Open AccessA Virtual Community Pharmacy Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) in Response to COVID-19
Author(s) -
Robin Moorman Li,
Eric F. Egelund,
Jessica Huston,
Carol Motycka,
Ashlan Kunz Coyne,
Eric Jakab,
Kimberly Stultz,
Shauna M. Buring,
Stacy Miller
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of curriculum and teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-2685
pISSN - 1927-2677
DOI - 10.5430/jct.v9n4p89
Subject(s) - pharmacy , graduation (instrument) , pharmacy practice , covid-19 , medical education , community pharmacy , pandemic , community practice , medicine , psychology , nursing , engineering , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The response to COVID-19 created a need to evaluate options and develop innovative solutions to assure students progressed towards graduation. Creating both a Community Pharmacy APPE Test-Out Option and a Virtual Community Pharmacy APPE was a positive experience which provided a vital resource for students who were unable to complete the traditional Community Pharmacy APPE due to the pandemic. This solution provided a unique opportunity to utilize the combined expertise of faculty to tailor the Community Pharmacy APPE based on the individual student’s previous experience and educational needs and meet both ACPE and graduation requirements. Further development of this option could prove useful as we move forward in these unprecedented times.