Learn from Experience
Experiential education is a core component of the Belmont University School of Pharmacy curriculum, providing students with progressive opportunities to apply knowledge and develop skills in authentic pharmacy practice environments. Experiential learning begins during the first professional year and continues throughout the curriculum through Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPEs) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs). These experiences expose students to diverse patient populations, interprofessional healthcare teams, and a variety of practice settings representative of contemporary pharmacist-provided patient care.
Experiential education is delivered in collaboration with full-time faculty, affiliate faculty, and pharmacist preceptors who guide students in integrating knowledge, skills, attitudes, and professional behaviors into pharmacy practice. Through progressively challenging experiences, students strengthen clinical reasoning, communication, collaboration, professionalism, and patient care skills while developing the competencies necessary for entry into contemporary pharmacy practice.
The School of Pharmacy coordinates IPPE and APPE opportunities in Tennessee and throughout the United States in accordance with applicable accreditation and regulatory requirements. International experiential opportunities may also be available. Collectively, these experiences prepare graduates for a broad range of career paths within pharmacy and healthcare, including direct patient care, healthcare administration, public health, policy, and other emerging areas of professional practice.
Practice Faculty Locations
Practice faculty divide their time between the classroom at Belmont and their community sites where they teach student pharmacists through their professional practice.
Join us!
We'd love to discuss the benefits of being an Affiliate Faculty member with you. To apply for a preceptor position, please complete our Preceptor Application at this link. Code: Belmont
Helpful Links and Information:
- Affiliate Faculty Library Resources are available through the Lila D. Bunch Library
- Core ELMS provides students and preceptors with information on rotation experiences and what each site and faculty member offers. It is the program responsible for assigning students to rotations based on faculty availability and student preference.
- The Tennessee Board of Pharmacy provides useful information pertaining to licensure in the state of Tennessee. All students and experiential education faculty are expected to be familiar with the Tennessee state requirements for obtaining a pharmacist license.
- The IPPE and APPE Rotation Overview can be found here.
Experiential Education Faculty & Staff
Robin Bandaccari
Email: robin.bandaccari@belmont.edu
Office Location: MCWH 209C
Angela Clauson
Email: angela.clauson@belmont.edu
Office Location: McWhorter Hall 209A
Evan Young
Email: evan.young@belmont.edu
Office Location: McWhorter Hall 209B
Contact Us
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Michael Lavigna
Director of Admissions
615.460.6107
Email Michael