THE

Mountaineer Preceptor Summer 2017

Resident Perspective When I arrived in Morgantown to start my PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency with West Vir-

ginia University and Waterfront Family Pharmacy I was only stepping foot in West Virginia for the

second time ever. I had a sense of welcoming, I was ready to explore a completely new place and

to grow my skills and experience within pharmacy practice.

I was excited about the opportunity, especially the people I would be working with each day and the experi-

ences that were available to me as part of the residency program. One of my motivators for completing a resi-

dency was to help to attain my goal of becoming a faculty member one day. Beyond even the responsibilities

of lecturer, I looked forward to offering my skills as a preceptor and a mentor. Along with the other PGY1 resi-

dents at the School of Pharmacy and WVU Medicine, I was able to be a part of a unique teaching certificate

program which included lectures and activities led by various faculty and preceptors. This program allowed us

to learn more about effectively instructing and precepting and prepared us for teaching roles in the future. I

was also able to assist with clinical labs such as compounding and cardiology, give large class lectures in am-

bulatory care IPPE and self-care, co-precept students on ambulatory care rotation with Waterfront Family

Pharmacy, and serve as a faculty advisor for a service learning group. From developing exam questions, to

honing my communication skills, I can definitely say I appreciate all of the help my colleagues and the stu-

dents have given me. My residency certainly allowed me to develop

these skills further, and I could not have asked for better training opportu-

nities.

When I was not at the school and interacting directly with students, I

worked at Waterfront Family Pharmacy. Other than my staffing day on

Fridays, where I focused on the dispensing aspects of the profession, my

residency involved an array of patient care centered activities, pharmacy

management skills, and medication use processes. Some of these activi-

ties included community health fairs, senior center screening events,

medication therapy management appointments, diabetes education ap-

pointments, medication synchronization enrollment, and many others.

The PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency program is set up to be lon-

gitudinal, and residents are involved in all aspects of the residency over

the entire year. It is easy to get behind, so staying organized and on time

are key features of success. Self-motivation and discipline are equally important when completing this type of

a residency.

I was fortunate to complete a few elective experiences as a part of my residency as well. This included time at

the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, WV with anti-coagulation pharmacists. I was able to

learn more about ambulatory care practice warfarin monitoring, as well as responding to patients starting on

new direct oral anticoagulants. The second elective experience I chose was at American Pharmacists Associ-

ation headquarters in Washington, D.C. Following my experience there, I came back to West Virginia even

more inspired to promote pharmacy practice advancement, such as provider status and development of en-

hanced pharmacy services networks.

As my time at West Virginia University has ended, I am moving on to my next year of residency as a PGY2 in

Ambulatory Care. I look forward to carrying all of my West Virginia experiences forward, and I am more than

proud to call myself a Mountaineer.

Zach Pape was the 2016-2017 PGY1 Community Resident serving jointly at the WVU School of Pharmacy as well as

Waterfront Pharmacy in Morgantown, WV. Zach is originally from Cedar Rapids, IA and graduated from Drake Universi-

ty (Des Moines, IA) in 2016.

Pape pictured with Gretchen Garofoli, PharmD,

Clinical Asst. Professor and residency preceptor

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Preceptor Continuing Education: Upcoming webinar series

WVU School of Pharmacy preceptors are required to complete two hours of preceptor fo-

cused continuing education every two years. (The current reporting period is 7/1/2016-

6/30/2018). For new preceptors, the first of these hours should be the initial Preceptor Ori-

entation CE which is available on the Office Experiential Learning website (http://

pharmacy.hsc.wvu.edu/explearning/information-for-preceptors/preceptor-continuing-

education/preceptor-orientation/). This orientation session identifies the goals of the IPPE

and APPE programs at WVU, discusses criteria of our preceptors, summarizes preceptor

responsibilities, describes appropriate teaching strategies, discusses methods of assess-

ment and giving feedback and identifies resources available to WVU preceptors. After this

initial CE our preceptors have quite a bit of freedom in choosing their additional hours of CE.

The OEL is working to better identify and describe what

we consider preceptor focused CE. We will accept any

CE offered through the WVU School of Pharmacy or

other ACPE accredited Doctor of Pharmacy Program

and any preceptor development CE offered through

Pharmacist’s Letter which our preceptors have access

to free of charge (http://pharmacy.hsc.wvu.edu/

explearning/information-for-preceptors/preceptor-

resources/ ). Other pharmacist CE that focuses on

teaching skills, education, professionalism, managing

conflict and literature evaluation will also be accepted.

