IPPEs

In the pharmacy school world, IPPE is a common phrase that stands for Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience. While that’s the technical term, it’s most often referred to as “rotations”. Each school will do their rotation schedules differently, but at PC you will start rotations the spring semester of your P1 (first) year. Each semester forward you’ll have 2 rotations a semester broken up in to periods of six weeks each. You’ll go once a week for a certain period of time and see how pharmacy is done in a variety of settings. One of the great things about IPPEs is that it gets your out into the pharmacy. I can look back and see where things I have learned in the classroom have helped me on an IPPE, and vice versa where things I have learned on IPPE have helped me in the classroom. As a P2, I have been in retail, community, and hospital pharmacies and have learned so many valuable things and met so many incredible people! They are a great way to network as well. You will meet many different pharmacists on your IPPEs, and what great opportunities you have to build relationships in your time there! We are always told to treat our IPPEs as if they were potential job interviews because IPPEs can open (or close) many doors of opportunity for you!

Aurezu
P2 - Class of 2017