The aim of the Global Public Health Case Competition is to train the next generation of leaders through a unique competition experience built upon a real‐world challenge. 

Eligibility

• This competition is limited to graduate and undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Iowa.

Team composition

• A minimum of one College of Public Health student must be on each team.
• One undergraduate and one graduate student must be on each team.
• Three academic disciplines must be represented.
• No more than two students from the same academic department can be on one team

Rules

• Acceptance into the competition is based on overall participation and case logistics. It is at the discretion of the case competition planning committee.
• The teams’ case solutions should be innovative yet feasible (i.e., have the potential to be applied in the real world)
• Teams are limited to  3 1-hour meetings with a faculty mentor
• Teams may contact university staff, faculty, or relevant professionals for guidance.
• Members of the Case Writing Team cannot be contacted
• Library and electronic sources are permitted.
• The competition time will be limited to 15 minutes to present, and 10 minutes to answer questions from the judges
• Teams should not discuss their case presentations or the case content with other teams until the judges have completed final scoring.
• Teams should not discuss the case with the case competition planning committee
• Team captains should contact cph-global@uiowa.edu with any questions. 

Judges and Scoring

• The competition judges are experts from a variety of disciplines and will critique and evaluate students’ recommendations
• The panel of judges represents a variety of disciplines appropriate to the case topic and mimics the multi-‐sectorial nature of decision­‐making bodies
• Judges will consider the following aspects when evaluating teams’ recommendations:
  • Justification for the recommendations proposed (data and evidence)
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Organization and clarity
  • Delivery (voice, body, eye contact)
  • Judging criteria may also include case-­‐specific information around feasibility, sustainability, and acceptability of the proposed ideas. 

Competencies that students can develop through this opportunity include:

• synthesizing information under pressure
• prioritizing issues
• recognizing and working within resource constraints
• working within and appreciating multidisciplinary teams
• integrating various perspectives and methods
• leadership and team negotiation skills
• applying evidence-­‐based decision-­‐making to global health problems

Dates and Deadlines

• Sign-up through:
  September 22, 2019
• Teams announced:
  September 24, 2019
• Case topic announced:
  September 25, 2019, at 12:30, C217 CPHB
• Team presentations are due via email to cph-global@uiowa.edu by 4 P.M. on October 20, 2019.
• Case Competition begins 12:30 October 21, 2019, C217 CPHB
• Awards will be announced following the Distinguished Faculty Lecture on October 23, 2019 at 12:30 P.M., N110 CPHB