EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

INTRODUCTORY PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCE (IPPE)

IPPEs allow pharmacy students to begin exploring the profession during the three didactic years of the curriculum.

IPPE Year 1 Focus - Career Exploration +

Community Practice

IPPE Year 2 Focus - Community Outreach +

Institutional Pharmacy

IPPE Year 3 Focus - Acute + Ambulatory Care

ADVANCED PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCE (APPE)

APPEs are completed in the final year of pharmacy school and consist of eight five-week rotation blocks. Each block provides experience in a different type of pharmacy practice, including two electives.

“We were in Oman during Ramadan, so we learned about Muslim patients and fasting. It can be clinically challenging to help a patient who is following their religious beliefs. But I’m more confident in my ability to do so now.”

Emery Smith, PharmD, ’22

APPE locations throughout West Virginia:

Pharmacy Northern Region Experiential Learning

Pharmacy Southern Region Experiential Learning

Rural Health — Alaska and Indian Health Services

National — varied locations

International — Oman, South Africa, Brazil and Thailand