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American Pharmacists Association Seeks Nominations For Practitioner Awards And Honors

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the national professional society of pharmacists, announces that nominations are now being accepted for the Association"s practitioner awards and honors. Presentation of these awards is scheduled for the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, DC, March 12-15, 2010. Nominations must be received at APhA headquarters by September 15, 2009. APhA"s awards recognition program is American pharmacy"s most comprehensive recognition program. Guidelines for nominations, the nomination form, and complete criteria for each award are available at http://www.pharmacist.com/awards. Please submit all nomination materials to: APhA Awards and Honors Program- Attention: Meredith Nelson, 2215 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037-2985, or email to mnelson@aphanet.org. Nominator and support signatures are required on all letters. Please indicate which awards or honors you wish to make a nomination. For additional questions please contact Meredith Nelson at (202) 429-7559. Awards Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award: Established in 1964, the award recognizes an APhA member, in any practice setting, who has distinguished himself or herself and the profession by outstanding performance. APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) Distinguished Achievement Awards: APhA-APPM seeks to recognize pharmacists who have made significant or sustained contributions to the provision of pharmaceutical care within one of the six practice areas represented by the APhA-APPM Sections. APhA presents a Distinguished Achievement Award in each of the following areas: Administrative Practice, Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice, Community and Ambulatory Practice, Hospital and Institutional Practice, Nuclear Pharmacy Practice and Specialized Pharmacy Practice. APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) Merit Award: Established in 1989, this award recognizes pharmacy practitioners for single, outstanding, distinctive achievement that has promoted or elevated the standard of practice. Up to five recipients may be selected for this award each year. APhA Fellow (selected by APhA-APPM): This honor recognizes APhA members, with a minimum of 10 years of exemplary professional experience and achievements in professional practice, who have rendered outstanding service to the profession through activities in APhA and in other organizations. The selection of Fellows is made by the respective Academies. Up to 10 APhA Fellows can be selected by APhA-APPM each year. American Pharmacists Association (APhA)


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