THE Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has announced that Grace Nicolson from the University of Western Australia is the 2026 National Australian Pharmacy Students' Association (NAPSA) Wildcard Pharmacy Student of the Year (PSOTY).
Nicolson will compete against the other state and territory PSOTY winners later this year at PSA26 for the chance to be crowned the National PSOTY.
The PSOTY Wildcard Final was held on the last day of the NAPSA Congress, which took place last week at the University of Sydney, with third- and fourth-year pharmacy students demonstrating their counselling skills to the panel of pharmacist judges.
The winner was selected by a judging panel comprising community pharmacist and PSA vice-president Caroline Diamantis, community pharmacist and academic Lily Pham, and Ian Currie, product manager at Viatris, sponsor of the PSOTY.
Speaking from the Congress, Diamantis congratulated Grace on being named this year's NAPSA Wildcard PSOTY Winner.
"The PSOTY Wildcard competition is rigorous - not only do the finalists need to solve complex, clinical case studies, but they also need to explain them clearly and effectively, while providing clinical information on stage before a panel of pharmacists and over 300 of their peers," she said.
"It is by no means easy, so I want to congratulate Grace and every student who put their hand up to compete.
"The PSOTY competition is a wonderful experience that ensures current students, our future pharmacists, have the confidence and leadership skills necessary to succeed in the profession," she concluded.
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