RESOURCES
| Resource | Purpose |
| For 2nd-Year Students | |
| 2nd-Year Student Handbook 2024-25 | This handbook has been developed to help students in preparing for and during their 2nd-year experiential learning placement. |
| UCC Workbook for 2025 2nd-Year placement | This document sets out the learning activities that UCC 2nd-year students should complete using their School of Pharmacy online platform. |
| TCD 2nd-Year Student Workbook 2025 | This document sets out the learning activities that Trinity 2nd-year students should complete using their School of Pharmacy online platform. |
| RCSI Student Workbook for 2025 2nd-Year Placement | Coming Soon
This document sets out the learning activities that RCSI 2nd-year students should complete. |
| For 2nd-Year Supervisors | |
| 2nd-Year Supervisor Handbook 2024-25 | This handbook has been developed to help Supervisor’s to prepare for their student’s placement and for reference during the placement. |
| Supervisor’s Report 2025 | Coming Soon
The purpose of this Report is to summarise the student’s conduct and professionalism during placement, and to confirm the student completed their learning activities in a safe manner. |
| APPEL-2nd-Year-Induction | This document has been developed to support students and Supervisors during their experiential learning placements. |
| For 3rd-Year Students | |
| APPEL Guidance to Students on CV and Cover Letters for the Matching Process | To help prepare for the 4th-Year matching process. |
| For 4th-Year Students | |
| 4th-Year Student Handbook 2024-25 | This handbook has been developed to help students in preparing for and during their 4th-year experiential learning placement. |
| 4th-Year-Induction-and-Training-Plan-2024 | This document has been developed to support students during their experiential learning placements. |
| 4th Year Competency Assessment Guide 2024 | Guidance on the 4th-Year Competency Assessment Process. |
| For 4th-Year Preceptors | |
| 4th-Year Preceptor Handbook 2024-25 | This handbook has been developed to help Senior Preceptors to prepare for their student’s placement and for reference during the placement. |
| 4th-Year-Induction-and-Training-Plan-2024 | This document has been developed to support students during their experiential learning placements. |
| APPEL Guide to Supporting a Hybrid Experiential Learning Placement | Guidance for Preceptors facilitating an experiential learning placement running in a hybrid manner. |
| 4th Year Competency Assessment Guide 2024 | Guidance on the 4th-Year Competency Assessment Process. |
| For 5th-Year Students | |
| 5th Year Student Handbook 24-25 | This handbook has been developed to help students in preparing for and during their 5th-year experiential learning placement. |
| 5th Year Induction and Training Plan 2024-25 | This document has been developed to support students during their experiential learning placements. |
| For 5th-Year Senior Preceptors | |
| 5th-Year Senior Preceptor Handbook 24-25 | This handbook has been developed to help Senior Preceptors to prepare for their student’s placement and for reference during the placement. |
| 5th Year Induction and Training Plan 2024-25 | This document has been developed to support Senior Preceptors in the delivery of experiential learning placements. |
| Placement Information | |
| APPEL Programme Information – REP and Industry Placements | Information for pharmacists/organisation on providing student placements in industry and role-emerging practice settings. |
| APPEL Programme Information – Community Placements | Information for pharmacists/organisation on providing student placements in community pharmacy settings. |
| APPEL Programme Information – Hospital Placements | Information for pharmacists/organisation on providing student placements in hospital pharmacy settings. |
| Resources For All Training Establishments/Trainers | |
| Standards for APPEL Experiential Learning Placements |
These are the minimum standards that the Schools of Pharmacy expect to be in place by Trainers and Training Establishments when providing APPEL-accredited experiential learning placements.
These standards align with the legislation and criteria established by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland regarding the provision of pharmacy education.
The Standards are intended to underpin all APPEL placements to promote the educational experience of students.
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| Sample CPD Cycle Book | APPEL has developed sample CPD cycles based on some feedback that pharmacists shared regarding their experiences of supervising students. These cycles are intended to illustrate how pharmacists can incorporate their own experiences of supervising students into their own professional learning journeys. |
| APPEL Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Acceptable Usage Policy | The following terms and conditions govern your access to and use of the APPEL Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). They must be read and agreed to by all users of APPEL’s VLE before access to the VLE will be granted. |
| APPEL Policy on Open Disclosure Implementation | This policy seeks to lay out how APPEL addresses its obligations in relation to the National Open Disclosure Framework. |
| Resources For All Students | |
| APPEL Joint Schools Code of Conduct | The APPEL – Joint Schools Code of Conduct sets out what is expected of students at all times while they are a student of their university. |
| Example Student Placement Agreement | APPEL Student Placement Agreement and Infection Prevention and Control Declarations |
| Accreditation – The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI, the Pharmacy regulator) requires APPEL to accredit each of its Training Establishments and Trainers | |
| Instructions to APPEL Training Establishment Accreditation Form (for your premises) | How to complete your Training Establishment Accreditation form on the APPEL VLE. |
| Instructions to APPEL Trainer Accreditation Form (for pharmacists) | How to complete your Trainer Accreditation form on the APPEL VLE. |
| Perspectives on Placement | |
| A Student’s Perspective | In the Feb 2018 issue of Irish Pharmacist magazine, student Claire O’Sullivan shared her perspective on her APPEL placement with Shane. |
| A Preceptor’s Perspective | In the Sept 2019 issue of Irish Pharmacist magazine, a pharmacist shared their experience of supporting a 4th-year pharmacy student on an experiential learning placement. |
| APPEL Hospital Placements | In the April 2024 issue of Hospital Professionals News, APPEL students and their Senior Preceptors in three different hospital pharmacy departments shared their experiences of an APPEL placement. |