Major shout out to Karissa Kendall ’27, who was named the top winner in the inaugural Pediatric Pharmacy Association Student Clinical Skills Competition at PPA’s annual meeting in Virginia last week.
A native of Albany, Karissa competed against 18 students from schools such as University of South Carolina, University of Arkansas, and more.
The P3 student learned of the competition through PPA’s “Student Certificate” program which is designed to educate students about the fundamental concepts of pharmacy practice in the pediatric population. Students learn how to manage common pediatric illnesses, counsel patients of all ages, and choose dosage forms that will safely and efficiently deliver the medication.
All participating students have approximately three months to complete the 21 recorded lecture hours, and are expected to complete practice questions for each topic, and complete a comprehensive exam after reviewing all the required content. Any students who completed 70% of the student certificate program topics by March 2nd were eligible to participate in the pediatric clinical skills competition during the annual spring meeting to demonstrate their abilities.
According to Karissa, “It was three rounds: the first was Kahoot with basic information questions for all 18 students and only nine students moved on to the next round which included short cases and questions (vaccines, oral syringe dosing etc.). The final only included the top three finalists who were asked more complex clinical decision-making case and questions.”
What an amazing accolade for Karissa who plans to complete a residency after graduation and specialize in pediatrics and become a pediatric clinical pharmacist.
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