at the annual convention. GERALD E. DAVIS '55 staff pharmacist at Skaggs in Bountiful is new President of the Davis County Regional Pharmaceutical Association. 1960-1969 MARK M. AKAGI '69 manager and Vice-President of Southwood Medical Pharmacy, Salt Lake City has recently been elected to the Board of Directors of the Salt Lake Regional Pharmaceutical Association. WILFORD (BILL) GENTRY '60 is now a licensed realtor in Idaho and is selling land in the vicinity of Mack's Inn, Idaho, Star Route No. 48, 83433. DEAN R. MORRISON '68 has purchased the McKay-Dee Pharmacy, next to the Dee Hospital, Ogden, Utah. SPENCER F. KLOMP '66 has opened a pharmacy at 314 South Main in Logan, Utah under the name of " Spence's Pharmacy." DENNIS V. WEBSTER '60 is practicing as a staff pharmacist at the Cottonwood Hospital, Murray, Utah and is the Instructor for the Diabetes Teaching Team . WALTER P. MERRYWEATHER '61 medical representative for Schering Laboratories, was recently installed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Salt Lake Regional Pharmaceutical Association. TERRYE. FRANK '65 has changed location of "The Apothecary Shoppe" to 1002 East South Temple, Salt Lake City. GLEN E. ROLFSON '60 Director of Pharmacy Services at the Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, served two weeks this autumn at Camp Utada counseling diabetic children. WILLIAM (BILL) J. RUSHO '68 Supervisor of I.V. Addifives, University Hospital Pharmacy, Salt Lake City was Co-Director of the Regional Seminar of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition recently held in Salt Lake City. 1970-1978 NORMAN B. ROSS '77 has moved his family to Sparks, Nevada where he is employed as a staff pharmacist by Roley's of Nevada. MICHAEL S. MORTENSON '70 reports that he has moved from Poway, California to Escondido, California where he is busy planting avocados, citrus and many other fruit bearing trees. JUDITH A WORK ANDERSON '73 married Eric D. Anderson in '73 and practiced as staff and faculty position at the University of Nebraska Hospital Pharmacy 1973-1976. Son Jason Anderson born September 29, 1976. Judy now is practicing part-time at Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Published in the February 1978, American Journal Hospital Pharmacy "Self-Instructional Program on Pediatrics Parenteral Nutrition." BROCK G. GUERNSEY '76 has published two articles; 1) The Beta-2 Agonist Bronchodilators, DICP 11:526-532 (Sept.) 1977, 2) Tuberculosis: Review of Treatment Failure, Relapse and Drug Resistance, AJHP 35:690-698 (June) 1978. He is presently enrolled in the Pharm.D. program at San Antonio, Texas. FRANCES A MIELACH '76 is employed as a staff pharmacist at Skaggs No. 85 in Salt Lake City. JOHN D. HOUSTON '75 is in charge of Clinical Pharmacy Services at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah. Pharmaceutical Association . W. CHILTON, ' 77 Holy Cross Hospital , Salt Lake City, RAMOND E. FRAEDRICK ' 72, B & H Pharmacy, Provo , Utah and CHESLEY WINTCH '53, Chesley Drug , Salt Lake City. These funds are used as a permanent revolving student loan fund in the name of the winning pharmacist and will be available to a pharmacy school student. JAYNE LYNN BLAIR Med . Tech . '74 is proposed supervisor for Berkeley Scientific Laboratories at the International Center, Salt II Lake City. The company designs and manufactures clinical lab data management systems . She I completed a BA. in English at BYU in August of 1977 and reports she enjoys keeping abreast of the changes and UTAH PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOdevelopments in the College of CIATION 'S annual convention Pharmacy through the " Upwill be held in St. George, Utah date " publication . on May 3, 4, 5, 1979. All alumni DOMINIC DEROSE, JR . '70 has and friends are invited . JANET K. MAGER JACOBSEN '74 purchased the Va lu-Drug in practicing at LDS Hospital reAACP ISSUES under discussion for Sunset, Utah . ceived this year's award as the 1978-79 academic year are , CHARLES A. CURIA '76 is man"Preceptor of the Year ." This " Bridging the Gap between the award is sponsored annually by ager of Peoples Drug store in Basic Sciences and Clinical the Washington , D.C . area . Syntex Laboratories and the Practice-Teaching , Research recipient is chosen by the CALVIN R. NAKAMURA '76 is staff and Service" (Issue X), " How to pharmacist at the Valu-Drug in senior class interns. Maximize Pharmacy's ContribuBountiful and also at Dick's tions to Society" (Issue Y) , " The STEVEN G . AVEY '76 recently Pharmacy in Centerville , Utah . Types of Drug Informational moved from California to Needs and What Schools Must accept a staff pharmacist posiDo To Satisfy Them " (Issue Z) . tion at Moffitt's Pharmacy, Salt Meeting themes follow the X, Y, Lake Clty. Steve is also Chairman Z program principle adopted of the Alumni Advisory Council 's HERE AND THERE by the Association . In a given UTAH STATE BOARD OF PHARsub committee to study the year, Issue X is introduced , MACY will conduct its next feasibility of an alumni associaIssue Y is the theme of the tion of the College of Pharmacy. NABPLEX examination for liceneeting and Issue Z is resolved . sing of applicants on June GARY D. RANSOM '73 recently The 1979 Annual Meeting will 25 726, 1979 in Salt Lake City. opened a 'Medicine Shoppe " be held July 8-12 in Denver, franchise at 16th East and 13th BURROUGHS WELLCOME CO ., Colorado . South in Salt Lake City. PHARMACY EDUCATION PROGRAM awards received by the ROBERT R. HUNTER '74 owner College of Pharmacy. The three and manager of Southeast Pharmacy, Salt Lake is currently pharmacists from Utah electing serving as Secretary / Treasurer to donate their $750 .00 awards to the College are: ROSANNE of the Salt Lake Regional College of Pharmacy University of Utah Sot Lake City. Utah 84112 Add ress Correction Req uested Non p rofit O rg. U.S. Post age Paid Permi t No. 1529 So lt Lake City, Utah