Program Overview
Purpose
The LAPPE Program trains student pharmacists using a longitudinal training program that integrates clinical experiences with scholarship and professional service to prepare students for post-graduate training.
Program Goals
Program Outline
The LAPPE Program trains student pharmacists using a longitudinal training program that integrates clinical experiences with scholarship and professional service to prepare students for post-graduate training.
Program Goals
- Ensure students meet the core clinical competencies according to university experiential learning objectives
- Provide students with continual and constructive feedback between rotations to foster clinical and professional growth
- Develop students’ research skills with mentorship from pharmacy clinicians and residents
- Strengthen students’ presentation skills
- Enhance students’ communication abilities with patients and healthcare professionals
- Integrate students into departmental initiatives and projects to understand the scope of clinical services offered
- Improve students’ abilities to obtain their desired residency or clinical pharmacy position
Program Outline
- Students will complete a total of 5 rotations during the LAPPE Program from Texas Block 1 to Texas Block 5 (May through December).
- Required rotations (3):
- Advanced Hospital
- Internal Medicine
- Selective* (e.g. Medication Safety, Pharmacy Administration/Management, Drug Information, Informatics, Investigational Drug Service/Industry, Research, Specialty Pharmacy)
- Electives (2):
- Cardiology, Critical Care (i.e. Medical, Surgical, Neurological, or Cardiovascular), Infectious Diseases, Solid Organ Transplant, Oncology, Psychiatry, Neurology, Emergency Medicine, and Pain Management
- Cardiology, Critical Care (i.e. Medical, Surgical, Neurological, or Cardiovascular), Infectious Diseases, Solid Organ Transplant, Oncology, Psychiatry, Neurology, Emergency Medicine, and Pain Management
*Selective can be completed at the specific LAPPE Program hospital site, but if specific selective is not available at that hospital site then the student can complete the selective at an alternative HM site. Hospital-specific selective offerings will be discussed in detail during the interview.
- Research project presented at national or regional meeting
- Professional development series (e.g. midyear preparation, mock interview, CV reviews, etc)
- Formal mentorship from clinical pharmacist or current resident
- Presentation development (e.g. formal case presentations, oxford debate, journal clubs, topic discussions, etc.)
- Pharmacy and Therapeutics subcommittee involvement
- Additional: drug monograph and medication use evaluation