APPE Program

The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) consist of 45 weeks of pharmacy practice experience in the 4th year of the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum. The APPE program begins in mid-May following the 3rd professional year and moves through 3 fifteen week trimesters, finishing in late April/early May the following year. Five core/required experiences and 3 elective experiences are completed by all students with all but the required Acute Patient Care APPEs (10 weeks) being 5 weeks in length. Each APPE type has specific learning outcomes to guide the student and preceptor and upon which the student evaluations are built.

APPEs are completed in pharmacy practice settings ranging from hospitals to community pharmacies to governmental agencies and ambulatory clinics. Sites for the completion of these experiences are grouped into 8 regions in Minnesota plus several available sites outside the state. Students are required to complete each 15 week trimester in one region; a student may elect to complete their APPEs all in one region or move between regions at the trimester breaks.

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Acute Patient Care
A 10 week experience in a hospital setting caring directly for patients with a variety of acute illnesses.
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Ambulatory Patient Care
A 5 week experience providing direct care for ambulatory patients with chronic and acute illnesses.
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Community Practice
A 5 week experience learning distributive, administrative and patient care skills in a community pharmacy.
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Institutional Practice
A 5 week experience learning distributive, administrative and patient care skills in a hospital pharmacy.
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Patient Care
A 5 week experience providing direct patient care in an ambulatory or acute care setting.
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Geriatrics Patient Care
A 5 week experience learning patient care and administrative pharmacy skills specifically designed for caring for geriatric patients.
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Pediatrics Patient Care
A 5 week experience learning patient care skills and therapeutics specifically designed for caring for pediatric patients.
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Electives
5 week experiences covering the spectrum of pharmacy practice and pharmacists’ professional activities. Elective APPEs may be completed in Non-Patient Care sites or at many of the patient care sites offering core APPEs. Students must complete 3 elective APPEs.
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