The APRU Global Health Student Virtual Case Competition is an opportunity to practice critical thinking and problem solving skills to help solve a global challenge; improving elderly care.
APRU Global Health Student Virtual Case Competition 2020:
Improving Elderly Care in the Asia-Pacific
Timeline:
Apr 2 Case challenge sent out via email
Jun 24 Deadline for universities to register teams by 11:59 p.m. (PST)
Challenge will be sent to registrants within 24 hours
Jul 1 Final video submissions due by 11:59 p.m. (PST)
Aug 15 Three finalist teams announced via email
Oct 18 Final competition held at the APRU Global Health annual conference 2020
Details:
Case competitions are increasing popular around the world as a way for students to exercise critical thinking skills using real world challenges. For this international, virtual competition, teams of four to six students will receive a challenge relating to a pressing global health problem. Teams will prepare a video of up to 10 minutes in English; proposing a realistic, well-designed, and innovative solution to the challenge. Teams will upload their videos to YouTube, Vimeo, Bilibili or a similar platform, and submit the link via email for judging by an international panel of APRU Global Health Program members and other global expert judges.
Three videos will be chosen for the final round, which will be held at the APRU Global Health Annual Conference in Shanghai, China, Oct 18-21, 2020. The winning team will be announced at the conference and a prize of US$500 will be awarded.
The challenge is open through July 1, 2020.
Please review the full requirements and eligibility online. The 2019 competition winners and their video can be viewed here.
Registration
Register for the competition online.
Contact:
For further inquiries, please contact Dr. Mellissa Withers at mwithers@usc.edu.
Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2020
