Lukas
Kelsey,
Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate, 2025
Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate, 2025
University of Wisconsin-Madison
I'm a 4th year PharmD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison originally from La Crosse Wisconsin. I completed my undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison earning a bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences in 2022. In my previous experiences I've served as a ambulatory care pharmacy intern at William S. Middleton VA in Madison in addition to previously working as a pharmacy technician at UW Health and SSM St. Mary's. In my 4th year I will be completing an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Residency Track (APPE RT) at Aurora Bay Care hospital in Green Bay Wisconsin.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Many health profession accreditation standards, including those leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy program degree, require graduating students to be team-ready. Despite this, early interprofessional education is often focused on didactic learning with, from, and about learners from other professions while reserving interprofessional experiential learning to later in a curriculum when students can apply knowledge gained during their didactic curriculum. Despite this, students may benefit from early interprofessional experiential learning opportunities, including observation and reflection.…
Background:Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) accreditation standards require students to participate in both didactic and experiential interprofessional activities. Historically, within the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy (SOP), interprofessional experiential activities were reserved for advanced students who had already completed didactic interprofessional education activities and had an understanding of their roles, responsibilities, and baseline knowledge of their future profession. Introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPEs) were revised to incorporate early didactic…