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Welcome Experiential Education Preceptors
As an experiential education preceptor, you have the unique opportunity to educate the next generation of health care professionals. From imparting practical knowledge to mentoring students in the field of pharmacy, your invaluable experience is part of what sharpens our students’ NSU Edge.
Our curriculum integrates introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experiences (IPPEs and APPEs). With over 800 dedicated pharmacist preceptors across diverse settings in the U.S and Puerto Rico, we offer students exposure to community, health system, and a variety of direct patient care and non-traditional pharmacy practice settings. Preceptors, serving as clinical affiliate professors, provide instructional expertise and professional development in their specialties.
About Student Training
IPPEs: Early Training in Community Pharmacy
- In these experiences, students are exposed to the role and responsibilities of a professional community pharmacist. Students are further coached in the importance of effective communication between fellow pharmacists, patients, and other health care providers, as well as basic education around drug distribution.
- Legal, ethical, and practice issues in the pharmacy are also discussed with their preceptors.
IPPEs: Early Training in Health System Pharmacy
- Students participate in the entire health system medication use process, including drug distribution, medication safety, regulatory compliance, and introduction into clinical services.
- Exposure to interprofessional team interactions is a key component of this experience.
APPEs: Advanced Training in Core and Elective Pharmacy Practice Areas
- Fourth year student pharmacists complete 6-week APPEs in a variety of core direct patient care experiences, such as internal medicine, ambulatory care, and community pharmacy practice.
- Students can also select elective rotations to align with their professional goals in areas such as managed care, cardiology, pediatrics, clinical research, and other clinical and non-traditional pharmacy settings.
How Do I Become a Preceptor?
We’re excited to have you help guide our students through their pharmaceutical journey. We are always seeking qualified preceptors and sites that are passionate about educating our student pharmacists.
In order to be considered for a preceptor position, pharmacist must be licensed for two years. Please fill out the online application with the information requested below. The application must include this information in order to be processed in a timely fashion:
- The Completed Preceptor Application
- Current Pharmacy License
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- CFPR Annual Membership Letter if applying from Puerto Rico
- Syllabi (NSU standard templates must be utilized)
- Core rotations (IPPE, APPE Internal Medicine, APPE Ambulatory Care, APPE Advanced Hospital Practice, APPE Advanced Community) use NSU standardized syllabi.
- Elective rotations require NSU standardized syllabi templates with preceptor additions in designated sections.
Completed applications will be reviewed and processed by the Office of Experiential Education. Application follow-up may include a site visit, syllabus development, and site affiliation agreement completion as needed. If there is not an established affiliation agreement the process may take approximately six to eight months to complete.
We appreciate your interest and look forward to working with you to educate future pharmacists that help people live healthier, better lives.
Preceptor Application Form Preceptor Update Form (PDF)
Questions? Contact us at COPpreceptor@nova.edu.