Loma Linda University Health’s Human Resource Management Program and Loma Linda University School of Public Health formed a collaborative partnership to provide undergraduate students an opportunity to apply business management skills to solve a real-life healthcare challenge and present their innovative solutions to a panel of healthcare executives. Participating in this competition will be an invaluable experience where you can learn about current healthcare and practices and how to work in a team to achieve a common goal and network with industry leaders. This competition will be in teams of four per school.
Benefits of Competing
- Applying knowledge and skills to a real-life healthcare issue
- Networking Opportunities
- Job/Internship/Residency opportunities
- Mentorship from esteemed healthcare professionals
- Prizes
- Spiritual fellowship
- School pride
Sunday, April 14, 2024
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. PDT
Competition Details
- One team of four students per school.
- Teams must come from an undergraduate Seventh-day Adventist College/University.
- Participating schools will need a faculty advisor.
- Each student must have a computer, mic, camera, and Zoom application.
- Case release: Friday, March 8, 2024 @ 10:00 AM PST
- Q&A on case logistics: Monday, March 11, 2024 at 1:00 pm (PST)*
- Case submissions due: Sunday, March 24, 2024, 11:59 pm PST
- Finalists notification: Friday, April 5, 2024
- Final presentations: Sunday, April 14, 2024
*For the Q&A, please submit your case and/or competition-related questions by Sunday, March 10 here. A Zoom link to the meeting will be sent to the Team Captain.
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Bobby Brown
Executive Director of Enrollment Management
Loma Linda University School of Public Health
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Frequently Asked Questions
No, there is no fee to register.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning team. Details will be provided on the day of the event.
Before the case is released, faculty advisors may help prepare students for the competition. However, once the case is released, faculty advisors may only be able to provide minimal assistance. Faculty advisors should not provide input on strategy or how to approach the case or provide specific solutions; they can help clarify conceptual questions that are not case-specific. Faculty, students, or other interested parties may not offer suggestions or revisions to case content prepared by the teams. Only official team members can work on the case.
Teams may not contact any Loma Linda University Health employees, its affiliates, or the entity the case is addressing.
Each team is required to submit a PowerPoint presentation with references and appendices along with a 1-2 page Executive Summary of the Presentation.
The presentation should take no more than 15 minutes. While there is no specified slide limit, keep in mind the main deck of slides should be able to be presented during the allotted time frame. Presentations may have Appendices which can be referred to during the Q&A. Judges will have an opportunity to ask questions after the presentation for up to 10 minutes. Teams may reference appendix slides in the presentation during the Q&A. During the presentation, a timekeeper will signal the 5-minute mark and 1-minute mark to conclude the presentation. Teams are not allowed to surpass the time limit.
The Loma Linda University School of Public Health’s Healthcare Administration Program and Loma Linda University Health will hold a brief (Zoom) conference shortly after the case is released to answer any clarifying questions from participants. Questions should be emailed in advance of the call to [email protected].
No modifications can be made once the deck has been submitted.
Faculty advisers/Program Directors may attend the presentations but if they attend the presentations of other Schools, they will not be able to meet with their team members until after their team has presented.
Team deliverables will be sent directly to a dropbox folder or email. During the competition, the judges will not know the names of the Schools the teams are representing, however, once the winner is announced, we will present the participating teams and their respective Schools.
Each team member should have a computer with a microphone, video camera, Internet access and Zoom application.