The online rounds of the Clinical Pharmacy Challenge, ACCP’s novel, national team competition, began September 10. Now in its sixth year, the competition continues to grow, drawing participation from 108 institutions across the country.
The online competition, which concludes September 17, gives eligible teams the opportunity to compete in up to four rounds of competition in which they answer items in each of the competition’s distinct segments:
- Trivia/Lightning
- Clinical Case
- Jeopardy-style
The item content used in each segment was developed and reviewed by an expert panel of clinical pharmacy practitioners and educators. The 2015 ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Item-Author panel was led this year by its chair, Sandra Benavides Cabellero, Pharm.D., FCCP, FPPAG.
From the initial field of 108 teams, eight schools will advance to compete live at the Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy in San Francisco, California, on October 17–19. Each team member advancing to the quarterfinal rounds receives a complimentary student full-meeting registration, an ACCP gift certificate for $125, and a certificate of recognition. Quarterfinalist teams will be vying for a spot in the final round for a chance to win up to $1500 and the title of Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Champion.
Past winners of the Clinical Pharmacy Challenge are as follows:
- 2010 – University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
- 2011 – Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- 2012 – Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences School of Pharmacy
- 2013 – East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
- 2014 – Purdue University College of Pharmacy
Who will be crowned the 2015 Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Champion? Join us in San Francisco to find out.
To obtain more information on the Challenge and to view a listing of the teams participating and advancing through each of the four online rounds, please visit our website at http://www.accp.com/stunet/index.aspx.