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
Longitudinal Experiences
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 (i.e. medication safety, pharmacy administration/management, drug information, informatics, investigational drug service/research)
- Electives (2):
- Cardiology, critical care (i.e. medical, surgical, neurological, or cardiovascular), infectious diseases, solid organ transplant, oncology, psychiatry, neurology
Longitudinal Experiences
- 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