AMCP Seeks To Build List Of Managed Care Sites That Provide Experiential Learning For Student Pharmacists

Main Category: Pharmacy / Pharmacist
Also Included In: Medical Students / Training
Article Date: 01 Oct 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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The Academy wants to hear from managed care pharmacy organizations that provide student pharmacists with experiential education. New accreditation standards for colleges and schools of pharmacy include requirements to provide Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE). To assist experiential education directors at schools and colleges place student pharmacists, the AMCP Schools of Pharmacy Relations Committee is compiling a directory of managed care pharmacy APPE and IPPE sites.

The final year of the professional program is comprised of APPEs. These are the traditional rotations that AMCP members may recall from pharmacy school. IPPEs came about when the schools and colleges of pharmacy accreditation standards were last revised. IPPEs begin early in the curriculum and prepare student pharmacists for the APPEs. The new accreditation standard requires 300 hours of IPPEs with the majority of the hours in patient care settings (primarily hospitals and community pharmacies). However, there is an option for a small amount of elective IPPE hours that would include managed care pharmacy.

If your organization has an APPE and/or IPPE, AMCP would like you to take a few minutes to complete the online profile submission by clicking here . The more complete the submission, the more valuable it will be to the experiential director. If your organization has an APPE/IPPE but you are not the preceptor, please forward this request to the appropriate person in your organization.

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AMCP