ACCP’s novel pharmacy student team competition will begin earlier in 2017 than in past years because of the new dates of the fall Annual Meeting. Competition will begin before Labor Day. Plan now to participate next fall. Team registration deadline is August 24, 2017.

Competition Overview

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”–type format. Preliminary rounds of the national competition will be conducted online in September. The quarterfinal, semifinal, and final rounds will be held live at the ACCP Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, October 7–9, 2017.

Items in the competition are developed and reviewed by an expert panel of clinical pharmacy practitioners and researchers. Each round will consist of questions offered in three distinct segments:

• Trivia
• Clinical Case
• Jeopardy-style

Eligibility

Students are not required to be members of ACCP to participate. Team registration must be submitted online and initiated by the ACCP faculty liaison or a current faculty member at the respective institution. If no ACCP Faculty Liaison has been identified, any faculty member from the institution may initiate the registration process. The registering faculty member must confirm the eligibility of all team members and/or alternates online before a team will be permitted to compete in the Clinical Pharmacy Challenge.

Only one team per institution may enter the competition. Institutions with branch campuses, distance satellites, and/or several interested teams are encouraged to conduct a local competition. ACCP provides an examination for use by institutions holding a local competition. To request a copy of the exam, please e-mail Michelle Kucera, Pharm.D., BCPS, at [email protected]. The local examination will be available on March 1, 2017.

Because the competition will begin earlier than in previous years, given the dates of the 2017 Annual Meeting, ACCP strongly encourages institutions to hold their local competitions during the spring of 2017 and complete the selection of their teams by the end of the academic year, if possible. The deadline to complete team registration and confirm eligibility is August 24, 2017.

Important Dates

Prizes

Teams advancing to the quarterfinal round of competition will receive three complimentary student full-meeting registrations. Each team member will receive an ACCP gift certificate for $125 and a certificate of recognition. Semifinal teams not advancing to the final round will receive a semifinal team plaque and a $750 cash award ($250 to each member). The winning team will receive a $1500 cash award ($500 to each member), and each team member will receive a commemorative plaque. A team trophy will be awarded to the winning school.

For more information on the ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge, please visit www.accp.com/stunet.