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2011-2012 AMCP
Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Competition
Ally Stojkoska
September 24th, 2012
Outline
What is a P&T Committee?
What does a P&T Committee do?
Overview of the P&T Competition
Requirements for competing
Benefits of competing
This year’s competition topic
Questions
“Learning to work on a P&T committee through
AMCP’s P & T competition is a skill that will be very useful
in many pharmacist career pathways.”
Vinson Lee, University of Southern California 2006
What is a P&T committee?
P&T = Pharmacy and Therapeutics
A committee that meets together to promote
safe, effective, and cost-effective drug
therapy
Formulary management
Primarily physicians and pharmacists
Includes practitioners from a variety of
specialties
Develop policies regarding drug evaluation,
selection, and utilization
Who utilizes P&T Committee?
Any organization that maintains a drug
formulary utilizes a P&T Committee
Hospitals
Health Plans
Prescription Benefit Managers (PBMs)
VA and Military
What do P&T Committees do?
Improve the quality of patient care
while controlling scarce healthcare
resources
What do P&T Committees do?
Manage the development and maintenance of
the organization’s drug formulary
Review of scientific evidence
Peer reviewed medical literature
Clinical practice guidelines
Pharmacoeconomic studies
Perform cost-benefit analyses
Weigh the drugs impact on patient populations
Competition Overview
Serve on a health plan’s P&T Committee
Implement AMCP’s Format for Formulary
Submissions
Read the manufacturer’s dossier
Research, Research, Research!!!
Think in terms of real world experience
Make a decision on a new drug
Competition Requirements
Work in a team of four students
Requesting teams:
Chose ONE person who you want to be in the
same team with
Must be an active AMCP member
Guaranteed your ONE request
Teams must be diverse and ideally contain a
member from every year (P1,P2,P3,P4)
Create your own diverse team- Must be OK’ed
Competition Requirements
Deliverables
Evaluation of dossier / economic model
Format will be provided
Analysis of manufacturer’s value argument
and data presented
Evaluation advantages/disadvantages of this
product versus currently available
formulations and place in therapy
Budget Impact Model
Drug Monograph (maximum 15 pages)
Competition Requirements
Presentation Requirements
30 minute presentation and 30 minute Q&A
session with judges
Powerpoint Presentation
All materials must be submitted and
presentation completed to receive credit
Competition Requirements
All materials must be submitted and
presentation completed to receive
credit
Benefits
Teamwork
Organization
Learn/Improve skills
Pharmacoeconomics
Clinical evaluation
Drug information
Presentation skills
More Benefits
Networking opportunities
Free food
TWO ELECTIVE SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS
Enhance your CV/Resume
Winning team gets expenses paid to the
2012 AMCP Showcase
Compete at national competition
OSU Teams were placed in TOP 3 twice
in the last seven years!
Last year’s local winners competed at
the national level.
National Competition
April 3-5 2013 in San Diego, Ca
This year’s competition…
Tapentadol extended-release tablets
for oral use
(NUCYNTA® ER)
Tapentadol extended realease
NUCYNTA ER is an extended release opioid
agonist indicated for the management of
moderate to severe chronic pain in adults and
neuropathic pain associated with diabetic
peripheral neuropathy in adults
Sign up for P&T Competition!
Meet with your team regularly
Try to work ahead of the schedule – You can start your
research on Tapentadol NOW!
Do not downplay the importance of the written materials
Only written material gets sent for national consideration
Do not be afraid to ask for direction
Faculty cannot give you direct answers, but may point you
in the right direction
Important Dates
Team and individual sign-up
Email [email protected]
Ally ([email protected])
Competition date: 4th week of Jan 2012
National Competition date: April 2012
Questions???
Contact Ally (stojkoska.1) or Jina (park.903)