An overview of the IPPE and APPE Curriculum.

IPPE Curriculum

Course Year/Semester IPPE Hours Description
PHAR 411 P1 Fall Pharmacy Practice Week 40 Hours/5 Days Pharmacy Practice Week is a week-long (40 hours) experience in which the student attends a site with a pharmacist or P4 preceptor as a means to be introduced to the profession of pharmacy.  The experiences the student has during Pharmacy Practice Week will help them understand the role of the pharmacist in that practice setting. 
PHAR 412 P1 Spring/P2 Fall Community IPPE 96 Hours/12 Weeks This is an experiential course where students will be provided an overview of contemporary pharmacy practice in a community setting.  Students will spend the vast majority of their time at a community site for an introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE).  The goal of this experience is to engage students in an environment that will enable them to observe and develop the skills necessary to practice in a community setting.  At the conclusion of the experience students should be comfortable with interpreting a prescription, filling a prescription, and providing patient counseling under pharmacist supervision. 
PHAR 413 P1 Spring/P2 Fall Hospital IPPE 48 Hours/6 Weeks This is an experiential course where students will be provided an overview of contemporary pharmacy practice in a hospital setting. Students will spend their time engaged in on-site hospital IPPE activities. The goal of this experience is to expand student understanding of the medication use process in a hospital setting, roles and responsibilities of pharmacists and technicians as well as interprofessional team dynamics.
PHAR 515/516 P3 Fall and P3 Spring Direct Patient Care IPPE (Institutional/Hospital/Ambulatory Care/Community 96 Hours/12 Weeks Patient Care in an Institutional / Hospital setting (PHAR 515) and Ambulatory Care/Community (PHAR 516) are courses in the Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) series designed to aid third year pharmacy students with the transition to Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs). The primary settings for these courses are in a direct patient care setting where the student will apply the didactic and early experiential coursework to the patient care setting.

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