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with the information that is specific to your rotation, then delete this header text and the highlighted instructions for your final
syllabus.
Course Title: Institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
Site Information:
Site Name
Site Address
Preceptor Information:
Name & Credentials
Phone Number
Email Address
Indicate preferred communication method
Course Purpose: The goal of the Institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience is to provide opportunities for students to develop
professionally in the institutional setting and build upon knowledge and skills acquired through the first two years of the didactic curriculum and
introductory hospital laboratory course. Students will embrace the concepts of professionalism and shared accountabilities for health outcomes,
expand drug and disease knowledge, and develop practical, critical thinking skills. This practice experience is base on medication use process and
systems-based experience, not a clinical experience. This practice experience is accomplished in the settings of hospitals, long-term care facilities,
and home infusion pharmacies. This experience will be directed and evaluated by one or more preceptors.
Patient Population(s) Exposed To:
Specify patient populations students exposed to regularly if applicable (i.e. diverse population of adults and children)
Hours Credit: Four
Pre-Rotation Requirements for Student:
Indicate any information or documentation that the student must provide prior to starting rotation (i.e. On-site orientation, site-specific paperwork,
drug test, physical).
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this Institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, students should be able to:
Enter any additional objectives at the end of the list. If you feel any of the provided objectives do not apply to your site, discuss with the
Experiential Education Department.
Syllabus Template for Preceptors: This template document is intended to assist you in constructing a rotation syllabus to enhance
communication with students and meet objectives established by SCCP and our accrediting body, ACPE. Address the highlighted text
with the information that is specific to your rotation, then delete this header text and the highlighted instructions for your final
syllabus.
1. Interpret the appropriateness of a medication order and prepare / dispense controlled and noncontrolled medications in compliance with
existing standards of practice and the health system’s policies and procedures.
2. Prepare, dispense, and deliver extemporaneous preparations and sterile products following existing standards of practice and the health
system’s policies and procedure.
3. Demonstrate the ability to interact verbally and in writing with healthcare providers and patients by gathering, organizing, and
appropriately recording information and by consulting and counseling competently.
4. Utilize the primary, secondary, and tertiary references accessible on site while providing pharmaceutical care.
5. Understand steps that must be taken to ensure departmental compliance with accreditation, legal, regulatory and safety requirements.
6. Participate in basic administrative activities relevant to the pharmacy department.
7. Interpret patient information according to task at hand and available setting.
8. Take personal responsibility for attaining excellence in one’s own ability to provide pharmaceutical care.
9. Add any additional objective(s) that students will complete that specifically pertain to your rotation.
Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills:
Students must have successfully completed SCCP 790: Pharmacy Skills Lab III: Introduction to Health-Systems Pharmacy and
SCCP 791: Pharmacy Skills Lab IV: Applied Health-Systems Pharmacy and have, at minimum, professional year two standing. List specific items that
students should be knowledgeable about prior to starting your rotation such as disease states, relevant laws and regulations.
Attendance Requirements: Students are expected to abide by the attendance requirements set forth in the SCCP Institutional IPPE Experiential
Manual. Requirements are located at:
https://www.sccp.sc.edu/programs/experiential/forms/General/IPPE%20Introductory%20Institutional%20Experiential%20Manual.pdf
Dress Code Requirements: Students are expected to abide by the dress code requirements found in the SCCP Academic Bulletin and SCCP
APPE Experiential Manual. List any site-specific dress code requirements here.
Syllabus Template for Preceptors: This template document is intended to assist you in constructing a rotation syllabus to enhance
communication with students and meet objectives established by SCCP and our accrediting body, ACPE. Address the highlighted text
with the information that is specific to your rotation, then delete this header text and the highlighted instructions for your final
syllabus.
Academic Integrity: Students are expected to abide by the academic integrity policy found in the SCCP Academic Bulletin. MUSC and USC
university-specific policies may apply where necessary.
Site-Specific Requirements:
List any parking requirements or other site-specific rules that students must abide by here.
Student Schedule:
 State the hours the student is expected to be on site. If applicable, indicate that the hours may not be firm, and describe situations in which
a student may need to stay after hours in order to complete tasks.
 State events or meetings inside or outside those hours that a student should attend.
 If possible, provide typical daily schedule indicating when different activities or breaks may take place. Include time to meet with student
to discuss student’s performance (at minimum midpoint and final evaluations) and make recommendations for improvement.
