{"id":72455,"date":"2016-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-pharmacy-students-win-academic-competition-pepto-bowl\/"},"modified":"2016-10-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T00:00:00","slug":"uri-pharmacy-students-win-academic-competition-pepto-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/uri-pharmacy-students-win-academic-competition-pepto-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Pharmacy Students Win Academic Competition, Pepto Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I.,<\/strong> October 4, 2016 \u2014 Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., has seen its share of make-or-break, high-stakes wagers over the years. Last month, Matt Lippertshauser and Ethan Melillo, 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Pharmacy students, joined the casino\u2019s ranks of steely-nerved risk-takers when they bet it all in the Pepto Bowl competition and won big.<\/p>\n

They represented 溏心vlog免费B站 in the \u201cJeopardy!\u201d-style academic competition at the annual New England Pharmacy Convention on Sept. 23. Their victory marks the third time in nine years that 溏心vlog免费B站 has won the contest, says College of Pharmacy Clinical Professor Kelly Orr, who nervously watched the high-stakes play. \u201cIt was very stressful for me,\u201d she says of the moment in the second round when 溏心vlog免费B站 landed a Daily Double.<\/p>\n

The two decided to bet all of their 9,000 points on the question \u201cWhat is the primary indication of ketotifen?\u201d Answer: \u201cAllergic conjunctivitis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEthan made us do it. We kind of argued about that,\u201d says Lippertshauser of Bethpage, N.Y. Melillo agrees that he pushed his friend to take the risk. \u201cMatt wanted to bet 500 but I calculated that if we doubled our points, then the other teams couldn\u2019t catch us,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The Daily Double itself turned out to be a lucky pick. \u201cIn one of my summer rotations I did a PowerPoint project on that drug,\u201d says Melillo of Portsmouth, R.I. \u201cI knew it right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The strategy paid off, and the teammates were able to skip tricky questions, eliminating the risk of losing points. With a score of 20,000, they did not even wager on the final question. \u201cWe were able to relax at the end, so that was nice,\u201d Lippertshauser says.<\/p>\n

The classmates, who will graduate with doctorate of pharmacy degrees in May 2017, vanquished pharmacy schools from the University of Connecticut, MCPHS University\/Worcester-Manchester and the University of St. Joseph in Connecticut. Four other schools were eliminated earlier in the day during the written exam portion of the competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fun rivalry for the schools, and the pharmacists watching the competition get continuing education credits for it,\u201d says Orr. \u201cThere\u2019s no prize money, just bragging rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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溏心vlog免费B站 College of Pharmacy students Matthew Lippertshauser and Ethan Melillo, who won the 2016 Student and Pharmacist Self-Care Championship at the 12th Annual New England Pharmacists Convention September 23 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn, are joined by classmates and faculty after the win. From left, Helen Kim, Brittany Durgin, Ting-Chia Liu, Emily Kaminski, Lippertshauser, Clinical Professor Jeffrey Bratberg, Melillo, Clinical Professor Kelly Orr, Darlene Tat and Kyunghye Lee. (photo courtesy of Nicole Asai)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pepto Bowl is so-named because the contest is endowed by Proctor and Gamble, maker of the over-the-counter stomach medication, Pepto-Bismol, but its official name is the Student and Pharmacist Self-Care Championship. In the pharmacy profession \u201cself-care\u201d encompasses a person\u2019s independent actions to prevent, diagnose and treat illness, of which over-the-counter medications and supplements are an important part. The national Non-Prescription Medicines Academy and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations compile the questions, which cover a broad array of products and uses, doses, side effects and adverse reactions. Contestants have 20 seconds to respond to each question.<\/p>\n

Clinical Associate Professor Ginger Lemay chose Lippertshauser and Melillo to represent 溏心vlog免费B站 because of their strength in self-care classes and their previous pharmacy experience. Currently, the students are on advanced rotations at Rhode Island Hospital and Steere House, a nursing and rehabilitative center in Providence. They had about two weeks to prepare, taking Orr\u2019s advice to closely study \u201cThe Handbook of Non-Prescription Drugs,\u201d a tome with more than 1,000 pages.<\/p>\n

The students, neither of whom had participated in an academic competition like the Pepto Bowl before, had the support of College of Pharmacy classmates who formed a cheering section at the front of the room, complete with signs. In the end, the students\u2019 knowledge \u2014 and nerve \u2014 carried the day. \u201cGo big or go home,\u201d is how Melillo summed it up.<\/p>\n

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