Standardized Experiential and Practical Experience Requirements for Student Pharmacists (Resolution No. 102-106)

April 15, 2006 11:21 am Topics: Resolutions

Resolution Number: 102-1-06
Title: Standardized Experiential and Practical Experience Requirements for Student Pharmacists
Action: Passed

Whereas, the designation of the doctor of pharmacy degree as the entry-level pharmacy practice degree necessitated an increase in the number of required experiential hours within a pharmacy school curriculum; and

Whereas, some boards of pharmacy do not require practical experience hours beyond the structured experiential program; and

Whereas, the terminology describing students completing curriculum experiential requirements within pharmacy practice settings may vary from state to state; and

Whereas, the scope of duties students perform under a pharmacist’s supervision may vary from state to state;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that NABP collaborate with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to establish standardized experiential requirements for students beyond ACPE’s Accreditation Standards and Guidelines for the Professional Program in Pharmacy Leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree, Standard No. 14, and seek to create uniformity among the states through possible amendments to the Model State Pharmacy Act and Model Rules of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy; and

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, if necessary, the NABP Executive Committee commission a task force to complete this objective.

(Resolution passed at NABP’s 102nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA)