Rationalization in 20th-century Czechoslovak pharmacy practice - Comission for Rationalization and Standardization in Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy - Part 1
Abstract
In 1920s Czechoslovakia, an increased attention was paid to the new ideas of scientific management (taylorism), work rationalization and standardization. This was reflected in the founding of the Masaryk Academy of Work in 1920.
An effort to implement the new principles into health care led to the establishment of the Comission for Rationalization and Standardization in Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy (RANOK) within the Department of Natural Science and Medicine of the academy. Within RANOK, the group for pharmacy worked between 1928 and 1932.
The first part of the paper describes the scientific management and standardization movement in interwar Czechoslovakia, and the establishment of Masaryk Academy of Work and RANOK, including the group for pharmacy. The paper discusses work objectives of the comission and brings concise biographies of the group for pharmacy members, too.