Student Business Plan Competition
WADP Revealed
Will you be the student entrepreneur of 2010?
In 2010 the National Student Business Plan competition will determine who are the best and brightest young minds in pharmacy.
The National Student Business Plan Competition has been designed to promote creative and innovative entrepreneurship amongst students studying pharmacy and encourage them to develop viable, innovative, pharmacist-owned community pharmacies.
Kos Scalvos, National President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia said, The National Student Business Competition helps pharmacy students approach the idea of business ownership and management confidently, by giving them real-life skills in buying, owning and operating a community pharmacy.
After the rigours of clinical study and achieving full registration as a pharmacist, approaching the task of owning or managing a business may seem overwhelming. Let this competition be a springboard to getting those first ideas on paper and have some fun in the process.
The Guild is proud to be behind the National Student Business Plan Competition, which is an excellent tool for the career development of pharmacy students. I encourage any students considering getting involved to do so Mr Sclavos said.
The 2008 competition was won by the University of Sydney; winning team captain Daniel Rifkin commented that the competition had been an invaluable tool for his teams career development. This competition is a fantastic initiative, as it merges the clinical knowledge we learn at university with the practical business skills needed to run a successful pharmacy he said.
We have all learnt so much from the competition. I expect that within a few years we will be bringing these business skills to the market as professional practising pharmacists serving the health care needs of our communities.
The National Student Business Plan Competition and is open to all 16 pharmacy schools in Australia. The Competition is run by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and is proudly sponsored by Pharmacy Defence Limited and Gold Cross Pty Ltd.
