SSHP Clinical Skills Competition winners advance to state and national competitions

The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy's Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP) held its 2026 Clinical Skills Competition on Sept. 30, challenging student pharmacists to apply their clinical knowledge and patient care skills in a practice scenario.

This year's winners are:

• 1st place: Ashley Swisshelm and Priyasha Bose
• 2nd place: Lyuba Benin and Aleena Shaikh
• 3rd place: Alex Azarov and Sam Apple
   
• Top P1 Team: Alyssa Manas & Sara Gundler
• Top P2 Team: Marissa Wise & Katherine Boylin
• Top P3 Team: Alex Azarov + Sam Apple

The competition consisted of a two-hour written patient care plan followed by a 10-minute oral question-and-answer session. Winners will advance to represent the College of Pharmacy at both the state and national Clinical Skills Competitions at the Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition in December in Orlando.

Judges this year included:

• Brianne Wagner
• Connor Aossey 
• Emily Buatois
• JD Bickel
• Mark Crist
• Kennedi Vandergriff 
• Elise Kyle-Dreakford 
• Claire Joseph (resident) 
• Chloe Weidrick (resident) 
• Lauren Fortini 
• Ashley Weiner 
• Justin Osorio
• Hitomi Iwasaki
• Pratibha Muniyappa 
• Melinda Donathan
• Lynn Wardlow
• Gary Houchard 
• Kristen Lamberjack 
• Jeff Steckman 
• Kaylee Clark (resident)
• Harrison He 
• Esther Albuquerque (resident)
• Kristy Jackson