Table 2 Student learning activities at the long-term care facilities (4-week experience)
Learning activities | Minimums |
|---|---|
1. Provide Comprehensive pharmaceutical care: | 3-5 patients over 4-weeks |
● Assess for drug-related problems (DRPs) | |
● Identify and list all actual and potential DRPs | |
● Create an initial care plan for each DRPs and discuss with pharmacy preceptor | |
● Collaborate with physician/ facility staff and, or patient to resolve or prevent the DRPs. | |
● Provide follow-up to all patients | |
2. Participate in Drug Review Process: | 2-8 hours over 4-weeks |
● Participate in daily drug review process by reviewing patients’ medication profiles on designated unit | |
● Assess for DRPs | |
● Identify and list all actual and potential DRPs | |
● Create an initial care plan for each DRPs and discuss with pharmacy preceptor | |
● Collaborate with physician/ facility staff and, or patient to resolve or prevent the DRPs. | |
3. Conduct Allergy Assessments: | 4-5 patients over 4-weeks |
● Assess patients for drug allergies | |
● Discuss allergies with pharmacy preceptor | |
● Discuss allergies with physician/ facility staff | |
● Document all allergies on the form provided | |
4. Provide Medication Teaching: | 4-5 patients over 4-weeks |
● Provide medication teaching to patients and their families | |
5. Provide Presentations to the facility staff: | 1 of each type of presentation over 4-weeks |
● On a patient case to which comprehensive pharmaceutical care has been provided | |
● On a topic of interest | |
6. Conduct Critical Appraisal of the Literature: | 1 critical review over 4-weeks |
● Critically review one article relevant to care of your patients and discuss with pharmacy preceptor | |
● Document the appraisal on the form provided | |
7. Provide Drug Information: | 3 drug information workups over 4-weeks |
● Work-up patient specific drug information questions raised by staff at the facility | |
● Document all drug information questions on the form provided | |
8. Engage in Inter-professional Collaboration: | Daily and on-going |
● Participate in patient care-conferences | |
9. Participate in Drug Distribution at the long-term care facility: | Daily and on-going |
● Discuss drug distribution system with pharmacy preceptor | |
● Observe Nurse and Unit Clerk in distribution process | |
● Participate in processing and clarification of medication orders at the designated unit | |
10. Understand Medication Management Processes and Protocols at the facility: | No minimum, as time permitting |
● Discuss programs at the institution to improve the quality of drug use, for example: drug utilization programs, adverse drug reporting protocols, etc. | |
● Discuss formulary system | |
11. Participate in other activities identified as appropriate by pharmacy preceptor | No minimum, as time permitting |