Students from the East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy captured the title of ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Champion in an exciting match vs. the students from St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. From an initial field of 100 teams, representing institutions from 42 states across the country, students from these two institutions advanced through four online rounds of competition as well as live quarterfinal and semifinal matches to face each other in Monday’s final round.

The Clinical Pharmacy Challenge, now in its fourth year, affords teams of three students to compete in a “quiz-bowl” type competition. Each round of competition is comprised of three segments: trivia-lightning, clinical case, and jeopardy-style items. Items were authored and reviewed by an expert panel of ACCP members. Quarterfinal and semifinal round matches were held over the weekend and produced many close outcomes. One quarterfinal round match was determined by a difference of only 10 points.

Teams in this year’s final round answered items in jeopardy categories consisting of Cardiovascular Disorders, Endocrinology, GI/Liver/Nutrition, Infectious Diseases, and new to the 2013 competition; Potpourri. Teams must employ strategic choices as they navigate the jeopardy grid, selecting the item categories they feel match their own unique strengths. The match was close after the trivia segment of the competition; however, the team from East Tennessee prevailed with a strong performance in the case and jeopardy segments.

Please join ACCP in congratulating the teams from both universities on their outstanding academic achievement. To view a complete listing of teams who participated and progressed through this year’s competition, please visit http://www.accp.com/stunet.

Championship Team - East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (left to right) Josh Whaley (Team Leader), Allie Torrence, Brandon Leeson

Second Place Team - St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (left to right) Jennifer S. Miao, James Schurr (Team Leader), Stephen Argiro