 Consider constructing a calendar of dates/times to discuss specific topics, have journal club meetings, or other assignment discussions.
Determining in advance what these will be allows the student to be prepared.
Grading Procedures:
Grading will occur via electronic IPPE evaluations on E-Value. Students will receive a grade at midpoint that does not count towards the final
grade on a transcript. The grade received at midpoint evaluation will be utilized for student self-reflection and to set goals for the second
remaining half of the rotation. Students will receive a final grade of Pass or Fail on the last day of the APPE that will be transferred to the
student’s transcript. Grading occurs via an automatic calculation present in electronic evaluations in E-Value.
Grading Scale:
Pass: 70 – 100
Fail: 0 - 69.99
Assignments/Activities:
Learning Objective
Example Components/Activities of
Learning Objective
(delete this column after moving
components/activities you will utilize to
column to the right)
Required
Activities/Assignments
(The following
assignments/activities will be
used to introduce, practice, and/or
Mapped Evaluation
Competency
(The following competency being
measured is based on the evaluation
assigned to this rotation)
(select one or more
Syllabus Template for Preceptors: This template document is intended to assist you in constructing a rotation syllabus to enhance
communication with students and meet objectives established by SCCP and our accrediting body, ACPE. Address the highlighted text
with the information that is specific to your rotation, then delete this header text and the highlighted instructions for your final
syllabus.
assess the particular outcome)
(fill in any example components
from column to the left that will
use as well as additional
assignments/activities you will
use)
Interpret the appropriateness of a
medication order and prepare /
dispense controlled and
noncontrolled medications in
compliance with existing
standards of practice and the
health system’s policies and
procedures.
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Discuss inventory control and
purchasing procedures for controlled
and non-controlled medications in the
institutional setting
 Participate or observe the dispensing of
controlled and non-controlled
medications in an institutional setting
while
following the health system’s policies
and procedures
 Interpret the appropriateness of a
medication order (drug, dose, route,
frequency, etc) before preparing or
permitting the distribution of the first
dose for 10 medication orders.
 Use patient-specific parameters for
basic dosing (i.e. weight, renal function,
etc) for 2 medications per week.
 Follow the health system’s policies and
procedures to create and maintain the
accuracy of 2 patient’s medication
profiles each week.
 Discuss the technology/automation that
is utilized in each step of the medication
use process.
 Verify that 2 medication administration
records/order sheets each week contain
the necessary information (i.e. allergies,
height, weight, drug
competencies on your
respective evaluation – all
competencies should have
related objectives/activities)
Syllabus Template for Preceptors: This template document is intended to assist you in constructing a rotation syllabus to enhance
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with the information that is specific to your rotation, then delete this header text and the highlighted instructions for your final
syllabus.
name/strength/dosage form, organ
function, etc)
Prepare, dispense, and deliver
extemporaneous preparations
and sterile products following
existing standards of practice and
the health system’s policies and
procedure.
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Verify 4 IV orders are correct in terms
of dosage, compatibility, patientspecific data, and administration (i.e.
PICC vs CC) before preparing or
permitting the distribution of the
product
Verify 4 PO orders are correct in terms
of dosage, compatibility, patientspecific data, and administration before
preparing or permitting the distribution
of the product
Prepare or simulate 5 intravenous
preparations using aseptic technique
Describe the differences between
preparation of chemotherapeutic and
nonchemotherapeutic agents (if
applicable at site)
Describe the process for preparing
patient controlled analgesia and
epidural syringes
Perform calculations that are required to
compound, dispense, and administer
medications for 4 IV orders, 4 oral
liquids, and 4 oral solids
If appropriate and directed by preceptor,
administer medication to patient (may
not be opportunity in this setting)
Deliver medications with pharmacy
technicians to appropriate locations
within the institution
Stock automated medication machines
with pharmacy technicians
Syllabus Template for Preceptors: This template document is intended to assist you in constructing a rotation syllabus to enhance
communication with students and meet objectives established by SCCP and our accrediting body, ACPE. Address the highlighted text
with the information that is specific to your rotation, then delete this header text and the highlighted instructions for your final
syllabus.
Demonstrate the ability to
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interact verbally and in writing
with healthcare providers and
patients by gathering, organizing,
and appropriately recording
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information and by consulting
and counseling competently.
