PHRD-701: Advanced Pharmacy Practice Acute Care General Medicine

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE): Students must successfully complete all didactic coursework and IPPE prior to participation in APPE. This rotation is a structured, full-time 5-week patient care experience in adult internal medicine in an institutional acute care setting. It is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to develop and refine the skills necessary to deliver pharmaceutical care, with an emphasis on rational drug therapy and patient outcomes, to an inpatient population. This will be accomplished by participation in the daily activities of work rounds with the internal medicine team and through consultation with other health care providers involved in the care of patients. Students will apply their didactic knowledge to various therapeutic issues and disease states encountered in clinical practice. Interaction and communication with other health care professionals for the promotion of optimal drug therapy are stressed to help the student develop a sound professional approach to the practice of pharmacy. In addition, students are encouraged to broaden their existing competencies and incorporate their professional and personal goals into this rotation. [5 credits ]