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An advanced professional pharmacy experience in a community setting using an experiential manual
Karen W Lee1, Matthew R Machado, Marie M Wenzel
1Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences-Boston, MA, USA.
Objectives:
To determine the usefulness of a teaching and learning tool used to create structure for advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) in community pharmacy settings, and to identify differences between respondents' perspectives on the relevance and practicality of implementing specific community pharmacy-related topics during the experience.
Design:
Community practice faculty members designed a manual that outlined a week-by-week schedule of student activities, consistent with the Center for the Advancement of Pharmaceutical Education (CAPE) outcome-based goals, and included associated teaching, documentation, and assessment tools. The manual was distributed to site preceptors and students.
Assessment:
Eighty-six PharmD students responded to a questionnaire upon completion of their community APPE. Student feedback concerning the impact of the manual relative to interactions with site preceptors and their overall learning experience was relatively positive.
Conclusion:
The manual was an effective teaching and learning tool for students completing a community APPE.
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