Students and preceptors must follow the following program policies. Please become familiar with these rules to follow.
- Complete the rotation from start date to end date (160 hour minimum obligation) within the time frame of the rotation, or make up deficiencies within an acceptable time frame as determined by the preceptor, Director, or University Policy. If student does not complete the required 160 hours within the month rotation, the student will receive an incomplete on his/her transcript until the student completes the required hours.
- Students are required to start and finish each rotation during the scheduled timeframe. Each rotation start and finish date can be viewed online in PEMS.
- Attend all scheduled activities (e.g., work rounds, attending rounds, preceptor conferences, etc.) at the prescribed times for a minimum of 8 hours per day, Monday through Friday (unless otherwise directed by the preceptor). Failure to attend all scheduled activities without prior permission from the preceptor may be grounds for failure of the rotation. You are expected to be at the site promptly at the designated start time and stay until dismissed by the preceptor.
- Students are allowed 2 excused absences per month (maximum of 4 excused absences) for pharmacy residency interviews. Any additional missed days will have to be made up at the discretion of the preceptor.
- Notify the preceptor as soon as possible if he/she will be late or unable to be present at the site on a given day. Understand that presenting late to the practice site or missing days for "personal" reasons is considered unprofessional behavior, and the student may be subject to failure of the rotation.
- Use reasonable discretion in absence from a site due to personal illness. Any absence of two days of more will require a written evaluation by a licensed physician.
- Recognize that an unexcused absence from a rotation is considered unprofessional behavior and one unexcused absence may be grounds for failure of the rotation.
The student must:
- Be directly responsible to the preceptor with regard to all facets of the rotation.
- Communicate to the best of his/her ability with the preceptor, patients, physicians, pharmacists, and all other health professionals regarding drug therapy issues encountered.
- Apply the laws and regulations that govern pharmacy practice in the appropriate manner and seek clarification from the preceptor regarding any professional, legal, or ethical issues.
- Never act without the authority of the preceptor, in regard to the prescription process, advising patients or health professionals, or other professional activities.
- Master the routine and site-specific procedures of each rotation in a timely manner in order to allow for a maximum time to gain knowledge, competence and skills specific to that rotation.
- Complete the various tasks assigned by the preceptor during each rotation (i.e., reports, case studies, etc.). Failure to complete any assignment by the due date may result in a "0" for that task. To receive a passing grade in a practice experience, every assignment for that rotation must be completed by the student.
- Not accept or receive remuneration, either directly or indirectly, for participation in the professional experience program.
- Not accept an assignment to a preceptor who is a family member or other individual related in any way, nor choose a preceptor where a prior employee/employer relationship existed.
- Participate in professional liability insurance program provided by the School blanket professional liability policy. (Cost of this policy is included in the professional fee required for academic registration)
- Report to the site assigned at the time designated. Once rotation assignments are made, student requests for changes are strongly discouraged. Change requests must be made in writing to the Director of Experiential Programs.
- Realize that although it is rare that changes must be made in a student's schedule by the Director, the Director reserves the right to change a rotation schedule for any student at any time. Unforeseen circumstances such as the departure of a preceptor, disaffiliation with a site, closing of a facility, or other unforeseen situations may necessitate such a change.
- Students who have performed poorly on rotation(s) (F grades) will be required to repeat the failed rotation(s) with a required Campbell faculty member. Students may be required to complete a rotation schedule different from one that was originally assigned. In consultation with the Director, the Practice Experience Advisory Committee, and Department Chair, the Director may also require such students to complete rotations that will serve to strengthen the student's experiential data base in the noted deficient areas.
- Realize that students may not "withdraw" from any practice experience rotation after the rotation has begun. Any interruption in the practice experience for illness/emergency must be "made up" by the student at the site originally assigned following procedures outlined by the site preceptor in consultation with the Director.
- Uphold the highest standards of practice including confidentiality of prescription information, patient profile information, site pricing systems or fee structures, drug orders (including narcotics), professional policies, etc.
- To protect the confidentiality of each patient. Not photocopy any part of the patient's chart or discuss with persons not involved in the patient's care. This may seem obvious, but this means students should not identify any patient by name or discuss a patient's medical problems in any public place (such as coffee shops, halls, elevators, etc.).
