Pharmacy Experience Program (PEP)
Boston, Worcester/Manchester
Advanced Pharmacy Experience Program (APEP)
The Advanced Pharmacy Experience program (APEP) is designed for provide PharmD students with in-depth practical experiences during their last professional year.APEP rotations
APEP rotations are full-time (at least 40 hours per week) and includes rotation blocks of six weeks each.
- Students are placed in rotations in these types of settings:
- Internal Medicine: an institutional rotation focused primarily on patient care activities in an inpatient setting
- Ambulatory Care: an institutional rotation focused primarily on patient care activities in an outpatient setting
- Community Pharmacy: a community pharmacy rotation that combines operational, administrative and patient care activities
- Institutional: an institutional rotation that combines operational, administrative and patient care activities
- Settings for elective rotations: elective rotation settings may be in administration, cardiology, community, practice, critical care medicine, drug information, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, nephrology, oncology/hematology, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, poison information, or psychiatry
In order to provide a diverse range of learning experiences and ensure
availability and quality of rotations sites, a number of required rotations
may be scheduled at some distance from campus. Students are responsible
for transportation and other travel expenses.