Education

• BS (Pharmacy), The University of Wisconsin, 1963
• MS (Social Studies in Pharmacy), The University of Wisconsin, 1967
• PhD (Joint Major: Adult Education and Educational Development; Minor: History of Science), The Ohio State University, 1972
• MA (Public History), Wright State University, 1988

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Areas of Interest

• History of pharmacy, pharmaceutical education, professional ethics

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Biography

A member of the faculty of The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy since 1965, Dr. Buerki initially served as the Director of Pharmacy Extension Services (1965-80) and Executive Secretary of the Council of Ohio Colleges of Pharmacy, a nonprofit educational consortium of the four Colleges of Pharmacy in Ohio (1966-79) before pursuing an academic career at the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Buerki has taught the history of pharmacy, professional ethics, pharmacy communications, and introduction to pharmacy at the undergraduate level; introduction to pharmacy practice at the graduate professional level; and seminars on contemporary issues, technical writing, and the history of pharmaceutical education at the graduate level. He has served as Secretary-Treasurer, Chairman-Elect, and Chairman of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Section of Continuing Professional Education (1970-79) and Secretary-Treasurer, Vice President, and President of Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society (1967-78), and has served as Historian for both these organizations. From 1981-85, he served as President-Elect and President of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP), and currently serves as its Secretary. He has served as Contributing Editor for Pharmacy in History since 1984, and has also served as Editor of the Journal of Pharmacy Teaching (1993-99).

The author of over 80 articles, book chapters, and books on various aspects of professional ethics and the history of pharmaceutical education, Dr. Buerki is recipient of the National Rho Chi Society Distinguished Service Award (1972 and 1978), the Certificate of Commendation from the AIHP (1987), the AACP Section of Continuing Professional Education’s William L. Blockstein Award for sustained contributions to continuing pharmaceutical education (2000), has been inducted into the International Academy of the History of Pharmacy (2003), and is the 2004 recipient of the AIHP’s Edward Kremers Award for distinguished pharmaco-historical writing by an American.

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Research

History of pharmacy, particularly history of pharmaceutical education, professional associations, continuing professional education; professional ethics, including codes of ethics, professionalization, ethics for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and radiological technologists (see Biography).

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Teaching

Pharmacy 513.01, "History of Pharmacy," U P 3, Autumn Quarter, odd-numbered years; elective.

Pharmacy 513.01, "History of Pharmacy Laboratory," U P 1, arranged elective.

Pharmacy 513.02, "Practicum in History of Pharmacy," U P 1, arranged elective.

Pharmacy 614, "Professional Ethics," P 2, Spring Quarter, even-numbered years; elective.

Pharmacy 661, "Pharmacy Practice I," P 3, Autumn Quarter; required

Pharmacy 695, "Seminar in Clinical Pharmacy Career Pathways," P 2, Spring Quarter

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Professional Experience

July, 1996 - present: Professor, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University.

July, 1986 - present: Clinical Pharmacist, The Ohio State University Hospitals.

August, 1980 - June, 1996:
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University.

July, 1979 - July, 1980:
Associate Professor (Visiting), School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin.

July, 1977 - June, 1979:
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University.

September, 1972 - June, 1977:
Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University.

September, 1965 - August, 1972:
Instructor, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University.

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