What are the overall goals for the APPE rotations?
The PCP Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience is designed to prepare students for entry level pharmacy practice through a series (PP661-668) of structured practical experience courses, supervised by the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration. Students are assigned to preceptors in a variety of practice environments in order to develop the essential competencies of pharmacy practice. The Goals for APPE rotations are as follows: • For students to demonstrate acceptable competency levels in pharmacy practice, to include processing prescriptions/medication orders, identifying and resolving problems, patient information retrieval and assessment, development of patient specific drug therapy plans, therapeutic monitoring, communication with patients and other health care providers, and patient education and training. • For students to demonstrate drug and literature information retrieval, evaluation, application, and related verbal and written communication skills. • For students
