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5.  PHARMACY COLLEGE TELECASTS SEMINAR SERIES

     More than 1,700 pharmacists throughout Kentucky this month were
able to begin a continuous education course via closed circuit TV or
video tape programs at 17 locations across the Commonwealth. The
College of Pharmacy has telecast the first of eight two-hour TV semi-
nars on various medical topics. The series will continue through next
May. Programs will be available at community colleges in Maysville,
Ashland, Prestonsburg, Hazard, Cumberland, Somerset, Elizabethtown,
Henderson, Louisville, Hopkinsville and Paducah. Locations at Western
Kentucky State University, Eastern State University, Covington Catho-
lic High School, and on the central campus also will be utilized for
the seminars. The pharmacy college is broadcasting the series over
the University Educational Television network to all locations except
Covington, Louisville and Henderson, where the program will be repro-
duced by video tape. "Today's pharmacists, like other health pro-
fessionals, must keep abreast of many technical advances, as well as
the changing role of practitioners, by continuing their education,"
said Dr. Harry A. Smith, director of the college's continuing educa-
tion program. "The College of Pharmacy is using a statewide program
of education assistance for Kentucky pharmacists to aid them in ful-
filling their responsibility to maintain professional competency,"
added Dr. Smith.

     Program content for the seminars include "Arteriosclerosis and
Therapy," "Diabetes and Therapy," "Childhood Diseases and Pediatrics."
Several physicians in private practice who specialize in the subject
areas and faculty of the Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy will staff
the programs. Each seminar consists of a lecture, question and answer
session, and discussion period. The lecturer will be available to
participants by the use of a telephone connection with each location.
Televised programs on the KET network as part of the PANMED series and
produced by the colleges of the Medical Center also are aimed at
pharmacists. In November, the following subjects will be aired at
11 p.m. (EST): November 10, "National Health and Insurance Plans,"
November 17, "Patient Medication Records System," and November 24,
"The Roles of Pharmacists in Public Health." Another educational
tool being developed by the College of Pharmacy is an audio-cassette
tape library. These mini-seminars or special lecture programs are de-
signed for individual or small group study and include questionnaires
and visual aids.



6.  ASHLAND HAS LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM

     Ashland Community College has received funding for the Law En-
forcement Education Program from the U.S. Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration. A grant of $2,500 has been received with a commit-
ment totaling $3,750 for fiscal 1971-72. A local advisory committee
for the program and for the Social Work Technology program has been
established. Lewis Mutters, chief of the Ashland Police Department,
has been elected chairman, and Miss Wanda Joan Franz, a student in the
Social Work Technology program, has been elected secretary.