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Utilize the primary, secondary,
and tertiary references accessible
on site while providing
pharmaceutical care.
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Understand steps that must be
taken to ensure departmental
compliance with accreditation,
legal, regulatory and safety
requirements.
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Organize all written or oral information
in a logical manner when speaking to
preceptor or other healthcare team
members
Appropriately conduct 2 patient
medication histories
Appropriately perform 2 discharge
counselings
Present 1 patient case to healthcare
professionals in an organized format
covering pertinent information
Prepare and deliver an informal (no
AV), ten-minute presentation on a new
drug and present it to the pharmacy
staff.
Discuss with preceptor systematic drug
information retrieval process
Discuss appropriate resources to obtain
different types of drug information
Complete 2 written drug information
requests from other healthcare
professionals in a timely manner
Complete 1 verbal drug information
request from a patient
Discuss how the pharmacy department
is guided by NCQA, JCAHO
requirements, ASHP standards,
statements and guidelines, state and
federal laws regulating pharmacy
practice and OSHA regulations.
Participate in any audits performed.
Attend any meetings discussing
JCAHO, Board of Pharmacy, or other
upcoming accreditations.
Syllabus Template for Preceptors: This template document is intended to assist you in constructing a rotation syllabus to enhance
communication with students and meet objectives established by SCCP and our accrediting body, ACPE. Address the highlighted text
with the information that is specific to your rotation, then delete this header text and the highlighted instructions for your final
syllabus.
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Participate in basic
administrative activities relevant
to the pharmacy department.
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Observe a nurse during the medication
administration process.
Review The Joint Commission
medication management standards and
discuss with the pharmacy director or
his designee how the pharmacy
department uses these national
standards to prepare and maintain
JCAHO accreditation.
List the NPSGs applicable to the
department of pharmacy and discuss
with a pharmacist the plan for meeting
those patient safety goals at your site
(see JCAHO website at
http://www.jointcommission.org/).
Describe the appropriate and necessary
licensure, permits, and equipment
needs of the pharmacy.
Participate in any educational offerings
that may benefit the health of the
general public (i.e. health fairs, etc)
Discuss with pharmacy personnel the
process for ordering medications from a
vendor, when to reorder
medications/IVs, and the process for
dealing with backordered medications.
Participate in the process of checking
for expired medications in the pharmacy
and the subsequent disposition of the
medications.
Discuss staff scheduling with a
pharmacy manager and technician
manager
Discuss the organizational structure of
the hospital and pharmacy department
Syllabus Template for Preceptors: This template document is intended to assist you in constructing a rotation syllabus to enhance
communication with students and meet objectives established by SCCP and our accrediting body, ACPE. Address the highlighted text
with the information that is specific to your rotation, then delete this header text and the highlighted instructions for your final
syllabus.
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Interpret patient information
according to task at hand and
available setting.
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Observe a multidisciplinary committee
meeting (Pharmacy and Therapeutics
(P&T) preferable; other examples
include Infection Control Committee,
Hospital Quality Assurance, clinical
pathway development, medication
safety)
Attend the pharmacy department’s
staff meeting, if applicable.
Document any findings of patient noncompliance with home medications
Document 2 patient drug allergies and
discuss whether allergy is clinically
significant
Document 2 drug-drug interactions
discovered and discuss whether
clinically significant
Discuss 2 drug-food interactions found
and appropriate method to ensure
interaction does not occur while in
institution
Discuss any family history and personal
history that is significant to primary
reason patient in hospital
Discuss methods to interview/counsel a
patient who has a literacy or language
barrier
Discuss questions/conditions that
pharmacists may address with patient
versus those that need to be referred to
physician
Perform 1 basic physical assessment if
directed by preceptor (i.e. check for
adverse drug reactions)
Document 1 intervention in patient
Syllabus Template for Preceptors: This template document is intended to assist you in constructing a rotation syllabus to enhance
communication with students and meet objectives established by SCCP and our accrediting body, ACPE. Address the highlighted text
with the information that is specific to your rotation, then delete this header text and the highlighted instructions for your final
syllabus.
records in a concise, organized format
that allows readers to have a clear
understanding of the content
Take personal responsibility for
attaining excellence in one’s own
ability to provide pharmaceutical
care.
Enter additional objectives here
Enter corresponding activities here