What is the OTC Competition?

The signature event of the PPA Mid-Year Conference for the last several years has been the student OTC Competitionsponsored by the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA), the Non-prescription Medicine Academy (NMA), and Proctor and Gamble.

How it works

Played very similar to Jeopardy, teams from each school face off and answer questions from a game board with “interesting” self-care categories. Pharmacists can obtain CE credit while cheering on their favorite teams! Always a fun learning event. The Competition consists of two rounds, each with 5 categories and 5 questions per category for a total of 50 questions. Questions are worth a varying amount of points and the difficulty level of the question is designed to match with the increasing point values.

All questions have to do with over-the-counter medications and self-care treatments. After both rounds, there will be a Final Question. Teams will be able to wager any amount of their total accumulated points on the final question. In the event of a tie, another question will be provided.For a detailed description of the rules, click here.

Congrats to Duquesne University!

2020

Duquesne

• Team Member – Julia Fadul
• Team Member – Kelsee Lazor
• Team Member – Katie Debiasio

Thank you to all 7 schools for participating!

Past OTC Competition Winners

• 2019 PCP
• 2018 Temple University
• 2017 Temple University
• 2016 University of Pittsburgh
• 2015 PCP
• 2014 Temple University
• 2013 Wilkes University
• 2012 Temple University
• 2011 LECOM
• 2010 University of Pittsburgh
• 2009 University of Pittsburgh
• 2008 Wilkes University
• 2007 University of Pittsburgh