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Pharmacy Professionalism Toolkit for Students and
Faculty
Provided by the APhA-ASP/AACP Committee on Student Professionalism
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STUDENT RECRUITMENT
Professionalism Prerequisite
Description of activity
Schools and colleges identify selected courses, i.e., biology,
chemistry, calculus, etc. as prerequisites for admission to their
programs. Students could also be asked to submit information regarding
their professionalism traits as a required component of their
application.
Professional attributes could include:
- Accountable and responsible
- Builds a good rapport with others
- Decisive and resourceful
- Demonstrates a capacity to achieve with an awareness of strengths
and weaknesses
- Demonstrates a spirit of inquiry and curiosity (desire to learn
beyond course expectations)
- Demonstrates an ability to cope with life’s situations
- Demonstrates compassion and empathy
- Demonstrates creativity (projects, extracurricular or work
activities)
- Displays strong ethics
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Maintains composure in stressful or unfamiliar situations
- Strong problem-solving ability
- Works well on a team
A portfolio could include a letter of recommendation from a
supervisor, co-worker, faculty member, or patient, and a description of
projects or volunteer experiences where these traits were
demonstrated.
Rationale
It is hoped that students who demonstrate professional attributes prior
to entering a pharmacy degree program will continue to value these
behaviors as student pharmacists and later as practitioners.
Areas of professionalism
Service orientation, creativity and innovation, trustworthiness,
accountability for his/her work, leadership, compassion, etc.
Special issues involving promotion/planning and
implementation
- Evaluation of whether this prerequisite impacts academic and/or
leadership success as a student pharmacist
- Faculty approval
- Identifying what activities will count toward the prerequisite
Examples of programs and resources
- See also topics under Admissions
- University of Washington
2004 AACP School Poster:
“Achieving Professionalism in the Pharmacy Program at the
University of Montana.”
Lori J. Morin, Jean T. Carter, Gayle A. Cochran, University of
Montana.
Pre-Pharmacy Organizations
Outreach Programs-Career Fairs
Outreach Programs—Mentoring and
Shadowing
Educating the Public on the Pharmacist’s Role in
Health Care
Professionalism Prerequisite
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