As many of you are aware, Pharmacy
Day at the Capitol is Thursday, February 19. This
is also the last day of Spring-1 IPPEs for many P2 & P3 students.
Some of you have asked to attend this
event and, indeed, we want to encourage you to do so. However, it will be
up to your preceptor as to whether or not you can attend and, if you do, how
this will affect the hours and work required for your Spring-1 IPPE. So
if you are interested, please continue reading...!
There are 3 possible scenarios:
1.
Your preceptor plans to attend
the meeting, feels that this is an important part of what he/she does as a
pharmacist, and agrees that you should attend.
o These hours will count toward your IPPE and you will not have to make
them up at a later date.
o Even if your preceptor cannot attend, if he/she feels that this is an
important part of being a pharmacist and agrees that you should attend, you
will not have to make up these hours.
o Caution for P3 students: this is a half-day event so if your
preceptor attends and then takes 1/2 a day of vacation, you will still have a
half day to make up if you cannot return to your site.
2.
Your preceptor agrees with your
missing the rotation on February 19 but wants the hours made up on
another day.
o For P2 students, a Tuesday morning or a weekend is preferred
or you could reschedule your final IPPE day for the following week (Tuesday or Thursday),
assuming no other class or meeting conflicts.
o For P3 students, the following Thursday, February 26, is an option;
a weekend is also a possibility for you.
o Whatever day you and your preceptor work out, all hours must be
completed NLT February 27, the last day before Spring Break.
o You and your preceptor must work out these make-up hours well in advance
of February 19; if you are unable to work out a time because of your class
and your preceptor's schedules, you should plan to report to your IPPE on February
19.
3.
Due to the nature of your rotation,
it will not be possible for you to miss the last day.
o Some sites may plan a final presentation on the last day that cannot be
rescheduled. Or your preceptor's syllabus may not allow you to miss an
entire rotation--especially the last one. If this is your situation, you
will have to miss the pharmacy event.
So if you are hoping to attend
Pharmacy Day, you need to discuss this with your preceptor during your next
IPPE. You do not need
to notify the OEE about this change in your schedule provided that it meets one
of the options mentioned above.
We will be sending this same
information to your preceptor so he/she will hopefully expect to discuss this
with you.
If you do not contact your
preceptor and do not show up for all or any part of your rotation on February
19, this will be considered an unexcused absence which is grounds for failing
the rotation which, in turn, means that you will fail the course, PHRM 6201 or
7201.
Please contact Mrs. Carbonneau if
you have any questions.
