Placement Provider Resources

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	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 4th-Year Preceptors
4th-Year Preceptor Handbook 2025-26	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 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. You can read more about the Standards here.
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 Policy on Open Disclosure Implementation	This policy seeks to lay out how APPEL addresses its obligations in relation to the National Open Disclosure Framework.
Perspectives on Placement
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.