National Medical Challenge Bowl Statement
The
SAAAPA National Medical Challenge Bowl is a friendly competition among
registered physician assistant student societies held at AAPA's annual
PA conference.
This
event is both entertaining and educational for students, faculty, graduates,
and guests. The faculty and student body of each PA program as a whole
should agree unanimously on the students selected to participate in
the challenge bowl.
Students'
academic commitments should not be compromised to study for the challenge
bowl. All students should have the opportunity to participate in preparation
for the challenge bowl.
Programs
have their own unique way on how qualified students are selected for
their team. Some suggestions from various programs include:
•
Practice once a week for two hours starting in January
•
Students accumulate points during practice sessions for correct answers
and the students with the most points are chosen
for the final team
•
Some programs fund their challenge bowl team (SAAAPA does not provide
funds for teams to participate)
•
Student society fundraisers to send a challenge bowl team to annual
conference
The
annual National Medical Challenge Bowl should be an event that fosters
fun, school pride, and friendly competition that is infectious for all.
Winning is not the focus of the event, however learning and fun are
the goals for the National Medical Challenge Bowl.
SAAAPA
is committed to restoring the original intent of the Challenge Bowl
Philosophy as an opportunity for students to learn and demonstrate their
academic accomplishments in an environment of friendly competition that
is FUN for ALL!
Registration
opens March 16, 2009 at noon Eastern Standard Time.
Forty-eight
teams are selected on a first come, first served basis. To register
for the challenge bowl, you must complete the on-line registration form
which will be available at http://saaapa.aapa.org/students/challengebowl.htm.
If
you have questions about the challenge bowl, please contact Shannon
Faherty, 703/836-2272 ext. 3311 or sfaherty@aapa.org.
