Descriptive report of a team-taught elective academic-focused advanced pharmacy practice experience

ObjectivesTo describe the development of a team-taught academic-focused advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE).MethodsThis APPE was developed as a way to expose students to academic pharmacy while accommodating increasing faculty APPE student teaching loads. The academic-focused APPE integrated weekly live didactic seminars with an online learning component. Using synchronous distance learning technology, the academic-focused APPE was simultaneously delivered between two separate education campuses.ResultsA total of 13 students and eight faculty participated during the first offering (Fall 2011) of this six-week academic-focused APPE. Surveys were administered to both the students and faculty at the completion of the APPE. Both, students and faculty rated many of the specific assignments and activities favorably and perceived the rotation favorably overall.ConclusionsThe combination of a shared pharmacy practice faculty workload and a positive learning experience for the students demonstrates that this team-taught approach is an effective means of offering an academic-focused APPE rotation.