Unique Collaboration between a Private College of Pharmacy and a Private Academic Health System

Abstract

Advanced experiential education represents the culmination of a pharmacy student's training, where students can apply the knowledge they have learned in the classroom to real patients. Unfortunately, opportunities for students to provide the direct patient care recommended by pharmacy organizations and accrediting bodies are lacking. Additionally, academic health systems that can provide these experiences for students are experiencing hardships that have stalled the expansion of postgraduate training programs and services. Formal cooperation between unaffiliated colleges of pharmacies and academic health systems has the potential to increase the number of experiential students completing rotations in an academic environment, expand postgraduate education training programs, enhance the development of resident educators, increase research and scholarly opportunities, and expand clinical pharmacy services. This article describes the formation of a unique joint initiative between a private academic health system without a college of pharmacy and a private college of pharmacy without a hospital. The successful cultivation of the relationship has resulted in professional growth at both institutions and can be implemented at other sites around the country to synergize the efforts of academic health systems and colleges of pharmacy.

Evaluation of an Interprofessional Academic-Practice Partnership in End of Life Care

“…The results from this study build on the existing literature on academic practice partnerships in pharmacy education that provide rich descriptions of formalized partnerships, but did not pair that information with patient or student learning outcomes resulting from the partnership. 26 - 28 With data from multiple assessment points, this study demonstrates clear benefits from the partnership agreement that advance the missions of both organizations. In examining patient medication outcomes, the addition of a pharmacist on an interprofessional team decreased the average amount of medications at week 4 and week 7-12.…”

Strategies to Reduce the Cost of Medical Education in India: A Narrative Review

“…The best option to solve the entire spectrum of the problems will be to link a private medical college with government-run hospitals through an agreement. 30 This will have the dual benefit to both the involved stakeholders. The problem of fewer patients in private medical colleges will be sorted out, thereby students will get adequate clinical exposure, and the administrators would not have to spend unnecessary money on maintaining fake records or patients.…”

“…On the other hand, the quality of care offered to patients in government-run hospitals will also show improvement and there will be a significant reduction in the burden on the existing health care professionals. 30 …”

Clinical Track Program Expansion Increases Rotation Capacity for Experiential Program

“…The standards also state that the majority of advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) be focused on direct patient care. 1 Additionally, schools are more dependent on non-full-time faculty to serve as preceptors for APPEs. As standards and requirements change, this may impact the willingness of non-faculty preceptors to offer rotations.…”

“…This includes partnering with health systems and academic medical centers, and developing new services with community health centers and pharmacies. [1][2][3] Innovative approaches to scheduling have also been demonstrated in the literature. Hatton and Weitzel described the benefits of complete-block scheduling for APPEs, such as increased student participation in patient care and medication use responsibilities, in-depth learning experiences, student participation in institutional research and projects, and improved preceptor satisfaction.…”