ACCP’s innovative and unique competition offers teams of three pharmacy students the opportunity to participate in an online journal club and the chance to submit a clinical research proposal. Plan now to participate in 2021. Team registration opens November 16, 2020; the deadline for registration is February 10, 2021.

The competition is only open to pharmacy students pursuing their first professional pharmacy degree from an accredited institution or an institution that has been granted candidate status. In addition, students must be 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 2 professional years of 0-6 or 0-7 year programs). Only one team per institution can enter the competition. Institutions with branch campuses, distance satellites, or more than one interested team are encouraged to conduct a local competition. ACCP provides a written examination for institutions to use as a basis for their local competition, if they desire. This examination can be requested by the ACCP faculty liaison or registering faculty member via e-mail. Please address your e-mail request to Michelle Kucera, Pharm.D., BCPS, at [email protected].

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. The deadline to complete team registration and confirm eligibility for the 2021 competition is February 10, 2021. For additional competition information, including schedules, FAQs, and sample questions, click here.