Preface Please read the following information before going through the sample cases. In the PCE portfolio for 2017-2018, there will be three kinds of PCE levels: PCE 101, Beginners and Advanced. These are expected to be applied at World Congress (WC) and/or Regional Symposia. Here is a brief description of the format of the competition for each PCE level: PCE 101: this level is aimed at pharmacy students who are still in the first year of their studies. The announcement of the topic and the actual case will be supplied further in advance to give the participants more time for practice and preparation. PCE Beginners: the announcement of the therapeutic topic will be given in advance (i.e. injury pain or respiratory infection) but participants do not receive the actual case until 24 hours prior to the event. PCE Advanced: there will be no pre-announcement of either the topic or case. During the day of the competition, there will be several rooms for the contestant to progress through. The first room is the references room. In this room, the contestants will be given a certain amount of time to read the case and prepare their response. In the references room, we will provide some references (either book or clinical drug information applications such as Lexicomp). After the given time is finished, the contestant will move to the counselling room to counsel the patient in front of the judges. The aim of the following PCE sample cases is to show IPSF members how the PCE competition will run this year. At the time we release the sample cases, we will also release the PCE survey. The PCE survey will determine the clinical topics for the upcoming cases in the PCE portfolio.
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