APPE Rotations The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) are set up to ensure that students are able to apply and contextualize the concepts learned in the first 3 years of the curriculum. What do the ACPE standards say about APPEs? The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) is the accreditation body for pharmacy education. APPEs are described in Standard 13 of the 2016 Standards and the Guidance Document. Key elements include: Required APPEs include: advanced community, ambulatory patient care, hospital/healthsystem pharmacy, inpatient patient care Elective APPEs give students the opportunity to explore different settings of pharmacy (including indirect patient care) and mature professionally APPEs emphasis direct patient care on the majority of rotations, especially on outpatient (community/ambulatory care) and inpatient settings APPEs expose students to diverse patient populations Students become experienced in interprofessional experiences Each required APPE is at least 160 hours and all APPEs are 1440 hours (36 weeks) Required APPEs must be completed in the US and quality assurance must be completed on elective rotations outside the US Schools are encouraged to offer APPEs that include innovative healthcare systems The APPE curriculum includes activities related to direct patient care, interprofessional interaction and practice, medication dispensing and distribution, and professional development
APPE Evaluations The APPE evaluation includes several sections to assess the student for practice readiness: Presbyterian 10 Competencies 5-point scale Auto-calculates final Activities and Assignments completed Check boxes and open response Entrustable Professional Activities Allows preceptor to indicate the "trust" in the student to complete pharmacist tasks Not calculated into final grade, but monitored by school to achieve established benchmarks Preceptor Comments Nominations for Student Awards Verification of upholding the code of professionalism and PCSP honor code "Danger of failing" notification Available on midpoint evaluation Hiring consideration Hidden from student view Comment box to describe if auto-calculated grade differs from preceptor expectation
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December 18-January 1: Christmas break (P1-P3) January 8: P1-P3 classes begin January/February: Class of 2025 APPE meetings with OEE February: 2024-2025 APPE drafts to preceptors January 16-February 23: Spring-1 IPPE February 26-March 1: IPPE make-up week, if needed March: 2024-2025 IPPE availability requested March 7-April 25: Spring-2 IPPE (Thursday) March 8-April 26: Spring-2 IPPE (Wednesday and Friday) March 19-April 23: Spring-2 IPPE (Tuesday) March 11-15: Spring Break (P1-P3) March 29-April 1: Easter Break (P1-P3) April: 2024-2025 IPPE drafts to preceptors April 29-30: P3 final exams April 30: All outstanding APPE grades due May 1: Class of 2025 begins APPEs! May 6-10: P1 and P2 final exams May 10: Class of 2024 graduation and hooding ceremony National Conferences: In addition, several national conferences such as NCPA (Oct 14-17), ACCP (Nov 11-14). and ASHP Midyear (Dec 3-7) will be held in the next few months. Some of our students may be presenting posters, involved in leadership roles for these organizations, or participating in residency showcases. As with any planned absence, students are required to contact the Office of Experiential Education prior to making plans to attend these events so that we can work with them to minimize time away from their rotation. Conference participation is also considered an excused absence. Thus, any time missed may need to be made up at your discretion, and of course, we expect students to successfully complete all activities and objectives of their rotations. Job Interviews: September through November can be a busy time for our P4s as they interview for positions. All time off for job interviews must be approved in advance by the student’s preceptor. Every effort must be made to minimize the time missed from the experience. This includes such options as traveling in the evening hours or scheduling such events at the beginning or end of the week, so travel can occur on weekends. Additionally, students are strongly encouraged to utilize their off months for interviews.
🏆 Recognize an outstanding student 🏆 Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy would like to recognize students for excellent performance in IPPE and APPE rotations. Please complete the information at the link below and the student will be recognized and rewarded with a certificate of excellence. There is no limit on the number of submissions for students or preceptors. We hope that the students will enjoy receiving these as motivation to continue their hard work! Excellence in Experiential Education
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Continuing Education and Preceptor Development Events American Pharmacists Association Preceptor Guide: Available for download from APhA On-Demand Offerings: NEW! CEimpact Podcast, Club "J" - Making Journal Clubs Fun and Effective (Free at CEImpact) NEW! ASHP Educator Essentials interview with our own Mary Douglass Smith: ARISE and Shine: Preceptor's Role in Mitigating Bias and Responding to Exclusionary Behaviors (Free at ASHP) NEW! Mental Health Primer for Preceptors: Tips for Supporting Learners With Mental Health Challenges (Free at APhA) Medication Safety and Quality Improvement in Community Pharmacy (Free from NABP) Precepting Generation Z (Free for ASHP Members) Exploring the Pass-Fail Grading Model in Pharmacy Education (Free for ASHP Members) FDA Proposed Rule revising the NDC format (Free from FDA) Precept Responsibly Podcast
Have a student interested in pharmacy? Please send any and all prospective student referrals to our Director of Admissions (pharmacy@presby.edu). We can't wait to meet them! Website: pharmacy.presby.edu Location: 307 North Broad Street, Clinton, SC, USA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCSchoolofPharmacy/ Twitter: @PC_Pharmacy
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