Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)
The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences are experience-based integrated problem-solving courses designed to help the student become an active participant in providing contemporary pharmaceutical care services. The student under the direction of different faculty will integrate their knowledge of pharmacotherapy, disease states, dosage formulations and pharmacokinetics in developing and assessing therapeutic plans and in evaluating drug selection for patients. The student will learn about drug delivery systems, dispensing issues, and management strategies in the various sites. Each rotation will stress outcome oriented decision making in clinical situations regarding drug therapy in specific disciplines. Students will attend physician rounds/ interdisciplinary team meetings, attend conferences and discussions, monitor and present assigned patients, and interact with patients and health care professionals. Over the course of their experience, students will learn to develop recommendations and participate in decisions about drug therapy considering factors involving efficacy, toxicity, cost, third party coverage, and unique methods of delivery.