Establishing a New Ambulatory Care Practice Site as a Pharmacy Practice Faculty

There is an imminent need to identify and develop new ambulatory care practice sites with the increase in the number of colleges of pharmacy across the nation. This manuscript provides recommendations to help clinical faculty determine whether a potential pharmacy practice site will be able to provi...

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Main Authors: Vasudha Gupta, Evan Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Pharmacy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/6/4/111
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description There is an imminent need to identify and develop new ambulatory care practice sites with the increase in the number of colleges of pharmacy across the nation. This manuscript provides recommendations to help clinical faculty determine whether a potential pharmacy practice site will be able to provide adequate resources and support to establish a successful practice. This may be challenging to pharmacy practice faculty in settings where clinical pharmacy services have never been utilized. Topics include the pre-work needed prior to approaching a new practice site, assessing the need for physical requirements, meeting key personnel, marketing clinical skills and services, implementing, and evaluating practice site. Preparation includes having a clear vision of the pharmacist services, ensuring that stakeholders have an understanding of the pharmacy services inquiring the site support and resources for the pharmacist, and regularly communicating.
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spelling doaj.art-539299bda96040fe8f46ce1064a784682022-12-22T04:19:43ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872018-10-016411110.3390/pharmacy6040111pharmacy6040111Establishing a New Ambulatory Care Practice Site as a Pharmacy Practice FacultyVasudha Gupta0Evan Williams1College of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences, 11 Sunset Way, Henderson, NV 89014, USACollege of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences, 11 Sunset Way, Henderson, NV 89014, USAThere is an imminent need to identify and develop new ambulatory care practice sites with the increase in the number of colleges of pharmacy across the nation. This manuscript provides recommendations to help clinical faculty determine whether a potential pharmacy practice site will be able to provide adequate resources and support to establish a successful practice. This may be challenging to pharmacy practice faculty in settings where clinical pharmacy services have never been utilized. Topics include the pre-work needed prior to approaching a new practice site, assessing the need for physical requirements, meeting key personnel, marketing clinical skills and services, implementing, and evaluating practice site. Preparation includes having a clear vision of the pharmacist services, ensuring that stakeholders have an understanding of the pharmacy services inquiring the site support and resources for the pharmacist, and regularly communicating.http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/6/4/111ambulatory carepharmacy practice facultypharmacy learnersclinical practicepharmacist services
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