Team Submissions

• Team Composition:
  • Submissions to be made by teams of two Explorers
  • Teams of two are self-selected but both members must be current Explorers
  • We would encourage participants to have partners from different medical schools both within the country or from a different country
• Interviews
  • Each team is expected to interview at least three (3) patients or caregivers/patient advocates and three (3) doctors as primary research
  • Interviews are to learn about doctor-patient experiences that had communication gaps which altered patient outcomes
  • Teams will choose one (1) of the (minimum) six (6) interviews as the basis of their analysis
  • Acknowledge these sources at the end of the submission
• Each team is encouraged to seek external advice, data and input from mentors, and experts
• Written submission:
  1. Title Page
  1. Title
  2. Team name
  3. Team members names
  4. Year in medical school
  5. Medical school name(s) and country
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Abstract – 200-250 words
     1. Introduction and objectives
     2. Methods
     3. Results
     4. Conclusions
     5. Written narrative
  4. Situation analysis
     1. Story chosen from interviewing doctors and patients
     2. Highlight disconnects between data provided by doctors (tests, scans, etc.) and the patient experience
     3. Hypotheticals optional if needed to provide insight, showcase communication problems, etc.
  5. Findings and recommended solutions
     1. Current ways clinical teams use technology and AI as a short-cut or avoid communication with patients
     2. Current deficit and consequences in communicating information to patients and reading signs of the health or sickness of the patient through personal interaction
     3. Current methods and shortcomings of patient communication
     4. Existing alternatives and complementary practices
     5. New research in this direction
     6. Ideas impossible … anything within the stretches of the human imagination!
  6. Conclusion
     1. Personal synthesis
     2. Learnings and insights
  7. Graphics and Illustrations (if not within document)
  8. References

Total word count: 2,000 words, not including title page, table of contents, abstract, graphics and illustrations, and/or references