Abstract
There is an imminent need to identify and develop new ambulatory care practice sites with the increase in the number of colleges of pharmacy across the nation. This manuscript provides recommendations to help clinical faculty determine whether a potential pharmacy practice site will be able to provide adequate resources and support to establish a successful practice. This may be challenging to pharmacy practice faculty in settings where clinical pharmacy services have never been utilized. Topics include the pre-work needed prior to approaching a new practice site, assessing the need for physical requirements, meeting key personnel, marketing clinical skills and services, implementing, and evaluating practice site. Preparation includes having a clear vision of the pharmacist services, ensuring that stakeholders have an understanding of the pharmacy services inquiring the site support and resources for the pharmacist, and regularly communicating.
Highlights
There is an imminent need to identify and develop new ambulatory care practice sites with the increase in the number of colleges of pharmacy across the nation
Since many of these new programs are being established in areas where ambulatory care clinical pharmacy services are relatively novel, pharmacy practice faculty often find themselves describing the utility of an ambulatory care pharmacist
Ask for feedback from either the medical director or healthcare providers (HCPs) at the site to determine if any changes need to be made to improve the integration of pharmacy services into the clinical workflow
Summary
The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Standards 2016 requires all colleges of pharmacy across the United States to provide ambulatory care practice experiences to pharmacy students as a requirement for graduation [1]. With the increase in the number of colleges of pharmacy across the nation, there is an imminent need to identify and develop new ambulatory care practice sites [2,3] This provides unique challenges for pharmacy practice faculty, as well as colleges of pharmacy, to establish a rewarding clinical practice while providing opportunities for learners, including pharmacy students and residents. Based on experience establishing new ambulatory care practice at sites which have not previously had a pharmacy practice faculty, the authors have identified various factors to consider in order to create a successful practice model. The recommendations below are not in a sequential order and may need to be adapted to circumstances and preliminary conversations with the practice site
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