After patient case development, the student typically faxes or e-mails some information about the patient and laboratory data to the faculty member and the faculty and student set a time to discuss the patient on the phone. The student is expected to present and understand detailed information regarding their patients' pathophysiology, treatment modalities, drugs of choice and alternate drugs, monitoring parameters etc. Several case presentations are required in this format. The second method is for the student to come to Arkansas and complete a traditional month-long clerkship, side by side, with the entry level Pharm. This is an attractive alternative for those students who can get a month away from work.
Traditional clerkships last one calendar month each.
In this route the College will work with that student and faculty, provided a number of conditions are met. The College wants to take responsibility for our students' educational learning and does not want to be perceived as dumping our responsibility on another academic program. However, situations may arise where this training may be mutually beneficial for the student, as well as the two academic programs. For instance, a nontraditional students may be a staff clinical pharmacist in a teaching facility for another program. This is strictly voluntary on the part of the other academic programs.