Rising Stars students to watch
UIC hosts local P&T competition
Juhae Lee
by Andrea TenBarge, pharmd candidate, Class of 2012 AMCP Vice President P&T Competition Coordinator
Juhae Lee
Cassandra Clement shows off the fourth-place Generation Rx Award.
This year’s local UIC competition consisted of 11 teams of four pharmacy students each. During the fall semester, the teams received both a case study and dossier for Eli Lilly’s drug Effient (prasugrel) and spent several weeks analyzing clinical and pharmacoeconomic evidence and developing a formulary recommendation. Through the formulary review process, the competition gives students the opportunity to learn research and critical-analysis skills as they weigh the impact of placing the drug on the formulary for a defined population based on its effect on cost and health outcomes. On
the day of the competition, the teams present their review to a panel of judges consisting of full-time faculty, alumni, representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and community pharmacists. Following the competition, judges and students gathered together to enjoy dinner at the nearby Pompei on Taylor Street, giving students the opportunity to interact with, learn from, and network with advanced professionals in the field of pharmacy practice. The winners of the 2011 local UIC P&T Competition are Lilly Nguyen, Khoa Le, Thomas Karagiannis, and Diane Javier. Their written reports and presentation slides have been sent to the National Competition Selection Committee, who receives submissions from student chapters across the United States, in hopes that the winning UIC team will be one of the top eight teams chosen to compete at the AMCP 23rd Annual Meeting and Showcase in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this month. The top three teams at the national competition will receive a contribution to their school’s general scholarship fund. The UIC-AMCP student chapter would like to thank their sponsors for helping to make this year’s competition happen, including the UIC College of Pharmacy Office of Advancement, the AMCP Illinois Affiliate, and the Old Fashion Candy Company.
Members of UIC’s APhA-ASP proudly watch chapter member Katie McCool accept the Regional Operation Immunization Award. Front row: Nirmal Ghuman, Lisa Mackowski, Ann Opalka, Nicole Sinsabaugh, Cassidy McDonald, Ginnie Kim, Sam Paik, Neil Schultz. Second row: Evana Robbani, Afreen Khadeer, Farah Barada, Kathy Tang, Vivian Lin, Jeff Krueger, Prachi Shah, Amit Patel.
Andrea TenBarge
Juhae Lee
Laurie Kania, the 2010–11 vice president of legislation, wrote a legislative proposal that was passed nationally through the student chapters and will be going to the national APhA chapter to be voted on. Typically, only an average of five of such proposals progress to this level.
On January 28, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) student chapter held their local annual Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Competition at the College of Pharmacy. The P&T Competition was founded by the UIC-AMCP student chapter in 1993 and is one of the few opportunities for students to experience aspects of managed care pharmacy such as formulary decision making and implementation plan development. The competition gives students a real-world pharmacy experience; exposes them to intense literature searching, medical writing, and clinical, economic, and health-outcomes study evaluation; and encourages them to combine all these components in order to make important drug formulary decisions. Due to its long-standing success in preparing leaders for the managed care industry, the P&T Competition has been expanded and now allows students to participate in both local and national competitions.
We are the champions: Khoa Le, Lilly Nguyn, Diane Javier, and Thomas Karagiannis took top honors at UIC’s local contest.
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