Texas Pharmacy Congress Holds Fall 2018 Meeting

The Texas Pharmacy Congress members toured the University of Houston College of Pharmacy during its Fall 2018 meeting.

The Texas Pharmacy Association attended the final 2018 meeting of the Texas Pharmacy Congress November 13–14, hosted by the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. The Congress is a coordinating body designed to serve as a forum on pharmacy matters of common interests to the nine Texas pharmacy schools, Texas State Board of Pharmacy, TPA, the Texas Federation of Drug Stores (TFDS), and Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSHP).

The Congress discussed AACP’s new pharmacists campaign, “Pharmacists for Healthier Lives” (view video) and continued its visioning process to advance the pharmacy profession through public policy positioning, pharmacy education, and practice advancement.

Meeting attendees had the opportunity to tour the College’s new home in the Health and Biomedical Science Building 2, completed in 2017. The new facilities include numerous tools and technology to provide student pharmacists more experience to better prepare them for real-world pharmacy practice.

University of Houston College of Pharmacy Dean Lamar Pritchard (center) touts his school's new facilities.