Welcome to the Office of Experiential Programs at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The Office of Experiential Education is responsible for the coordination and oversight of the pharmacy practice experience component of the curriculum. The experiential component is designed to integrate, apply, reinforce, and advance the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values developed through the other components of the curriculum.
Experiential education comprises approximately 30% of the curriculum and includes both Introductory and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences. During the first two years of the professional program, students will participate in Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPEs). Students will complete a 4-week Introductory Community experience during the summer following the first professional year and a 4-week Introductory Institutional experience during the summer following the second professional year.
During the final year of the professional program, students will participate in seven 6-week Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs). Of these seven experiences, four are required (Advanced Community, Advanced Institutional, Ambulatory Care, Acute General Medicine) and three are electives.
ճmissionof the Office of Experiential Education (OEE) is to provide students with high-quality pharmacy practice experiences that allow them to provide patient-centered care to diverse populations in a dynamic and changing health care system.
Ourvisionis to develop pharmacists who are caring, empathetic, ethical practitioners who provide excellent patient care and distinguish themselves, the profession, and the ֱ̲ College of Pharmacy.
The strategic decisions and daily operations of the Office of Experiential Education will be reflective of the followingvalues:
In addition to the values stated above, we have set the followinggoals:
Collect and evaluate data and make changes as needed to maintain a standards and outcome driven assessment program for the OEE.
Current students and preceptors can find more detailed information about our program in. In the document section you will find Preceptor and Student manuals containing information about our pharmacy practice experiences, including our mission and vision, course objectives, required assignments, evaluations, as well as other important information.
If you do not remember your login name or password, you can click on theForgot your Password?link under the login box or contact the Office of Experiential education at 318-342-1215 for assistance.
Preceptor News (Monthly)–Mini News Memos will be provided to all preceptors through your CORElms accounts. These one-page newsletters will strive to keep you up to date with the latest educational and functional updates as you provide mentorship to our PharmD candidates. The mini news memos are also a great way to maintain open communication between you and the Office of Experiential Education.
Continuing Education-The College of Pharmacy strives to help you enhance your clinical and teaching skills through free continuing education. As a preceptor you will have access to free continuing education and resources from the Collaborative Education Institute (CEI) through your CORElms account. You may also receive live continuing education annually at our Preceptor Conference.
Preceptor Recognition-Each year the College of Pharmacy recognizes preceptors for excellence in experiential teaching of student pharmacists. These awards are based on student feedback during practice experiences. We believe that preceptors deserve to be recognized and acknowledged for their contribution to pharmacy education.
Thank you for your interest in precepting students for ֱ̲ College of Pharmacy. Preceptors are vital role models in the education of pharmacy students and their role cannot be overemphasized. Practice experiences must be completed in a permitted practice site under the supervision of a pharmacist with no less than two years of experience as a licensed pharmacist. A small percentage of qualified non-pharmacist preceptors may be used for elective rotations. Students shall not practice in a permitted pharmacy site that is on probation with the Board of Pharmacy nor under the supervision of a pharmacist whose license is on probation with the Board.
Preceptors qualify to participate in the program by meeting and adhering to standards set by the College of Pharmacy and its Experiential Committee. Application to become a ֱ̲ preceptor and an experiential practice site involves the following steps:
To become a preceptor for our program, fill out the and submit. The Office of Experiential Education will contact you with additional information. If you have any questions please contact Karin Ryan, RPh at kryan@ulm.eduor 318-342-3271.
ֱ̲ College of Pharmacy
Bienville Building
1800 Bienville Dr
Monroe, LA 71201
Monday-Thursday
7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday
7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
(318) 342-1600