Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education: Annual Report

The Prevalence and Characteristics of Dual PharmD/MPH Programs Offered at US Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy

“…Though APPEs are a requirement of all PharmD programs and ACPE offers guidance by way of Appendices C and D (Additional Guidance on Pharmacy Practice Experiences and Pre-Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences Performance Domains and Abilities) on specific criteria that should be fulfilled with regard to inpatient and ambulatory patient exposure, there are no requirements for standalone public health-focused APPEs. 31 This may partially explain the differences seen in APPE availability specific to public health in our survey (9 colleges and schools responded "yes"; 11 responded "no").…”

An initial reliability analysis of a patient counseling rubric to objectively measure student pharmacist performance

“…Pharmacists’ effective communication and counseling skills are imperative for improving the use of medications by patients, leading to optimal treatment outcomes [ 3 , [5] , [32] ]. Most organizations, such as the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, have stressed these essential skill sets [ 19 , [20] , [33] ] and encouraged the incorporation of a standardized rubric to bridge the gap between didactic pharmacy education and effective live patient counseling [ [34] , [35] , [36] ]. Our 18-item rubric for effective student pharmacist counseling in the community pharmacy setting incorporates the Indian Health Services, the federal and state patient counseling legal requirements, and additional professional communication best practices; it was successfully analyzed for internal consistency reliability.…”

“…Academic focus and educational variance are reported among the many barriers to pharmacy practice implementation [ 18 ]. In 2013, The Center for Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) Educational Outcomes and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) incorporated requirements into the student pharmacist curricula to improve educational continuity [ 19 , 20 ]. A pivotal time to teach, implement, and practice these skills would be during a pharmacy student's community introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPE), typically held within the first three years of the Doctor of Pharmacy program [ 21 , 22 ].…”

Building a Multi-Institutional Community of Practice to Foster Assessment

“…1 In addressing the citations levied by the Department of Education, ACPE strengthened its expectations for well-developed assessment programs and developed rubrics for Standards 2007. 2 The rubrics codified the expectations for those standards with assessment requirements.…”