- Students who breech confidentiality may be subject to failure of the rotation as well as immediate dismissal from the practice site.
It is the expectation of the Department of Pharmacy Practice that all students project a professional image. It is with this purpose that the following policies have been established.
- Students are expected to wear appropriate professional dress for all rotation activities. This includes wearing a clean, neatly pressed short white lab coat with the Campbell University School of Pharmacy badge and student name tag. Men are required to wear neckties, neat shirts, and slacks.
- The following items are examples of apparel considered unacceptable:
- t-shirts
- mid-drift or low cut tops
- sandals, open-toed shoes, flip flops, bedroom slippers
- sweat shirts
- short skirts
- shorts or short sets
- jeans, cargo pants, or capri pants
- backless, low cut or bare shouldered clothing
- leggings
- sunglasses
- Artificial finger nails are also prohibited on rotations where direct patient care is involved as they have been linked to infectious disease transmission.
- Individual practice sites may have a more rigorous dress code. Students should adhere to specific preceptor/site requirements. If you have questions regarding the site-specific dress code policy, please contact your preceptor.
- Students who fail to adhere to these guidelines will not be permitted to participate in rotation activities.
Housing during rotations is not provided by the School of Pharmacy. Students should plan well in advance where they plan to live during these off-campus experiences. Students may request assistance in locating housing with the North Carolina network of Area Health Education Centers (AHEC). Often, housing at reduced cost (and possibly no cost) is available. However, this is not guaranteed since the housing is also used by other health care professional schools in the state. To inquire about these housing opportunities, contact Ms. Jean White in the Pharmacy Practice Office (910.893.1709) on campus.Transportation to practice experience sites is the responsibility of the student. Whenever possible, attempts will be made to assign students to rotation sites near where they live. However, this is not always possible. Please understand that traveling up to an hour (and sometimes longer) one-way is considered "commutable distance" for rotations.
Some sites, especially larger teaching hospitals, have limited parking available for students. Students should inquire with their preceptor on parking availability and policies. Keep in mind some sites may require the student to pay for parking. Students should comply with all parking rules at the their assigned rotation sites.
While transmission of infectious diseases by pharmacists usually does not happen often, the increased role pharmacists are taking in patient care will increase the chances for exposure and transmission of diseases. Therefore, precautions are extremely important to protect both patients being cared for and health professionals providing care. Students are taught aseptic technique in preparing intravenous products. However, any physical assessment or contact (in addition to venipuncture or finger sticks) with patients can potentially transmit disease. All health care professionals must use proper universal precautions and immunization guidelines.Each year students in the professional program will receive a PPD skin test for tuberculosis exposure. Upon admission to the pharmacy program, students must provide up-to-date immunization records. Documentation must be provided to the student health services (infirmary). If a student fails to provide a complete immunization record, he/she will not be allowed to attend classes or begin clerkships until immunization documentation is provided to student health services. Students should also be prepared to present these records at their rotation sites. Some sites require to see these records before the student is allowed to continue past the first day of a rotation. Therefore, all students must provide documentation of the following:
- Tetanus-diphtheria: Td booster within the past 10 years
- Polio: Complete OPV series
- MMR: Measles (Rubeola) vaccine without immune globulin after 1967, which includes 2 doses after 12 months of age, and at least one month apart. The second dose should be received after 1980. Mumps immunization or documentation of the disease within your lifetime. Rubella immunization or positive titer in your lifetime.
- Hepatitis B: Students must show documentation of the first of the three shots upon admission to pharmacy school. Before the end of the first professional year, students must provide documentation of the second and third series.
- Varicella (chicken pox): Students must either receive the 2 series varicella vaccination or prove immunity to the varicella virus by a positive (+) blood titer.
Students may not accept or receive remuneration, either directly or indirectly, for participation in the professional experience program. Preceptors should not attempt to compensate students for time spent on rotations.Students should also understand that rotations are a full-time commitment. This means that a full eight-hour day, five days per week is expected. In most cases, students should expect that often they will have to complete work (such as working on special assignments, looking up information, preparing for patient case presentations, etc.) after they get home from the rotation site in the evening. Students are discouraged from taking other coursework during rotations. Leaving a rotation site for class or for other work (such as evening or weekend employment) is not an excused absence.