What is an APPE?
APPE is an acronym for Advanced Pharmacy Practice
Experience. The APPE program is for 6th year Pharm D candidates
and consists of eight 5 week rotations. Within these eight rotations,
there are five core required rotations that are to be completed
within the current Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (PCP) network.
Three additional non-core rotations may be done within or outside
of the current PCP network.
The APPE rotations are offered throughout the
year in 5-week long rotations (200 contact hours). Students will
be assigned to 8 of the 9 available rotation periods identified
on the Master Assignment Schedule. A copy of the Master Assignment
Schedule is provided to 5th year students during their fall semester.
The availability of specific facilities may vary from semester
to semester.
The Advanced Pharmacy Experience rotations are
considered laboratory courses that require a minimum of 200 attendance
hours for each. Forty attendance hours per week for 5 weeks are
expected to ensure the successful completion of each rotation.
Some preceptors may require a weekend or evening commitment. Preceptors
will verify student attendance.
Rotation objectives, task lists, and the evaluation
parameters, provide a structure for learning in core rotation
areas. For non-core elective rotations the preceptor will define
student tasks and responsibilities unique to the setting. Students
participate in the schedule assignment process by identifying
their unique experience interests. Students receive 40 academic
credits and up to 1600 hours of State Board approved internship
credit for successful completion of the course series. Students
shall not receive compensation in any form, from any preceptor
or facility, for their participation in these courses.
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Rotation Opportunities |
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| Adult General Medicine |
Taking place on adult internal medicine
services located in acute care hospitals, this experience
emphasizes primary patient care using a case-management
approach. Click HERE for more
information on this rotation oppurtunity. |
| Acute Patient Care |
Taking place on a variety of inpatient
services located in acute care hospitals, this experience
emphasizes primary patient care using a case management
approach with activities that resemble the General Medicine
rotation. Click HERE for more
information on this rotation oppurtunity. |
| Ambulatory Care |
Offered in a variety of ambulatory
care settings, to include clinics and physician office
practices, this experience emphasizes primary care using
a case management approach with an out-patient population.
Click HERE for more information
on this rotation oppurtunity. |
| Community Practice |
Taking place in community pharmacy
services, this experience emphasizes a wide range of exposures,
to include: prescription dispensing and OTC selection;
patient communication and education; communication with
prescribers and other health care providers; and pertinent
management activities. Click HERE
for more information on this rotation oppurtunity. |
| Hospital Pharmacy Practice |
Taking place in hospital-based pharmacy
services, this experience emphasizes administrative and
pharmacy service functions. Click HERE
for more information on this rotation oppurtunity. |
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| Patient Care Elective |
These non-core experiences provide
for individualization, to respond to unique student interests.
Based on student preference and rotation availability,
students will complete a rotation providing patient care
services. Click HERE for
more information on this rotation oppurtunity. |
| Unrestricted Elective |
These non-core experiences are less
restricted, to provide for an even greater degree of individualization.
In addition to repeating any core-type rotation or another
PCE option, students can be assigned to a variety of non-patient
care environments. Click HERE
for more information on this rotation oppurtunity. |
Annual Senior Pharmacy Interview Day
Each January, all 6th year Doctor of Pharmacy
candidates are encouraged to sign-up for the Annual Senior Pharmacy
Interview Day. Students are given the opportunity to interview
with representatives from many various areas of pharmacy practice
including community, hospital, drug information, drug safety,
biomedical writing, pharmacy research, nuclear pharmacy and
more.
The event is coordinated by Patricia Peterson,
M.Ed, Director, Career Services. The interviews are thirty minutes
long and are held in Wilson Cafeteria with pipe and drape to
insure privacy. For additional information visit: http://www.usp.edu/careerservices/
Not sure where to interview?
Check out APhA's Career Center to get some
ideas on where pharmacy can take you. Click here
to access Pharmacist.com.
