Team Composition:

• Submissions to be made by teams of two Explorers
• Teams of two are self-selected but both members must be current Explorers
• Teams may consist of partners from the same school, different school, or different countries. If help is needed to find a partner, contact Sarika Mehta sarika@vattikutifoundation.com
• Each team is encouraged to seek external advice, data and input from mentors, and experts

Submission format:

• PDF submission
• Maximum 3,250 words, excluding title page, table of contents, abstract, 72-hr action plan required tables/graphics and references
• Single spacing; 12-point readable font
• Graphics, maps, diagrams and illustrations are encouraged where they clarify decisions
• Data and analytics should be used where relevant
• All external factual claims and borrowed ideas must be referenced
• Maintain patient privacy

Written submission

1. Title Page – Challenge title; team name; both team member names; year in medical school; medical school(s); country/countries.
2. Abstract – 400-500 words – Briefly state the understanding of the problem, approach, major priorities, and intended 72-hour outcome.
3. Situation Analysis – 200-300 words – Identify the three most important problems, the populations most at risk, critical geographic/system constraints, key missing information, and what must happen first.
4. Leadership & Organization – 300-400 words + visual – Provide one organizational visual. Explain how responsibilities are distributed, how decisions are made, how local expertise is incorporated, and how the structure avoids unnecessary top-down bottlenecks.
5. Patient Prioritization & Triage – 400-500 words + table – Triage all 40 patients using an action framework that can be explained. Identify five requiring the most immediate attention, three who may indicate a larger community problem, and three for whom missing information is especially important.
6. Resource & Supply-Chain Plan 300-400 words + visual – Show how personnel, medicines, transportation and information will move. Include a resource-flow visual and explain how to manage scarcity, inventory, resupply and isolated communities.
7. Technology: Use It – or Don’t – 200-300 words – Select no more than three technologies. For each, state the problem solved, operational requirements, failure mode and backup. Identify one plausible technology that would deliberately not be used and explain why.
8. Think Globally, Act Locally – 200-300 words – Identify one external lesson/model that exists and how it was adapted for Rasuwa, and one assumption that changed because of the team’s different perspectives or research.
9. Human Side of Medicine – 200-300 words – Choose one patient/family situation. Explain what the team still needs to learn, how the team would communicate, and how emotional, cultural or family needs influence the response. Do not invent unknown facts.
10. 72-Hour Action Plan – Provide a one-page timeline for Hours 0-6, 6-12, 12-24, 24-48 and 48-72. End with five measurable indicators that exhibit whether the response is working.
11. Conclusion – 250 words – In a concise personal synthesis, state the single most important leadership choice the team made and what was learned from working across perspectives.
12. References – List credible sources used for disaster context, methods, technology, logistics, public health or other evidence.