Serving with Pharmacy Students: Reflections from a Medical Mission Team Leader and Preceptor

The medical mission field is an innovative setting for training and evaluating health care professional students. The motivating factor of serving indigent populations as a means of a humanitarian, or oftentimes a spiritual act, makes medical missions an attractive option for student participation....

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Main Author:	Dana A. Brown
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:	Pharmacy
Subjects:	pharmacy medical missions pharmacy students
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/4/4/33

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spelling	doaj-2259dde11160493ba500ac45068a72eb2020-11-24T23:43:38ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872016-10-01443310.3390/pharmacy4040033pharmacy4040033Serving with Pharmacy Students: Reflections from a Medical Mission Team Leader and PreceptorDana A. Brown0Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, USAThe medical mission field is an innovative setting for training and evaluating health care professional students. The motivating factor of serving indigent populations as a means of a humanitarian, or oftentimes a spiritual act, makes medical missions an attractive option for student participation. At the Gregory School of Pharmacy, medical mission teams are an integral part of the pharmacy program, including the opportunity for students to earn elective credit during their fourth year. This commentary provides five key elements to consider when serving with, training and evaluating pharmacy students from the perspective of a team leader and preceptor.http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/4/4/33pharmacymedical missionspharmacy students
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description	The medical mission field is an innovative setting for training and evaluating health care professional students. The motivating factor of serving indigent populations as a means of a humanitarian, or oftentimes a spiritual act, makes medical missions an attractive option for student participation. At the Gregory School of Pharmacy, medical mission teams are an integral part of the pharmacy program, including the opportunity for students to earn elective credit during their fourth year. This commentary provides five key elements to consider when serving with, training and evaluating pharmacy students from the perspective of a team leader and preceptor.
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Serving with Pharmacy Students: Reflections from a Medical Mission Team Leader and Preceptor

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