Incorporating the American Pharmacists Association's Delivering Medication Therapy Management services certificate program into an accelerated pharmacy curriculum

Abstract

Background and purpose: To describe the incorporation of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Delivering Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Services program into a PharmD curriculum and to describe student perceptions of the program.

Educational activity and setting: The program was delivered over 12 months to students on two campuses via two didactic courses in the second professional year and during the first two advanced pharmacy practice experiences in the third professional year of an accelerated school of pharmacy program.

Findings: Student perceptions were assessed by review of responses to the APhA MTM program evaluation survey.

Discussion and summary: Incorporation of the APhA MTM program into an accelerated PharmD program required careful planning and coordination amongst faculty and course coordinators. Students perceived that the program was valuable, met their educational needs, and incorporated effective learning experiences and cases. These perceptions were reinforced by the high percentage of students who completed the program.

Keywords: American Pharmacists Association, accelerated school of pharmacy; MTM, certificate; Medication therapy management.