Pharmacy Internships: We Can Do Better
The pharmacist’s role in patient care is expanding, and the profession must prepare its graduates for direct patient care. Internships can help facilitate this training outside of the formal pharmacy curriculum. Intern roles can expand beyond distributive tasks to compliment the full range of pharma...
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| description | The pharmacist’s role in patient care is expanding, and the profession must prepare its graduates for direct patient care. Internships can help facilitate this training outside of the formal pharmacy curriculum. Intern roles can expand beyond distributive tasks to compliment the full range of pharmacist activities, providing value to the student and institution. Crucially, outcomes measured must not only be traditional measures of student and pharmacist output, but also the growth and success of the student within the program. Creative metrics (e.g. resilience or leadership development) should be considered when assessing programmatic outcomes. Programs already engaged in internship programs should assess their respective programs and report findings.
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| spelling | doaj.art-697735724a374314aa570197890774982022-12-21T22:11:42ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingINNOVATIONS in Pharmacy2155-04172018-12-019410.24926/iip.v9i4.1395Pharmacy Internships: We Can Do BetterSarah Nisly0Lisa Brennan1Wingate UniversityWingate UniversityThe pharmacist’s role in patient care is expanding, and the profession must prepare its graduates for direct patient care. Internships can help facilitate this training outside of the formal pharmacy curriculum. Intern roles can expand beyond distributive tasks to compliment the full range of pharmacist activities, providing value to the student and institution. Crucially, outcomes measured must not only be traditional measures of student and pharmacist output, but also the growth and success of the student within the program. Creative metrics (e.g. resilience or leadership development) should be considered when assessing programmatic outcomes. Programs already engaged in internship programs should assess their respective programs and report findings. Article Type: Commentaryhttps://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/innovations/article/view/1395pharmacy internshiphealthcarestudentoutcomes |
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