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Welcome to Experiential Education

Core Values

Mission Develop competent and caring pharmacists operating at the top of their scope of practice in a team based health care environment. 

Vision Become a leader in innovative experiential education by fostering excellence in collaborative, diverse patient centered care and continued preceptor development. 

Goal Provide innovative, patient-centered, interprofessional experiential education opportunities longitudinally across the curriculum.

Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPEs) are a series of clinical practicums that allow students to integrate and apply information learned in the didactic portion of the curriculum. The IPPE program is a total of 310 hours of pharmacy experiences to be completed throughout the first three professional years. IPPEs, under appropriate supervision as permitted by Idaho and Alaska practice regulations, allow students to assume direct patient care responsibilities and acquire a broad overview of pharmacy practice. By applying knowledge in a variety of practice settings, students develop their communication skills, attitudes, abilities, values, and practice skills, as well as an understanding of the health needs of diverse populations.

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) are a series of in-depth clinical practicums within the fourth professional year that build on the skills and knowledge obtained in the previous three years of the didactic pharmacy curriculum and reiterate the purpose of the ISU- COP. APPEs will stress patient care services, clinical skills, problem solving, critical thinking, interprofessional collaboration, outcome-oriented decision making, and professionalism which allows the student to incorporate and apply the values, skills, knowledge, ethics, and attitudes taught throughout the curriculum. Experiences are of adequate intensity, duration and breadth to enable achievement of required competencies which are demonstrated and validated by assessment of outcome expectations.

Experiential Education Team

Cassandra Tack, MBA
Director of Experiential Education

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208-282-4794

Joy Marie Menzel M.S.
Experiential Education Coordinator 

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208-282-2987
JoyMarieMenzel@isu.edu

Melody Briggs
Administrative Assistant 

 

Zone Liaisons

Cassandra Tack, MBA 
Pocatello & Twin Falls
208-282-4794
Kevin W. Cleveland, PharmD, ANP 
Western Idaho
(208) 373-1872
Luke Rice 
Northern Idaho

 

Michelle Barcelon, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP
Reno
775-982-6982
Michelle.Barcelon@renown.org 

 

Brandy Seignemartin, Pharm.D.
Alaska
 509-808-9197
Stormi Essman 
administrative assistant for Affiliation Agreements

 

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