The primary goal of the Experiential Education program is to provide students with structured, practical and closely supervised, professional experiences that allow students to develop and apply skills from formal classroom instruction to better assess their future role as a competent pharmacist. Each student is expected to apply his or her basic science and clinical knowledge into the real setting under a preceptor’s guidance and instruction.
Advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPE), or rotations, are exclusive to fourth-year pharmacy students as part of their experiential education. Most rotations are in Arkansas, with a select few outside the United States. College of Pharmacy students can choose from options in Taiwan, Thailand and Rome, Italy, for international rotations.
In total, students complete 10 APPEs for their final year of pharmacy school — one rotation each month, with at least 160 hours of work, for 10 months. These include one required rotation each for acute care, ambulatory care, community pharmacy and health-system administration. Other options include four rotations for direct patient care and two electives.
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Preceptors
The UAMS College of Pharmacy asks pharmacists to help educate the future generations of pharmacists by becoming preceptors. If you are interested in becoming a preceptor, please call or email:
Seth Heldenbrand, Pharm.D.
Associate Dean of Experiential Education
heldenbrandseth@uams.edu
501-686-6392
Faculty and Staff of Experiential Education
Associate Dean Experiential Education
