title: Impact of advanced pharmacy practice experience placement changes in colleges and schools of pharmacy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To document the annual number of advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) placement changes for students across 5 colleges and schools of pharmacy, identify and compare initiating reasons, and estimate the associated administrative workload.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data collection occurred from finalization of the 2008-2009 APPE assignments throughout the last date of the APPE schedule. Internet-based customized tracking forms were used to categorize the initiating reason for the placement change and the administrative time required per change (0 to 120 minutes).
  
  
  RESULTS
  APPE placement changes per institution varied from 14% to 53% of total assignments. Reasons for changes were: administrator initiated (20%), student initiated (23%), and site/preceptor initiated (57%) Total administrative time required per change varied across institutions from 3,130 to 22,750 minutes, while the average time per reassignment was 42.5 minutes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  APPE placements are subject to high instability. Significant differences exist between public and private colleges and schools of pharmacy as to the number and type of APPE reassignments made and associated workload estimates.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, 30606, USA. LDuke@rx.uga.edu
authors.forename: Lori J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Duke
authors.forename: April G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Staton
authors.forename: Elizabeth S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Mindi S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lynn Stevenson
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fetterman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lynn Parham
authors.forename: Melody C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Sheffield
authors.forename: Whitney L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Unterwagner
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: McDuffie
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D013997:Time Factors; D016526:Workload