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. 2008 Apr 8;8:17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-17

Table 1.

Community-based advanced pharmacy practice experience activities

PC Competency Domains Activity Description
1. Asking about patient expectations 1. Assess patients with new prescriptions and develop care plans to resolve/prevent drug-related problems
2. Collecting relevant information 2. Assess patients with refill prescriptions and develop care plans to resolve/prevent drug-related problems
3. Integrating patient information 3. Present and discuss 1 prescription AND 1 non-prescription drug class with preceptor
4. Evaluating different treatment options 4. Provide pharmaceutical care patients requesting non-prescription products, develop care plan for all interventions
5. Documenting patient info: continuity of care 5. Provide follow-up to patients encountered in activities # 1, 2, 4 and 9, document follow-up care
6. Prioritizing drug related problems 6. Provide drug information to patients, preceptors and other health care providers, document all recommendations
7. Determining patient experiences: effectiveness or undesirable effects of current medications 7. Shadow another health care professional for 1/2 to 1 day, complete the reflection page
8. Determining whether patients were managing and adhering to their medication regimes 8. Discuss pharmacy practice issues related to pharmaceutical care (barriers and opportunities
9. Establishing monitoring parameters with patients 9. Provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care by assessing all drug-related needs of your patient, identify drug-related problems and develop care plans to resolve/prevent drug-related problems
10. Following-up patients by phone or in-person 10. Initiate and complete a patient care project, submit a summary of your project
11. Developing professional relationships: with other health care providers, physicians
12. Participating in clinics, seminars, projects or presentations
13. Providing basic and comprehensive pharmaceutical care