In addition to these resources, the Office of Experiential

Learning is focused on offering four CE events this aca-

demic year. Three of these sessions will initially be of-

fered as live webinars with recorded sessions available at later dates. The fourth session

will be a lunch and learn offered in Morgantown with a recorded version available at a later

time. These sessions will be focusing on the domains that are used in our student evalua-

tions. The first session will be a live webinar coming in August 2017 featuring Krista

Capehart, Pharm.D. Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Wigner Institute for Ad-

vanced Pharmacy Practice, Education and Research and will be covering the topic of com-

munication. A Save the Date email will be sent later this month, so watch your email for this

notice. Subsequent sessions will be premiering in November 2017, February 2018 and May

2018. We would love for you join us for the live webinar but the recorded version will be

available after the initial session.

pharmacy.hsc.wvu.edu/explearning

News from the Director of APPE Lena Maynor, Pharm.D., BCPS

Beginning in Block 3 (July 24 – August 25) of the 2017-2018 academic year, the following

items are due from the student on the final day of each rotation: hours logs, rotation assign-

ments, student self-assessment, and student evaluations of preceptor and site. Failure to

submit any required assignment or evaluation by the last day of rotation will result in an ad-

ministrative adjustment of the competency score for “Manages time well and demonstrates

an appropriate level of preparedness” within the Professionalism Competency Domain to a 2 (requires sub-

stantial assistance) or to a score of 1 (entirely unable to meet expectations) if the original competency score

assigned is a 2.

Also, as we begin a new APPE year, please help us remind students of the following related to time away

from rotation sites:

The 2017-2018 APPE calendar includes a holiday for students November 22-24, 2017. For any other

major holiday occurring during APPE rotations, it is up to the preceptor to decide if the student will be

given the holiday off. Holidays do not have to be made up during the rotation; however, those days

must be logged as absences from the site.

Students are permitted to have up to 40 hours of excused absence time that will not need to be made up

unless otherwise required by the preceptor over the course of the entire 8 block APPE year. These

excused absence hours are to be used for illness, emergency situations, residency interviews, and

job interviews. The excused absences are not vacation/personal days. Students may not accumulate

more than three days or 24 hours of excused absence during any one rotation unless also approved

by the Director of APPE.

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pharmacy.hsc.wvu.edu/explearning

New addition to the OEL We are pleased to announce that after a year’s hiatus, Carol Shaub has re-joined the staff of the Office of

Experiential Learning. Carol previously worked for the Office of Experiential Learning as our program spe-

cialist and then most recently for the WVU Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Carol returns to the

office in the newly created position of Assistant Director of Experiential

Learning. She will be in charge of scheduling IPPE community and health

system rotations for our first and second year students as well as APPE

rotations. She will be coordinating the P2 service learning course and lead-

ing the orientation for third year students who will be starting into their P4

year. Carol is also serving as a project manager for OEL initiatives and

working to ensure we meet our goals.

Martha Summers, our program specialist, will continue in her position and

will remain the primary point of contact for the office. As always, you can

contact the Office of Experiential Learning at sopoel@hsc.wvu.edu or 304

-293-1464. Carol can be directly contacted at carol.shaub@hsc.wvu.edu or

304-581-1636.

Lena Maynor, Carol Shaub and

Gina Baugh AACP 2015

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News from the Director of IPPE

Gina Baugh, Pharm.D. In January 2017, I assumed the role of Director of Interprofessional Education (IPE) for

the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center. In this position, I have the oppor-

tunity to promote and develop didactic, simulation and experiential opportunities for stu-

dents from different disciplines to work together. I will also continue my role as the Di-

rector of IPPE for the School of Pharmacy.

Currently, our pharmacy students participate in didactic IPE sessions during their first

professional year that focus on the four competencies stressed by the Interprofessional Education Collabora-

tive including: (1) Values/ Ethics, (2) Roles/ Responsibilities, (3) Interprofessional Communication, and (4)

Teams and Teamwork. IPE is also emphasized during their community pharmacy IPPE rotation. During their

second year of the program, IPE is promoted through our Service Learning Practice Experiences Course, as

well as their health system IPPE rotation. In their third year, students participate in acute care simulation

rounding experiences through the Acute Care Practice Experiences course. In the final year of the curricu-

lum, IPE is an integral component of the students’ experiences on their APPE rotations.

Therefore, it is important that the significance of interprofessional collaborations is discussed with students

during their IPPE and APPE rotations. We ask that you, as preceptors, promote the importance of working

together as a team to provide the best possible care for patients.

pharmacy.hsc.wvu.edu/explearning

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Calendar of Events and Important Dates

2017-2018 APPE Schedule Block 1 May 15– June 16, 2017

Block 2 June 19– July 21, 2017 Block 3 July 24– August 25, 2017 Block 4 August 28– September 29,

2017 Block 5 October 2- November 3, 2017

Block 6 November 6- December 8,

2017 Block 7 January 8– February 9, 2018

Block 8 February 12- March 16, 2018

Block 9 March 19- April 20, 2018

2018-2019 APPE Schedule

Block 1 May 21- June 22, 2018

Block 2 June 25- July 27, 2018

Block 3 July 30- August 31, 2018 Block 4 September 3- October 5, 2018

Block 5 October 8- November 9, 2018

Block 6 November 12- December 14, 2018

Block 7 January 14- February 15, 2019

Block 8 February 18- March 22, 2019

Block 9 March 25- April 26, 2019

2017-2018 IPPE Health System Rotation

Schedule

Block 1 May 7- May 18, 2018

Block 2 May 21- June 1, 2018

Block 3 June 4- June 15, 2018

2017-2018 IPPE Community Rotation Schedule

May 7-June 1, 2018