PROFESSIONALISM DURING PHARMACY EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION

1. Professionalism is an overarching quality that must be consistently present throughout the rotation as various activities are performed. Students must take responsibility for acting professionally and demonstrate this in all interactions, behaviors, and attitudes. Students are always expected to be familiar with and to adhere to the policies, standards, guideline and regulations set out within:
   a. The American University of Health Sciences (AUHS) Standards of Conduct or Provisions of the Codes
   b. The AUHS School of Pharmacy Professionalism Code of Conduct and Policies
   c. Pledge of Professionalism (APPE Preceptor and Student Manual Appendix)
   d. Each rotation site’s corporate, institutional, departmental or practice documents pertaining to professionalism.
2. Professional behavior is assessed within the mid-point and final assessment form. The preceptor shall immediately report to the Office of Experiential Education any unacceptable behaviors/attitude or any major concerns they have with the student’s level of professionalism.
3. Poor professional behavior will impact upon the student’s professionalism assessment and may be grounds for a grade of ‘fail’, require remedial work, delay of graduation, or dismissal from the program as per University’s Standards of Conduct or Provisions of the Codes.
4. Attendance is mandatory for all Experiential Education assigned days. If a mandatory course activity is missed due to an unexcused absence or tardiness, the activity will be graded as a fail for that student. For an absence to be excused, the student must notify the Office of Experiential Education of the absence prior to the beginning of that class meeting, and the student must provide a legitimate reason in writing. The legitimacy of the reason—and the sufficiency of supporting documentation will be at the discretion of the Course Coordinator.
5. Failure of one IPPE or APPE: the student will repeat the IPPE or APPE at the next availability of a clinical rotation, determined at the discretion of the Office of Experiential Education. The repeat IPPE or APPE will be with a different preceptor and site. Failure of an IPPE and/or APPE will result in a delay in graduation. (See Experiential Manual/APPE Preceptor and Student Manual “Remediation”)
   • For IPPE only: If the student fails to show progress in the final evaluation and/or fails the IPPE course, the student must repeat the failed IPPE course during the quarter break. The repeated course may or may not be with a faculty preceptor. Failure to complete the repeated course may result in a delay of academic progression.
   • For APPE only: Due to the accelerated three-year program, students will not be able to remediate for an APPE course. Students will repeat the failed rotation during the next available rotation block. This will result in a delay of graduation. A student who receives a No Pass (NP) on any APPE experiential rotation of the same rotation type twice (i.e. two Adult Acute Care rotations, two Advanced Community rotations, two Elective rotations, etc.) or who accumulates two “NP” grades for any APPE experiential rotation will be required to withdraw from the program.
6. For APPE – Students are assigned RX Prep book chapters to be completed during each of the six week rotation. Students will need to read the assigned chapter and successfully pass the post-test with a score of 40% or better in order to pass the rotation. All assigned chapters must be completed with a passing score of 40% by 11:59PM one day after the last day of rotation. Failure to complete and successfully pass all required chapters may result in failing the rotation (See APPE Syllabi).