The Experiential Learning Program is proud to make several online preceptor training modules available to members of the Academy of Preceptors.
These modules, delivered by School of Pharmacy faculty and preceptors are intended to provide both new and experienced preceptors an overview of the School’s experiential learning program and best practices in precepting pharmacy students. Pharmacists may receive continuing education credit for several of these modules.
- Introduction to the Experiential Learning Program (Mandatory for New Preceptors ONLY)
Mark Brueckl, BSPharm, RPh, MBA
CE Credit: 0 hours
Provides an overview of the experiential learning program at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. This module is NOT ELIGIBLE for CE credit.
The following activities are eligible for ACPE credit. Please review specific details to access the content below by downloading the corresponding activity announcements.
- I am a Pharmacist, Not a Mind Reader: Setting Goals and Expectations (Mandatory)
Brian E. Grover, PharmD, BCPS
Kristin Watson, PharmD, BCPS-AQ Cardiology
CE Credit: 0.5 hours
Discusses benefits to setting expectations for trainees in a learning experience, outlines appropriate methods for setting clear expectations for the learning experience, and offers advice to design individualized expectations for learning experiences based on the background of each learner.
Prerequisite: To receive CE credit for this activity, you MUST be a UMB preceptor.
ACPE Activity Announcement – I am a Pharmacist, Not a Mind Reader: Setting Goals and Expectations
Click here to take the I am a Pharmacist, Not a Mind Reader post-test.
- The Pharmacists' Patient Care Process (PPCP) (Mandatory)
Mark Brueckl, BSPharm, RPh, MBA
CE Credit: 0.25 hours
Identifies the importance and key steps of the Pharmacists' Patient Care Process and helps viewers understand key practices of what pharmacists do using the Pharmacists' Patient Care Process as well as the need to teach the Pharmacists' Patient Care Process in experiential education.
Prerequisite: To receive CE credit for this activity, you MUST be a UMB preceptor.
ACPE Activity Announcement - The Pharmacists' Patient Care Process (PPCP)
Click here to take the PPCP post-test.
- Starting Your Rotation Off on the Right Foot (Mandatory)
Brian E. Grover, PharmD, BCPS
Kristin Watson, PharmD, BCPS-AQ Cardiology
CE Credit: 0.5 hours
Describes strategies preceptors may employ to enhance the rotation orientation process, compares methods that may aid in increasing efficiency when orienting learners, and recommends steps for tailoring orientation process components to the learner's level of experience.
Prerequisite: To receive CE credit for this activity, you MUST be a UMB preceptor.ACPE Activity Announcement - Starting Your Rotation Off on the Right Foot
Click here to take the Starting Your Rotation Off on the Right Foot post-test.
- Update on the Doctor of Pharmacy Accreditation Standards 2016 (Mandatory)
Agnes Ann Feemster, PharmD, BCPS
CE Credit: 0.25 hours
Describes the differences between IPPE and APPE, and identifies preceptor qualifications and expectations.
Prerequisite: To receive CE credit for this activity, you MUST be a UMB preceptor.
ACPE Activity Announcement - Update on the Doctor of Pharmacy Accreditation Standards 2016
Click here to take the Update on the Doctor of Pharmacy Accreditation Standards 2016 post-test.
Additional Modules:
The following activities are also eligible for ACPE credit. Please review specific details to access the content below by downloading the corresponding activity announcements.
- Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Embracing Our Diversity in the Pharmacy Workplace
Ifeanyi Egbunike-Chukwuma, Bsc. Pharm., PharmD
CPE Credit: 1.0 contact hour
This presentation will review the challenges of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and provide potential strategies on how to address.
ACPE Activity Announcement - Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Embracing Our Diversity in the Pharmacy Workplace
Click here to take the Addressing the Elephant in the Room post-test. - Burned Out on Burn Out
Brent Reed, BS, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, FAHA
CE Credit: 1.5 hours
Distinguishes stress and burnout, including the causes of and contributors to each; lists signs and symptoms for stress and burnout and validated instruments for measuring each construct; compares and contrasts individual and organizational approaches to trainee well-being; and helps devise strategies for mitigating the effects of stress or burnout.
Prerequisite: To receive CE credit for this activity, you MUST be a UMB preceptor.
ACPE Activity Announcement - Burned Out on Burn Out
Click here to take the Burned Out on Burn Out post-test.
- Enhancing the Student Pharmacist Precepting Experience
Agnes Ann Feemster, PharmD, BCPS
CE Credit: 1.0 hours
Teaches preceptors to state the components of a systematic approach utilized to prevent and manage challenging rotation students; recall key differences in timing and content between evaluations and feedback; identify the environmental, interpersonal, and situational factors that may impact the reception and effectiveness of feedback; list and explain the five "microskills" that form the five-step model of clinical teaching; and identify five techniques to help students develop positive professional behavior during experiential learning.
Prerequisite: To receive CE credit for this activity, you MUST be a UMB preceptor.
ACPE Activity Announcement - Enhancing the Student Pharmacist Precepting Experience
Click here to take the Enhancing the Student Pharmacist Precepting Experience post-test.
- Framing the Experience: Setting Rotation Expectations
Kathleen Pincus, PharmD, BCPS
CE Credit: 1.0 hours
Identifies the importance of orienting the student to the rotation and setting expectations; describes the process of setting expectations with the learner; and discusses how to incorporate both the student and preceptor's expectations into the rotation.
Prerequisite: To receive CE credit for this activity, you MUST be a UMB preceptor.
ACPE Activity Announcement - Framing the Experience: Setting Rotation Expectations
Click here to take the Framing the Experience post-test.
- Providing Constructive Feedback on Rotations
Mark Brueckl, BSPharm, RPh, MBA
CE Credit: 0.25 hours
Discusses the importance and various methods for providing feedback on student performance.
Prerequisite: To receive CE credit for this activity, you MUST be a UMB preceptor.
ACPE Activity Announcement - Providing Constructive Feedback on Rotations
Click here to take the Providing Constructive Feedback on Rotations post-test.
- Zooming into Remote Precepting
Kristine Parbuoni, PharmD, BCPPS
Deanna Tran, PharmD, BCACP
CE Credit: 1.5 hours
The session describes opportunities, resources, and “pearls” available to preceptors when providing rotation experiences in a virtual environment.
Prerequisite: To receive CE credit for this activity, you MUST be a UMB preceptor.
ACPE Activity Announcement - Zooming into Remote Precepting
Click here to take the Zooming into Remote Precepting post-test.
ACPE Credit Information:
After viewing the module in its entirety, participants must complete a post-test.
A link to the post-test and activity evaluation may be found within the browser window containing the presentation. This web link must be copied and pasted into a new browser window at the completion of the presentation in order to access the post-test and activity evaluation.
A record of CE completion will be posted to the participant's CPE Monitor Profile within 60 days of completion of the activity.
We hope that you find these modules to be useful and beneficial to your students.