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(34) 2008.2 Service Learning Requirement The APhA-ASP encourages ACPE accredited pharmacy schools to establish a service learning requirement as a part of the experiential learning that is necessary for students to complete to be eligible for the docto
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(34) 2008.2 Service Learning Requirement
The APhA-ASP encourages ACPE accredited pharmacy schools to establish a service learning requirement as a part of the experiential learning that is necessary for students to complete to be eligible for the doctorate of pharmacy degree.
Reasons for the Action(s) / Pros and Cons:
There are many professional schools that already have a service-learning proponent to their curriculum, including some pharmacy schools. Law schools, for example, require students to provide a certain number of hours of pro-bono work to underserved populations to be able to receive their graduate degree. Pharmacy students are provided with a skill set that can be very valuable to the local population. With supervision, pharmacy students can be extremely effective in screening the local community and being that first line of preventative care, along with providing extremely valuable knowledge in working to streamline and improve the drug therapies of the underserved populations.
Pharmacy students are given a knowledge base and skill set through physical assessment classes that are often never used after the student leaves pharmacy school. Service learning would provide students with an opportunity to practice and master the skills that are learned in school, while providing a valuable service to the local communities that are often underserved. This expansion of practice will give pharmacist more legitimacy as our roles as a healthcare providers continue to expand, as well as, providing pharmacists with a necessary skill set that will become more valuable with the increasing implementation of Medication Therapy Management. As the roles of the pharmacist continue to increase, the pharmacist will become the first, and most accessible line of preventative care. Service learning will provide students with the skills necessary to facilitate the expansion of the pharmacist’s role while enriching the local communities.
Andrew York ; 410-804-1170 ; ayork003@umaryland.edu ; University of Maryland
(34) 2008.2 Service Learning Requirement
The APhA-ASP encourages ACPE accredited pharmacy schools to establish a service learning requirement as a part of the experiential learning that is necessary for students to complete to be eligible for the doctorate of pharmacy degree.
Reasons for the Action(s) / Pros and Cons:
There are many professional schools that already have a service-learning proponent to their curriculum, including some pharmacy schools. Law schools, for example, require students to provide a certain number of hours of pro-bono work to underserved populations to be able to receive their graduate degree. Pharmacy students are provided with a skill set that can be very valuable to the local population. With supervision, pharmacy students can be extremely effective in screening the local community and being that first line of preventative care, along with providing extremely valuable knowledge in working to streamline and improve the drug therapies of the underserved populations.
Pharmacy students are given a knowledge base and skill set through physical assessment classes that are often never used after the student leaves pharmacy school. Service learning would provide students with an opportunity to practice and master the skills that are learned in school, while providing a valuable service to the local communities that are often underserved. This expansion of practice will give pharmacist more legitimacy as our roles as a healthcare providers continue to expand, as well as, providing pharmacists with a necessary skill set that will become more valuable with the increasing implementation of Medication Therapy Management. As the roles of the pharmacist continue to increase, the pharmacist will become the first, and most accessible line of preventative care. Service learning will provide students with the skills necessary to facilitate the expansion of the pharmacist’s role while enriching the local communities.
Andrew York ; 410-804-1170 ; ayork003@umaryland.edu ; University of Maryland