Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience - Community

4 cr · Undergraduate

This four week introductory rotation provides pharmacy students with an opportunity to contribute to patient care in a community pharmacy setting. Pharmacy students will build upon the knowledge, skills and abilities they have developed during the first year and a half of the Pharm.D. program. Opportunity will be provided to help pharmacy students cultivate their patient care skills and begin to gain personal clinical experiences working with a variety of patients and other members of the healthcare team encountered in a community pharmacy. Students will begin to make health care decisions with the help and guidance of a pharmacist preceptor. Pharmaceutical care, pharmacy law and ethics, the operation of a community pharmacy, formal presentations, drug information, patient safety and interprofessional practice are key areas of this rotation. Registration is normally restricted to students in Year 2 of the program. Students will be graded on a pass/fail basis.