Spring 2012
Campbell Comments For Alumni, Students & Friends of Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
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Karyn Fabo (P4), Clayton Moore (P4), and Erin Dickert (P3) proudly display the 2011 ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge trophy.
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ampbell University’s pharmacy student team won the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s (ACCP) 2011 Clinical Pharmacy Challenge this past fall. Team members Erin Dickert, Karyn Fabo and Clayton Moore entered the national competition against 83 other pharmacy schools in September. They advanced through four preliminary online rounds to receive an invitation, along with seven other schools, to the live matches at ACCP’s annual meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa. on Oct. 15-17. Each round of the competition consisted of three segments: a lightning round that quizzed students on pharmacology and pharmaceutics, a clinical case portion, and a Jeopardy-style segment with pharmacy-related categories.
Campbell’s team sailed through the quarterfinal and semifinal competitions, before claiming the championship title in the final round against the University of Tennessee. The final score was 3,200 to 1,750. “The competition was a fantastic opportunity to use what I am learning in the classroom in an academic, clinical setting, as well as fortify what I study on a daily basis,” Dickert said, who is a thirdyear pharmacy student. “The faculty thoroughly prepared us for the competition, both in academic and clinical knowledge.” Dickert, Fabo and Moore each received an individual cash prize of $500 and the honor of bringing the championship trophy home to Buies Creek.