These model powerpoint presentations contain example slides that comprehensively cover the topics outlined in AIHP’s Guidelines on Teaching History in Pharmacy Education. Instructors should choose to use the slides that cover the topics that are appropriate to their particular history of pharmacy class or module.
Sample slide about the Era of Blockbuster Drugs from Presentation E – Growth of the Pharmaceutical Industry
The Teaching History of Pharmacy Committee members (2017-2019) of the AACP History SIG were responsible for the creation of these PowerPoint Presentations:
Sumerian Cuneiform Prescription, c. 2100 BCE
Download Presentation A – Introduction to the Study of Pharmacy History (.pptx)
Download Presentation A – Introduction to the Study of Pharmacy History (.pdf)
Learning Objectives:
Arabic medical scholar Rhazes
Presentation B: Evolution of Pharmacy Practice (75 slides)
Download Presentation B – Evolution of Pharmacy Practice (.pptx)
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Topics Covered:
Sample slide about Federal Pharmacy Law Development
Download Presentation C – Pharmacy Regulation via State and Federal Governance (.pptx)
Download Presentation C – Pharmacy Regulation via State and Federal Governance (.pdf)
Topics Covered:
Sample slide about Early US Pharmacy Education
Download Presentation D – Pharmacy Education (.pptx)
Download Presentation D – Pharmacy Education (.pdf)
Topics Covered:
Sample slide about the Age of Quackery
Download Presentation E – Growth of the Pharmaceutical Industry (.pptx)
Download Presentation E – Growth of the Pharmaceutical Industry (.pdf)
Topics Covered:
Sample Slide about National Pharmacy Organizations
Presentation F: History of Professional Association (29 slides)
Download Presentation F: History of Professional Association (.pptx)
Download Presentation F: History of Professional Association (.pdf)
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Access the Pharmacy in History JSTOR Archive
All past issues of Pharmacy in History have been digitized and are text-searchable at JSTOR.
Note: Academic libraries seeking subscriptions to History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals should directly contact the University of Wisconsin Press.
Read MoreUpcoming events hosted by AIHP
November 6, 2025, 3:00 pm (Central): AIHP Annual Business Meeting - Save the Date!
November 19, 2025, 11:00 am (Central): Pharmacy History Working Group: Lauren Thompson, Kennesaw State University.
December 17, 2025, 11:00 am (Central): Pharmacy History Working Group: Beyond medical pluralism: Interactions between physician-pharmacists and other craftspeople in the Graeco-Roman world with Laurence Totelin, Cardiff University.
January, 21, 2026, 11:00 am (Central): Pharmacy History Working Group: Spring Semester Welcome Back Event: A critical reading of Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, hosted by Kelly O'Donnell, Towson Unviersity.
February 18, 2026, 11:00 am (Central): Pharmacy History Working Group: Audrey Ke Zhao, UC Santa Cruz & CHSTM Research Fellow
March 18, 2026, 11:00 am (Central): Pharmacy History Working Group: Ryan A. Kashanipour, University of Arizona
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Upcoming events of interest to pharmacists and historians of pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, medicines, science, and related fields.
November 13-16, 2025: History of Science Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
November 16-18, 2025: APhA Joint Federal Pharmacy Seminar 2025, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
December 7-11, 2025: ASHP Midyear, Las Vegas, NV.
July 18-21, 2026: AACP Pharmacy Education, Grapevine, TX.