PHAR 7165 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) 5

The Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) 5 course provides students with an understanding of many aspects of senior care. The course is divided into two sections. The students will be able to gain valuable experience in a closed door pharmacy setting that specifically delivers medications to long-term care facilities for three weeks. They will be able to understand the operational aspects of dispensing and delivery to an institutional setting. The other part of the experience (four weeks), students are paired with a senior patient living in a nursing home. Students will complete assignments with their senior patient on communication strategies, screening tests, medications and conditions that effect the senior population.