Max D. Ray, Pharm.D., M.S., LHD, has been chosen by the Parker Medal Selection Committee as the 2010 recipient of the College’s Paul F. Parker Medal for Distinguished Service to the Profession of Pharmacy. Dr. Ray is Dean Emeritus of Pharmacy at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California. Now retired, he serves part-time as a faculty member at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, as Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Health Outcomes and Policy Research Division.

Thirty-one ACCP members have been elected Fellows of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and will be recognized during a special ceremony on October 17 at the College’s 2010 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas. Recognition as a Fellow is awarded to ACCP members who have demonstrated a sustained level of excellence in clinical pharmacy practice and/or research. Fellows can be recognized by the initials “FCCP” as part of their title.

The Nominations Committee has recommended the following slate of candidates for 2011. Elections will occur in spring 2011, and successful candidates will assume office at the 2011 ACCP Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

On July 22, 2010, an important policy milestone was achieved as part of the broad and ongoing process of reforming the nation’s health care delivery system—especially with respect to the provision of comprehensive, coordinated, and team-based primary care. At its national “stakeholders’ meeting” in Washington, DC, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) (www.pcpcc.net), with which ACCP has been working directly and closely for almost 2 years, released two new “resource documents,” which PCPCC members, stakeholders, policy analysts, and others use in their work to implement and refine the core structures and services of patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs). Of special note and meaning for clinical pharmacists is the publication of the resource titled “The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Integrating Comprehensive Medication Management to Optimize Patient Outcomes” (please see http://www.accp.com/docs/positions/misc/CMM%20Resource%20Guide.pdf).

The Institute for Scientific Information impact factor is a measure used by researchers, authors, and libraries to judge the overall “quality” of a journal. Journals with higher impact factors are held to be more prestigious and of higher impact than those with lower impact factors. Indeed, tenure and promotion committees often assess not only a candidate’s number of publications but also the impact factor of the journals in which the candidate has published.

The success of the FIT Program continues to grow. To date, more than $2 million in new grants have been awarded to FIT attendees. “The FIT Program’s outcomes have exceeded our expectations,” stated Jacque Marinac, FIT Program Director.