Codelth: Code for Health Hackathon Call for Participants I.
Introduction
Digital transformation is revolutionising healthcare in many ways, including the pharmaceutical industry, which specialises in the discovery, development, and manufacture of medications. The use of information technology is a key step in transforming the pharmaceutical industry to achieve better disease management by supplying drugs for treatment. Healthcare information technology (HIT) has been defined as “the application of information processing that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of healthcare information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making” (Alotaibi et al., 2017). Through the early introduction of healthcare information technology, we envision a future generation of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists who are well-versed in the language of technology and possess the ability to apply these skills in the medication provision. Therefore, we are introducing the newest collaborative initiative of two Professional Development portfolios, namely Industrial Skills Event and Pharmacy Profession Advocacy, to all members of the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation -- Code for Health Hackathon.
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Objectives ● ● ●
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To expand IPSF members’ knowledge in information technology and its application in healthcare. To improve IPSF members’ teamwork, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. To challenge IPSF members’ to present a creative and innovative solution.
Participants
All IPSF members are eligible to participate in this team-based competition, either individually or as a team.
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Competition Mechanism 1. Registration Phase a. Participants shall register as a team consisting of 3-5 students, who can come from the same or different Member Organisations. b. Each team will choose one member to be the contact person. c. The contact person will fill in the registration form and provide information of other team members. d. All team members need to submit their Contact Person Confirmation Letters e. Registration form can be accessed through this link. f. Participants who have registered will be confirmed through an email containing information on the pre-competition training sessions.
2. Pre-Competition Training Sessions a. All participants are obligated to attend these training sessions. b. The first session is titled “Design Thinking in Healthcare” which will guide participants through the process of coming up with a solution for the case. c. The second session will be focused on upgrading participants’ presentation skills. d. The third session will discuss about “Diabetes and Its Current Management” 3. Preliminary Round a. A case will be released through an email along with the format. b. Participants will be required to provide an innovative solution based on the case and answer questions related to the Research & Development, and Marketing topics. c. Each team will be given 1 week to submit the proposal according to the given format. d. By March 15th, 2022, 23.59 GMT+0, the proposal must be uploaded to the provided form. e. The top 5 proposals will be selected by the judges based on the evaluation scheme to proceed to the final round. 4. Final Round a. A live pitcv, which is mandatory for every finalist, will be conducted. b. Finalists are asked to create a prototype and a video to pitch for their solution within a maximum of 5 minutes. c. Each team will be given 2 weeks to submit the prototype and video according to the given format. d. By March 26th, 2022, 23.59 GMT+0, the prototype and video must be uploaded to the provided form. e. The top 3 teams will be selected as winners, which are Winner, 1st runner-up, and 2nd runner-up.
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Timeline
Agenda
Date
Open registration period
24th Feb - 3rd Mar 2022
Team Number Announcement and Training Session 1: Design Thinking in Healthcare
4th Mar 2022
Training Session 2: Presentation Skills
5th Mar 2022
Case Release
5th Mar 2022
Preliminary Round (11 days)
5th - 15th Mar 2022
Training Session 3: Diabetes and Its Current Management
6th Mar 2022
Proposal Submission Deadline
15th Mar 2022
Finalist Team Announcement
20th Mar 2022
Final Round (7 days)
20th - 26th Mar 2022
1-minute Live Pitch to PharmaVGate
TBD
Prototype and 5 minutes Video Submission Deadline
26th Mar 2022
Winner Announcement
31st Mar - Apr 2022
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Awards ●
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The winner, 1st runner-up, and 2nd runner-up, will be given an online certificate of excellence and prizes as follows: 1. Winner: 3 PharmaVGate academic courses and exclusive mentorship 2. 1st runner-up: 2 PharmaVGate academic courses 3. 2nd runner-up: 1 PharmaVGate academic course Finalists will be given an online certificate of achievement. All participants will be given an online certificate of participation after completing the preliminary round and feedback form.
Terms and Conditions 1. Participants have to be a member of IPSF. 2. Membership will be validated by the submitted Contact Person Confirmation Letter. 3. Participants can only be part of one team. Participants who join two or more teams will be disqualified. 4. There is no limit on the number of groups sent from the same Member Organisation to participate in this competition. 5. All information and claims that are put in the proposal/video must be backed up by evidence from relevant scientific literature and websites. 6. Each submission must be original. Any detected plagiarism will lead to disqualification. 7. Content of each submission must not contain any form of discrimination or hate towards any population. 8. Teams that do not upload the proposal or video within the deadline will be disqualified. 9. The decision of judges and organisers will be final.
VIII. Partnership Codelth Hackathon is conducted in partnership with PharmaVGate Academy.
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Contact Information
Ms. Sara Ibrahim IPSF Chairperson of Professional Development 2021-22 Email: pd@ipsf.org Ms. Limeylia Ng IPSF Industrial Skills Event Coordinator 2021-22 Email: industrialskills@ipsf.org Mr. Omar Mabsout IPSF Pharmacy Profession Advocacy Coordinator 2021-22 Email: pharmacyadvocacy@ipsf.org
Reference Alotaibi, Y. K., & Federico, F. (2017). The impact of health information technology on patient safety. Saudi medical journal, 38(12), 1173–1180. https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.12.20631