The Elm

Student pharmacists named winners of local AMCP Pharmacy & Therapeutics Competition.

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Student pharmacists Adaeze Amaefule, Class of 2022; Stella Eunbi Kim, Class of 2022; Amie Lette, Class of 2023, and Sydney Yuen, Class of 2022, won the local Pharmacy & Therapeutics Competition organized by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation.

According to the AMCP Website:

"The P&T competition is designed to challenge students to gain a real-world perspective of the formulary management process. Formulary management is dynamic and requires extensive and timely pharmaceutical knowledge, as well as an understanding of the medical community practice standards that exist within the health care system. A Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (P&T Committee) is ultimately responsible for developing, managing, updating, and administering the formulary system that is utilized by managed health care systems. Pharmacists who serve on or provide support to P&T Committees must know how to critically evaluate the best available clinical and economic evidence, weigh their use and impact on patient population outcomes, conduct cost/benefit analyses, and relate drug therapy choices to clinical practice guidelines." Development of these necessary formulary management skills will help managed health care systems achieve the challenging goals of improving the quality of patient care while controlling scarce healthcare resources."

"The P&T competition is intended to give students an opportunity to hone a variety of skills including critical analysis, presentation and research skills. More importantly, the competition allows students to view different styles and processes that can be used in effective formulary management and provides exposure to AMCP’s Format for Formulary Submissions.

In the competition, every team prepares a written evaluation of the competition drug, including recommendations for formulary placement, and an oral summary presentation with supporting slides."