PRACTICE CASE Please click on the following link for a practice case and answer key. You can also take the time to familiarize yourself with the forms and other details of the competition. Best of luck! http://www.ashp.org/Import/ABOUTUS/Awards/ClinicalSkillsCompetition.aspx

What Is CSC?

The purpose of the Clinical Skills Competition (CSC) is to facilitate clinical skill development for pharmacy students by encouraging cooperation and teamwork. The CSC is designed to facilitate an interactive, team-based analysis of clinical scenarios for hospital/health-system pharmacists to help patients make the best use of their medications.

There will be a winning team for every class, P1s through P4s, with each winning team receiving an award. The overall winning team at Texas Tech will then go on to represent Texas Tech at the ASHP Mid-Year Meeting in December, with their registration fees for ASHP MYM WAIVED!

We wish you the best of luck!

What Are The Goals of CSC?

1. Foster the development of clinical practice skills;

2. Reinforce the pharmacist’s responsibility for optimal drug therapy outcomes;

3. Facilitate the effective use of a systematic approach to clinical problem-solving; and

4. Enhance oral and written communication skills.

How Does CSC Work? check out HANDBOOK

Each team is given a case summary, forms for completing information, and access to references. Teams have 2 hours to create a pharmacist’s care plan for the patient using the forms provided. Written submissions are evaluated on their application of systematic problem-solving skills by the development of a pharmaceutical care plan according to the criteria provided. Judges representing clinical faculty from all the School of Pharmacy campuses are provided a ‘peer-reviewed’ answer key to ensure objective and fair evaluations.

Upon completion of the written portion, teams give oral presentations justifying their care plan recommendations. A total of 10 minutes is allowed for the case presentation. This includes a maximum of 2 minutes for the presentation period and another 8 minutes for questions and answers.

The 2 minute presentation should include:

1. Identification of students and their college/school name

2. Presentation of a brief patient summary with a list of all health problems that require immediate attention; and

3. Presentation of recommendations for goals/treatment/monitoring of the most urgent problem only.

For example,

“Hi, I’m Michael Smith and this is my teammate Sarah Stewart. We are students at The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy. Our patient SJ is a 62 year-old male admitted with a CVA, hypertension, and probable bacterial pneumonia, all of which require immediate attention. The CVA is his most urgent problem. After ruling out a hemorrhagic stroke with a CT scan/MRI, our therapeutic goals are to stop progression of intracranial thrombosis, prevent further neurologic deficits, and minimize complications of therapy. We chose to begin intravenous alteplase (provide 2 dose, route, and duration of therapy; identify monitoring parameters and therapeutic endpoints) . . .”

Case presentations are evaluated on the thoroughness of the recommendations, accuracy of the presented material, and overall communication skills. A winning team is declared based on the combined score of the written submissions and the oral presentation.

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More CSC Links

ASHP Clinical Skills Competition website TSHP Clinical Skills & Disease State Management Competition website