Registration for the MD Connector 2009 National Competition on Health Education Reform is now open. You may register via the registration link below. For technical support, please visit our competition forums or email competition@mdconnector.org
Purpose: To propose and reflect upon changes necessary in medical education to facilitate coordinated, patient-centered health care.
Awards: Three finalists will share their work at the 2009 Health Care Education Reform Symposium
sponsored by Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center in Rochester, MN. Finalists will be active participants throughout the entire duration of the symposium. Conference registration, travel and lodging expenses for the finalists will be covered. Invitations with waived registration fees may be offered to up to 10 additional entrants.
First place award – $5,000
Second place award – $3,000
Third place award – $2,000
Conference information: On April 26-28, 2009 Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center will host an education symposium that will build upon previous symposia hosted by the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center to address U.S. health care reform. The symposium will focus on ways the nation must transform medical, allied health, nursing and engineering education; licensure; accreditation and reimbursement in order to create a new health care work force oriented around teamwork. This work force, trained in a team approach to medicine, will deliver high-value, coordinated care in new ways to support the needs of patients with complex medical conditions. Approximately 250 participants representing medical educators in all fields, licensing and accreditation bodies, provider organizations, policy experts and other key sectors will gather to identify priorities for furthering medical education changes to support broader health care system reform. Mayo Clinic Health Policy participants can be found here.
Participation: Participants must be students in U.S. and Canadian accredited schools. Eligibility is limited to pre-medical, medical, nursing, and allied health students (e.g. occupational therapy, health care administration, physical therapy, physician assistants, etc).
Instructions: Please write an essay addressing the following question. Your essay may not exceed 2,500 words, excluding figures and tables. You may use the background information provided as a reference.
In order to create a health care workforce equipped to provide a high-value team approach to coordinated, patient-centered health care, what is the most important change required of the health care education system?
Submission Deadline: March 16, 2009 11:59:59 PM Pacific Time
Timeline:
- January 24, 2009: Contest registration opens at www.mdconnector.org.
- March 16, 2009 11:59:59 PM Pacific Time: Essay submissions due. Entries will be anonymously published on www.mdconnector.org for peer discussion.
- March 23, 2009: Finalists announced.
- March 23, 2009 – April 25, 2009: Finalists will be asked to convert their essays into PowerPoint and poster presentations that will be shared at the Education Symposium.
- April 26-28, 2009: Finalists will share their submissions at the 2009 Health Care Education Reform Symposium at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN and final judging will occur during the event.
Evaluation: Entries will be evaluated by experts representing various disciplines and sectors concerning health care education and reform. Recipients of prizes will be determined by symposium attendees through a voting system. Criteria will focus on comprehension of issues, focus/scope and development of content, originality of thought, clarity of expressed ideas, strength of argument and utilization of resources. The evaluation rubric is provided for your consideration.