ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge: The Pursuit of Excellence Continues

Now in its seventh year, ACCP’s national team competition for pharmacy students returns to the Annual Meeting in Hollywood, Florida. From an initial field of 112 teams, eight have advanced through four online rounds of competition to reach the quarterfinals. The following are the 2016 ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Quarterfinal Teams.

Quarterfinalist Teams:

• East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
• Oregon State University College of Pharmacy
• Purdue University College of Pharmacy
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy
• Union University School of Pharmacy
• University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
• University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
• University of the Sciences Philadelphia College of Pharmacy

Join us for the live round Clinical Pharmacy Challenge action at the Annual Meeting on October 22–24, 2016, in Hollywood, Florida.

2016 ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Schedule

Saturday, October 22

Sunday, October 23

Monday, October 24

Travel Awards Promote Student and Resident/Fellow Meeting Attendance

ACCP initiated its Student Travel Awards and Resident/Fellow Travel Awards programs to support and encourage student, resident, and fellow attendance at ACCP national meetings as well as to expand opportunities for students and postgraduate trainees throughout the organization. To date, ACCP has awarded more than $74,500 in travel stipends and complimentary meeting registrations. In addition, many PRNs now offer their own travel awards for students, residents, and fellows, providing even more opportunities for attendees to apply for funding to defray the costs associated with attending the Annual Meeting.

ACCP thanks the following PRNs and chapters for either donating funds to ACCP Travel Awards programs or sponsoring their own travel awards:

Adult Medicine
Ambulatory Care
Cardiology
Central Nervous System
Clinical Administration
Critical Care
Drug Information
Education and Training
Emergency Medicine
Endocrine and Metabolism
Geriatrics
GI/Liver/Nutrition
Gulf College of Clinical Pharmacy
Health Outcomes
Hematology/Oncology
Immunology/Transplantation
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology
Pain and Palliative Care
Pediatrics
Pharmaceutical Industry
Women’s Health
 

2016–2017 National Student Network Advisory Committee (SNAC) Appointed

Earlier this year, ACCP issued a call for applications to student members interested in serving on the SNAC. The College received applications from students across the country. After reviewing their applications, ACCP President-Elect Marcia Buck selected student members for appointment. The committee will convene at the upcoming 2016 Annual Meeting. ACCP is pleased to announce the appointment of the following student members to the 2016–2017 SNAC.

Chair: Brian Kurish, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Vice Chair: Anesia Reticker, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy

Secretary: Rachel Scott, University at Buffalo, State University of New York School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Members-at-large:

• Spencer Blohowiak, Shenandoah University Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy
• Aakash Gandhi, University of the Sciences Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
• Sarah Lewter, South Carolina College of Pharmacy
• Jordan Perrine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy
• Maggie Ramirez, University of Kansas School of Pharmacy
• Amanda Van Matre, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Kelsey Williams, Mercer University College of Pharmacy

ACCP Student Chapter Awards Announced

Outstanding Student Chapter Award

This award recognizes the ACCP student chapter that has exemplified strength in leadership, dedication in patient care, and passion for professional development through its activities and membership.

The chapter’s activities should address ACCP’s core values of extending the frontiers of clinical pharmacy and promoting dedication to excellence in patient care, research, and education. A key component of all the core values is the clinical pharmacist’s ability to work collaboratively within the health care environment. Each chapter must demonstrate its ability to work with other health disciplines.

Please join ACCP in congratulating this year’s Outstanding Student Chapter Award–winning institution, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, School of Pharmacy-Bradenton Campus.

ACCP President Terry Seaton will present the officers of LECOM – Bradenton their Outstanding Chapter plaque and $1000 award during the Student Chapter Forum session on Monday, October 24, during the Annual Meeting in Hollywood, Florida.

ACCP Clinical Research Challenge: A New Opportunity for Excellence

ACCP Expands Scope of CRC Student Competition

ACCP is pleased to announce the return of the Clinical Research Challenge (CRC). This novel competition is targeted toward pharmacy students in the first 2 years of their first professional pharmacy degree program (P1 and P2 students for 4-year programs; P1 and P2 students for 3-year accelerated programs and the first two professional years of 0–6 or 0–7 year programs). Critically evaluating and applying primary literature is an essential skill for clinical pharmacists. Research and scholarship contributes to improved health outcomes for patients and advances in the profession of clinical pharmacy. This innovative and unique competition offers teams of three pharmacy students the chance to participate in an online journal club and the opportunity to submit a clinical research proposal. NEW this year is the addition of a Letter of Intent round (more below). Plan now to participate in 2017.

Competition Overview

The ACCP CRC is a team-based competition. Teams of three students will compete against teams from other schools and colleges of pharmacy nationwide in an online format. All eligible teams will have the opportunity to compete in round 1: Online Journal Club. Only one team per institution may enter the competition. Institutions with branch campuses, distance satellites, or more than one interested team are encouraged to conduct a local competition.

Teams achieving the top 40 scores after round 1 will advance to the newly created round 2: Letter of Intent Submission. In the event of any ties, the top 40 scores will be determined by the time required to complete the online journal club exam. All examinations will be time stamped. Time spent viewing instructional pages will NOT count toward total examination time.

The LOI Submission round, added to allow greater participation throughout the CRC, is intended to help students refine any future full-proposal submissions and allow the CRC Review Panel the ability to select teams to submit full proposals according to the innovativeness and quality of their LOI submissions.

Each year, the Competition Oversight Panel will issue a request for proposal to address a clinically focused research question on a select pharmacotherapeutic topic or disease state (e.g., nephrology, infectious disease, hypertension). Eligible teams will first submit an LOI based on the research question. Teams will then be provided information regarding the research environment, which will include a specified budget and a timeline in which the proposed research must be completed. Thereafter, eligible teams will have 2½ weeks to develop and submit an LOI online following the criteria outlined here.

Teams achieving the top 20 scores after the LOI round will be advanced to round 3: Research Protocol Design and invited to submit a complete research proposal. Teams will be notified by e-mail regarding their status to participate in round 3 by Friday, March 17, 2017 (CST). Proposals are due by Friday, April 14, 2017 (CST) at midnight. For more information on round 3: Research Protocol Design, click here.

The teams with the top three research proposal submissions are requested to present their research design during a poster session at the 2017 ACCP Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition, each member of said teams will receive a complimentary Annual Meeting registration and a cash prize. Click here for additional prize information.

Students are not required to be members of ACCP to participate. Team registration should be submitted online and must be initiated by a current faculty member at the respective institution. Students interested in forming a team should contact their ACCP faculty liaison. If no ACCP faculty liaison has been identified, another faculty member from the institution may initiate the registration process. The registering faculty member must confirm the eligibility of all team members online before a team will be permitted to compete in the CRC. The deadline to complete team registration and confirm eligibility is February 1, 2017.

For additional competition information and calendar information, click here.