UW School of Pharmacy – Summer 2026
Experiential Newsletter
TOPICS
- Thank You!
- APPE Preceptor Excellence Award Winner – Trisha Ludwig
- NEW REQUIRED RATER TRAINING FOR Student Performance Evaluation and Entrustable Professional Activities
- APPE Seminar Information
- IPPE Sign Up coming in June
- APPE Sign Up coming in August
- Student Evaluations
- APPE Payment Information for spring 2026
- Update Email Address Reminder
THANK YOU
Thank you to all our preceptors who mentored our students in the 2025-2026 experiential year. The Class of 2026 graduated on May 8, 2026, and they are taking their board exams. The students are very grateful to be able to be mentored by leading practitioners in pharmacy. For more information about our graduate outcomes, please see https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/academics/pharmd/student-outcomes/
LARRY BOH APPE PRECEPTOR EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER
Each year we ask fourth-year students to nominate a preceptor who exemplifies the teaching spirit of former faculty member, Professor Larry Boh. Students submit nominations based on communication skills, teaching skills, professionalism, and outstanding qualities. This year’s winner is Dr. Trisha Ludwig of UW Health in Madison, WI. She received the award at the May 2026 Graduation Hooding Ceremony. Congratulations!
NEW REQUIRED RATER TRAINING FOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND ENTRUSTABLE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
There is a new required rater training to help preceptors confidently assess student performance using Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) now included in the 2025 ACPE Standards.
The required recorded presentation along with handouts and resources may be found in the Preceptor Development Center. Please be sure to take the “Check your Understanding” after viewing the presentation to satisfy the training requirement.
If you attended the in-person Preceptor Conference on March 31, 2026, or the Virtual Preceptor Meeting on April 7, 2026, then you do not have to take this training. We are in the process of adding your attendance to the Preceptor Portal and you should see it marked as completed on or around May 15th.
APPE SEMINAR INFORMATION:
We are continuing with virtual APPE seminars. Each block has 3 asynchronous online seminars and one synchronous discussion. Students are expected to view online seminars and participate in synchronous discussions. Discussions are held at 7:30am, Noon, or in the late afternoon during the second week of each block. Please check with your student for discussion dates and time.
IPPE YEAR 1 SIGN UP COMING IN JUNE
IPPE student sign up will be coming soon. Sign up will be for first year students completing community rotations in January 2027. We will send an email when the sign-up survey is available.
APPE SIGN UP COMING IN AUGUST
APPE student sign up will begin August 1 through August 31 for APPE rotations starting May 2027. In addition, please be sure to update your site information including pre-rotation requirements for your students. We will send a reminder email closer to the sign-up period.
For sites interested in longitudinal APPE rotations, please email Mara Kieser at mara.kieser@wisc.edu. Mara will be happy to provide information about the longitudinal experiences and expectations. Thank you for mentoring and training our students.
STUDENT EVALUATIONS
Students are required to complete an evaluation of the pharmacy site and the preceptor after each rotation. Student feedback is posted on the experiential portal after each block ends. Please go to https://experiential.sop.pharmacy.wisc.edu/ Click on Intranet Log In. Enter your net ID and password. Please review your comments. It is best to look for any trends from the student’s comments. We hope you find this information useful. Please contact Mara Kieser at mara.kieser@wisc.edu if you have questions or concerns.
APPE PAYMENT INFORMATION
Payments for APPE rotations completed in the spring of 2026 will be mailed to pharmacies in June. Please note, checks are made out to the pharmacy and checks for pharmacies belonging to a corporation or large facility are sent out to the pharmacy manager/ director. Please check the web page https://experiential.sop.pharmacy.wisc.edu/ for the student(s) you had in the spring of 2026. The UW Business Office cannot provide student names.
REMINDER TO UPDATE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
Our newsletter communication is dependent upon having correct email addresses. If your address has changed, please go to https://experiential.sop.pharmacy.wisc.edu/ Click on – Intranet Login, enter your NET ID and password. Click on – change clinical instructor demographic information. Make the appropriate changes and click on submit. Thank you for keeping our database up to date!
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