Innovative APPE Development and Integration

June 25, 2025
Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Hosted by the Pediatric Pharmacy SIG

This webinar will explore strategies for structuring alternative Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences. Four speakers will discuss best practices for designing APPEs that develop critical thinking, pharmacotherapy knowledge, and research skills. Participants will gain practical insights and real-world applications to optimize the student APPE experience and contribute to the advancement of pharmacy education and scholarship.

Objectives:

  • Discuss strategies to tailor an APPE rotation to the future career goals of the student.
  • Describe how to design a non-patient care APPE that focuses on developing problem solving processes and critical thinking.
  • Evaluate opportunities to integrate APPE students into mutually beneficial scholastic endeavors.
  • Outline strategies for fostering an academic growth mindset in APPE students with varying practice interests.

Moderator:

Caroline M. Sierra, PharmD, BCPPS
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Loma Linda University

Speakers:

M. Petrea Cober
Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Northeast Ohio Medical University

Lea Eiland
Hill Crest Clinical Professor and Associate Department Head
Auburn University

Norm Fenn
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist
Manchester University

Luke Orth
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
University of Colorado

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