Clinard, Tran, and Thompson-Quan discuss beneficial collaboration between School of Pharmacy and Medical Center

Valerie Clinard, PharmD, Judie Tran, PharmD, and Ashley Thompson-Quan, PharmD, recently collaborated in writing an article for the Journal of Pharmacy Practice about the implementation of a large-scale coordinated introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE) program at UCSF. The mutually beneficial collaboration between the Medical Center and the School of Pharmacy is outlined and the barriers and challenges to creating the win-win program are discussed.

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Journal of Pharmacy Practice:Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences at an Academic Medical Center”


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