Abstract
The experiential component of a doctor of pharmacy curricula is an ideal, yet underutilized vehicle to advance interprofessional education (IPE) initiatives. To date, most experiential-based IPE initiatives occur in a naturally occurring, non-deliberate fashion. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Experiential Education Section formed the Task Force on Intentional Interprofessional Education in Experiential Education in academic year 2015-2016 to explore the issue. This commentary describes the work of the task force, including the following elements: defining intentional interprofessional experiential education as “the explicit effort by preceptors and practice sites to create/foster educational opportunities or activities designed specifically to achieve interprofessional educational competencies;” conducting a systematic literature review to identify examples of intentional interprofessional experiential education in the published literature; surveying faculty with oversight of experiential education programs and preceptors within those programs; and generating recommendations to stakeholders including AACP, pharmacy schools, and experiential education administrators.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 6502 |
| Pages (from-to) | 204-208 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | American journal of pharmaceutical education |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Apr 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Experiential education
- Interprofessional education
- Preceptor development
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Pharmacy
- General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics