190 Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy cocurriculum. This experience is designed to optimize students’ competency in patient care, outpatient health care delivery, and community pharmacy operations. They dispense and bill for medications, provide education and counseling for prescription and nonprescription drugs, triage patients to appropriate care, provide medication therapy management, and administer vaccinations. Effective communication with patients, their caregivers, and members of the health care team is emphasized. Students evaluate pharmacy metrics, continuous quality improvement processes, and inventory management. They apply the medication-use process and Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process (PPCP) to ensure safe medication delivery and optimal patient outcomes. Prerequisite: successful completion of all first- to third-year coursework (0-240-6) PHRC 7750—APPE: Elective I The Direct Patient Care—Patient-Centered Care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) is a six-week, full-time (minimum of 40 hours per week) elective rotation supervised by licensed pharmacist(s) in an inpatient or outpatient clinical practice setting. This experience is designed to optimize students’ competency in patient care, patient education, medication safety, interprofessional collaboration, and evidence-based medication management. Students apply and advance their knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors developed in the pre-APPE curriculum and cocurriculum through interactions with diverse patient populations and members of the health care team. They use disease-state knowledge, drug-therapy guidelines, and site-specific procedures to identify and prevent drug-therapy problems and apply the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process (PPCP) to ensure safe medication use and optimal patient outcomes. Verbal and written communication skills are practiced through interaction with patients, their caregivers, and members of the health care team and by documenting interventions appropriate for a medical record. Prerequisite: successful completion of all first- to third-year coursework (0-240-6) PHRC 7760—APPE: Elective II In this course students may select to participate in one of the following experiences: 1. The Direct Patient Care—Patient-Centered Care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) is a six-week, full-time (minimum of 40 hours per week) elective rotation supervised by licensed pharmacist(s) in an inpatient or outpatient clinical practice setting. This experience is designed to optimize students’ competency in patient care, patient education, medication safety, interprofessional collaboration, and evidence-based medication management. Students apply and advance their knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors developed in the pre-APPE curriculum and cocurriculum through interactions with diverse patient populations and members of the health care team. They use disease-state knowledge, drug-therapy guidelines, and site-specific PHRC 7720—APPE: Ambulatory Care The Ambulatory Care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) is a six-week, full-time (minimum of 40 hours per week), core rotation supervised by licensed pharmacist(s) in an outpatient pharmacy setting that emphasizes individualized direct patient care for ambulatory patients. Students apply and advance their knowledge, skills, abilities, professional judgment, and behaviors developed in the pre-APPE curriculum and cocurriculum. This experience is designed to optimize students’ competency in patient care, patient education, medication safety, interprofessional collaboration, and evidence-based medication management. Students apply drug and disease-state guidelines to identify and prevent therapeutic problems and create, implement, and monitor patient care plans. They use verbal and written communication skills to interact and build relationships with patients, their caregivers, and members of the health care team and to document interventions appropriate for a medical record. Motivational interviewing, patient education, medication management, and counseling skills are practiced. Students apply the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process (PPCP) to ensure safe medication delivery and optimal patient outcomes. Prerequisite: successful completion of all first- to third-year coursework (0-240-6) PHRC 7730—APPE: Advanced Hospital The Advanced Hospital Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) is a six-week, full-time (minimum of 40 hours per week), core rotation supervised by licensed pharmacist(s) in an institutional pharmacy setting. Students apply and advance their knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors developed in the pre-APPE curriculum and cocurriculum. This experience is designed to optimize students’ competency in managing pharmacy operations, clinical services, and health care delivery while emphasizing the interprofessional dynamics of the institutional setting. Students dispense (compound) sterile and non-sterile products, manage pharmacy operations, and evaluate clinical services and medication safety programs. They become familiar with pharmacy metrics, drug shortages, formulary management, and the application of management principles for oversight of pharmacy personnel and clinical services. All components of the medication-use process are emphasized to ensure safe medication delivery and optimal patient outcomes. Prerequisite: successful completion of all first- to third-year coursework (0-240-6) PHRC 7740—APPE: Community Pharmacy The Community Pharmacy Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) is a six-week, full-time (minimum of 40 hours per week), core rotation supervised by licensed pharmacist(s) in a community pharmacy setting. Students apply and advance their knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors developed in the pre-APPE curriculum and
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