Reassessment of Health-System Capacity for Experiential Education Requirements

Abstract

Objective. To provide an update to the 2007 ASHP-AACP survey by examining the current capacity of hospitals/health systems' ability to conduct experiential education for doctor of pharmacy students. Methods. Pharmacists identified as pharmacy directors were sent an invitation to participate in an online survey tool. The survey tool asked IPPE-and APPE-specific questions, the nature of support provided by colleges/schools of pharmacy, the types of experiences available for students, and the factors influencing the quality, value, and challenges of experiential education. Results. Four hundred sixty five of the 2,911 surveys sent were completed yielding a response rate of 16%. Respectively, 45.1% and 28.5% of respondents believe that the capacity for APPE and IPPE will increase in the next five years. Overall, respondents believe that students receive a high-quality experiential education (91.4%). Conclusion. The results of this survey provide insight to the capacity, benefits and challenges of experiential education from the perspective of hospitals/health systems.

A Module in Medication Safety Involving Remote Access and Review of Veterans’ Health Records

“…In one survey of experiential sites, 56.7% of responders had conducted between one and five IPPEs in the previous twelve months and approximately 6% conducted over 25 IPPEs. 2 While most responders conducted five or less IPPEs in the prior year, our model using remote access enabled 58 students to complete a medication safety module as part of an ambulatory care IPPE during one semester. Over 60% of responders stated IPPE site capacity will stay the same until 2020, which may pose a future challenge as student pharmacist enrollment and demand for IPPE sites grow.…”

“…1 Barriers to offering IPPEs include a lack of time for precepting, burden of student orientation to the practice site, geographical distance between the school and practice site, identifying a mutually beneficial time for students to conduct IPPE activities, and student housing issues. 2 Conclusions from a qualitative analysis of common concerns regarding pharmacy experiential education reveal site capacity for student placements continues to be the foremost concern along with concerns about preceptor development and procedures for onboarding students. 3 The role of pharmacists in the ambulatory care setting is evolving.…”

Striving for excellence in experiential education

“…Site recruitment is an ongoing process. Sites and pharmacy practitioners often participate in the experiential education of future pharmacy professionals because of their desire to give back to the profession 69 . Training students also challenges pharmacists to continue developing their own knowledge.…”

Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences at an Academic Medical Center

“…Barriers for experiential education are documented and consistent among many institutions. 4,5 One commonly cited challenge for preceptors is time spent teaching and orienting students. One way to address this issue is via the layered learning model.…”