AIHP Student Certificate Program
To: Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy
From: Robert Buerki, AIHP Secretary
Each year the Student Certificate Program of the American
Institute of the History of Pharmacy encourages and recognizes historical
study and other historical activities among undergraduate pharmacy students.
We hope to make some further contribution nationally toward an appreciation
of the humanistic side of pharmacy among students entering the profession.
There is no obligation on your part, unless you wish to designate a student to receive a Certificate of Recognition from the AIHP. The method and basis for selection is left to your judgment, as long as it remains within the general spirit and framework of this project as described below. There is no set deadline for submitting the address of the student selected, so the presentation can be made at a time most appropriate for your school.
We look forward to your participation this year and every year that you
have a student who merits special recognition, whether through course
achievement or other historical activities.
Purpose of Certificate Program:
The primary purpose is to recognize and encourage superior achievement
in the pharmaco-historical study or activity by a student in each school
of pharmacy in the United States that wishes to participate.
The basis for awarding a recognition certificate is primarily to recognize
the student earning the best record in a course mainly devoted to pharmaceutical
history, as judged by the instructor in charge. To accommodate schools
that do not offer such a course, the scope of the project includes recognition
of a student in a local competition who best carries out some other type
of pharmaco-historical activity (e.g. historical essay, collecting books
or artifacts for himself or the school, historical photography, historical
hobbies, etc.).
Nature of Certificate Program:
At a local occasion selected by the faculty member serving as liaison
with the AIHP, the school presents, on behalf of AIHP, a certificate recognizing
the student's achievements. Such an award by the AIHP should supplement
any similar award in individual schools, which may be supported in the
name of an individual sponsor.
Certificate Nomination Form:
AIHP Student Certificate Nomination Form (PDF format)