Experiential Education

This course provides introductory community pharmacy practice experience for student pharmacists of the College of Pharmacy. Under appropriate preceptor supervision and consistency with practice regulations for intern pharmacists, students will further develop, integrate, and apply knowledge from the first curriculum year. Student pharmacists will evaluate prescription and patient information, understand the basic steps for prescription data entry and processing, prescription preparation, actively observe elements of prescription consultations, and understand the basics of medication compliance and errors.

This course provides introductory institutional pharmacy practice experience for students of the College of Pharmacy. Under appropriate preceptor supervision and consistency with practice regulations for intern pharmacists, students will complete the development and ability to integrate and apply knowledge from the first and second year didactic curriculum to practice as a licensed pharmacist in the institutional pharmacy practice setting. The student pharmacist will evaluate prescription and patient information, basic steps of prescription, data entry, prescription preparation, and labeling, observe prescription consultations, understand the basics of medication compliance and errors in an institutional pharmacy practice setting.

This course provides advanced pharmacy practice experience for students of the College of Pharmacy. Under appropriate preceptor supervision and consistency with practice regulations for entry-level PharmD candidates, student pharmacists will complete the development and ability to integrate and apply knowledge from the didactic curriculum to practice as a licensed pharmacist in the community pharmacy practice setting.

This course provides advanced hospital pharmacy practice experience for student pharmacists. Under appropriate preceptor supervision and consistent with practice regulations for intern pharmacists, students will complete the development and ability to integrate and apply knowledge from their past three years of didactic curriculum to practice as a licensed pharmacist in the institutional pharmacy practice setting. Additionally, the student will gain experience in practice management and interactions with other health care providers.

This course provides advanced pharmacy practice experience for students of the College of Pharmacy. Under appropriate preceptor supervision and consistent with practice regulations for intern pharmacists, students will complete the development and ability to integrate and apply knowledge from the didactic curriculum to practice as a licensed pharmacist in the general medicine pharmacy practice setting. The student pharmacist will gain experience in practice management and interactions with other health care providers. The students will develop an understanding of the pathophysiology, complications, pharmacotherapy, and non-pharmacotherapy management in various patient populations encountered in the general medicine practice setting.

This course provides advanced pharmacy practice experience for students of the College of Pharmacy. Under appropriate preceptor supervision and consistent with practice regulations for intern pharmacists, students will complete the development and ability to integrate and apply knowledge from the didactic curriculum to practice as a licensed pharmacist in the ambulatory care pharmacy practice setting. The student pharmacist will gain experience in practice management and interactions with other health care providers.

This experiential course provides the opportunity for student pharmacists to select from a list of electives with a variety of practice settings, including non-patient care focus and additional clinical specialty experiences. Under the supervision and expertise of an adjunct or full-time faculty member, students will gain experience in their chosen elective area. The student will continue to develop a philosophy of practice, an understanding of the role of the pharmacist as a member of the health care team, and gain knowledge and skills to manage resources and daily operations applicable to the specific elective rotation site.

Elective options are as follows: Academia, Administrative Hospital/Health Systems Management, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Cardiology, Community Disaster/Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Practice, Community Pharmacy Practice, Compounding, Intensive/Critical Care, Dialysis, Drug Information, Entrepreneurism, Geriatrics, Health Systems Pharmacy, HIV, Infectious Disease/Antimicrobial Therapy, Internal Medicine, International, Long Term Care/Skilled Nursing, Home Infusion/Sterile Products, Managed Care, Medication Therapy Management, Medication Safety and Medication Reconciliation, Mental Health/Psychiatry, Nuclear, Oncology, OTC, Pediatrics, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmaceutical Research, Pharmacy Benefit Management Practice, Pharmacy Informatics, Pharmacy Management, Pharmacy Technology, Professional Organization/Administrative Practice, Psychiatric Pharmacy, Renal, Solid-organ Transplantation/Nephrology, Specialty Pharmacy, Sterile Compounding, and Veterinary Medicine.