ACCP is pleased to announce the launch this September of a new national pharmacy student competition, “The ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge.” This new competition was developed in concept by the 2008–2009 National Student Advisory Committee and approved by the Board of Regents for launch this fall.
The ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge is a team-based competition. Teams of three students will compete against teams from other schools and colleges of pharmacy in a “quiz-bowl” format. Preliminary rounds of the competition will be conducted virtually (online) in September. Semifinal and final rounds will be held live at the ACCP Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, October 16–17, 2010.
Each competition round will consist of questions offered in three distinct segments of the competition: Trivia/Lightning, Clinical Case, and “Jeopardy-style” rounds. Questions and cases used in the competition have been developed and reviewed by an expert panel of clinical pharmacy practitioners and educators.
Each team advancing to the semifinal rounds conducted at the ACCP Annual Meeting will receive three complimentary student full-meeting registrations, and each team member will receive a recognition certificate. The second-place team will receive a $750 cash award ($250 to each member). The winning team will receive a $1500 cash award ($500 to each member), and each member of the winning team will receive a plaque. A team trophy will be awarded the winning institution.
Only one team from each college or school of pharmacy may enter the ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge. Institutions with several branch campuses may enter a team from each campus branch, provided that student participants on their respective teams are enrolled and educated at the same campus branch. However, only one team from an institution with entries from multiple campus branches may qualify for the semifinal round. The campus branch team achieving the highest qualifying score after completion of the virtual rounds will represent its institution going forward.
Students need not be members of ACCP to participate. Each college or school of pharmacy team registration may be submitted online and can be initiated by the institution’s ACCP faculty liaison or a current faculty member. Each team must complete its online registration and eligibility confirmation by September 8, 2010.
Detailed information regarding the ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge eligibility, format, and registration may be found on our Web site at http://www.accp.com/stunet/compete/overview.aspx.