Structuring an Early Clinical Experience for Pharmacy Students: Lessons Learned from the Hospital Perspective

摘要

Alberta Health Services-Edmonton Area is a division of a provincial health authority located in Edmonton, Alberta, serving a population of about 1 million people. It consists of 13 facilities with over 2500 beds, in addition to outpatient clinics and public health offices. Regional Pharmacy Services (RPS), staffed by nearly 180 pharmacists and more than 190 technicians, provides clinical and distribution services. RPS provides a significant proportion of institutional rotation sites for students of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FPPS) at the University of Alberta.