PHARM-MED SERIES DEBUTS THIS FALL

Pharmacists do a lot more these days than hand out cough syrup: According to U.S. Pharmacist, in 2001 97 percent conferred with physicians about prescriptions; 94 recommended modifications in patient prescriptions; and 93 percent recommended at least eight products a day. But while their role in health care delivery has been expanding, their educational opportunities have not, according to Boston-based M/C Communications, organizers of the Pri-Med series of conferences and exhibitions