The online rounds of the Clinical Pharmacy Challenge, ACCP’s novel, national team competition, began September 6. Now in its ninth year, the competition continues to grow, drawing nationwide participation from 117 institutions representing 48 states and two international universities.
The online competition, which concluded September 16, gave eligible teams the opportunity to compete in up to four rounds of competition in which they answered 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 2018 ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Item-Author Panel was led by its chair, Kelly Lempicki, Pharm.D.
From the initial field of 117 teams, eight schools will advance to compete in the live round competition on October 20–22 at the Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy in Seattle, Washington. Each team member advancing to the quarterfinal round will receive a complimentary student full-meeting registration, an ACCP gift certificate for $125, and a certificate of recognition. Quarterfinal teams will vie 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:
- 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
- 2015 – University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
- 2016 – East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
- 2017 – University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Who will be crowned the 2018 Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Champion? Join us in Seattle to find out.
To obtain more information on the challenge and view a listing of the teams that participated and progressed through each of the four 2018 online rounds, please visit www.accp.com/stunet/index.aspx.