Support

One of APPEL’s primary goals is to support supervisors and preceptors for pharmacy students, to undertake their roles. This support is provided in a number of ways.

Handbooks

APPEL engaged with the Schools of Pharmacy and practicing pharmacists to develop a handbook for the Year 2 Placements. This handbook includes information on:

  • APPEL and the new 5-year integrated programme
  • Supervising a student before, during and at the end of a placement
  • The placement paperwork
  • Placement Support

A copy of the handbook can be downloaded here.

Practice Educators

Each School of Pharmacy has two Practice Educators, whose role is to support those supervising or acting as preceptors to the pharmacy students who have been placed by APPEL. Each Practice Educator has extensive pharmacy practice experience and works half-time with the schools of pharmacy. This practice-based experience means our Practice Educators are well placed to assist with any issues arising during a placement. If you have any concerns about a student on placement please contact APPEL.  We will be happy to arrange a call or visit from a Practice Educator, if required. Details on all the APPEL team, including Practice Educators, can be found here .

Helpdesk Support

The APPEL operations team can be contacted during office hours at ops@appel.ie or 01-4025129 if you have any queries or concerns.

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the questions most frequently asked by Supervisors can be found here .

Information and Training Events

APPEL will be holding Year 2 Placement Supervisors’ events in RCSI on November 6th, in UCC on November 16th and in Dublin West (venue to be confirmed) on November 22nd. We look forward to meeting both returning and new APPEL Supervisors at these events.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

“Continuing professional development (CPD) is a continual process of lifelong learning which is focused on implementing learning in your professional practice and improving outcomes for patients”. (www.iiop.ie)

Training a student offers excellent CPD opportunities, including learning through teaching, Peer networking at APPEL events, learning from students, and reflecting on and developing Core Competencies including leadership skills and human resources management skills.

In 2017, 84% of our supervisors agreed that supervising a student contributed to their CPD.

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.

  Sample CPD Cycle: Community Practice

  Sample CPD Cycle: Hospital Practice