title: An advanced pharmacy practice experience in academia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To create an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) that would encourage students to consider a career in academia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 6-week, 6-credit elective APPE was created that offered students the opportunity to observe and participate in activities consistent with a full-time faculty appointment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 9-question survey instrument was administered to 27 students who completed the APPE between 2000 and 2004 to determine the impact of the APPE on the student's career choice. Sixteen (59%) of the 27 students returned the completed survey instrument. Ten of the 16 respondents noted that the APPE had influenced their pursuit of a position with a teaching component.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Offering APPEs in academia may encourage students to incorporate teaching and scholarship into their career plans.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences-Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Lynne M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sylvia
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*