University of New England

Pharmacy Practice Experiences

The process of experiential education allows students to learn through experience in real-world settings, putting to use the skills learned in didactic coursework.

Introductory Pharmacy
Practice Experience (IPPE)
The introductory pharmacy practice experiences in community and institutional pharmacy settings begin early in the professional curriculum and are interfaced with didactic course instruction that provides an introduction to the profession of pharmacy.  The IPPEs progressively increase the knowledge base of the student and prepare them for the advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

Advanced Pharmacy
Practice Experience (APPE)
The advanced pharmacy practice experiences take place in the fourth professional year and involve six, 6-week full-time experiences in a variety of pharmacy practice settings that are involved with direct patient care. 

The required experiences include community, hospital, ambulatory care, and inpatient/acute care general medicine pharmacy among patients of all ages and involve collaboration with other health care professionals.  Electives may include, but not limited to, drug information, long term care, research, compounding and pharmacy industry. 

Experiential pharmacy education at this level is conducted under direct pharmacist-preceptor supervision and monitoring.