The Clinical Mind Competition aims to develop clinical reasoning and teamwork, testing knowledge, and encouraging learning.
It consists of the presentation of a clinical case by Prof. Dr Lisa Sanders. The questions are made in real-time during the congress and scores are awarded.
In the end, the winning team (of 2 participants) will get the opportunity to go on an internship in an international cooperation mission in Africa and the chance to participate in the project “Saúde para Todos” with medical teams from Instituto Marquês Valle Flôr.
For further information please read the Rules of Procedure
Dr. Lisa Sanders is a clinician educator in the Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program. In addition to her work as a physician and teacher, she writes the popular Diagnosis column for the New York Times Magazine and the Think Like a Doctor column featured in the New York Times blog, The Well. Her column was the inspiration for the Fox program House MD (2004-2012) and she served as a consultant to the show. In 2010 published a book titled Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis. Currently she is collaborating with the New York Times on an 8 hour documentary series on the process of diagnosis, currently available on Netflix.
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No. Any medical student who is a participant of the iMed Conference can participate. However, please note that the questions will be mostly based on clinical reasoning, and they will be the same for all participants, regardless of their curricular year.
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The winning team will be awarded a two-week internship in an international cooperation mission in Africa and will participate in the project “Saúde Para Todos” with medical teams from “Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr” (IMVF).
The 1st runner-up and 2nd runner ups will be awarded subscriptions to Educational Platforms.
The Fundação AstraZeneca Innovate Competition is part of the iMed Conference® Lisbon 2022. Every year, the iMed Conference® encourages young students and scientists to present their work and findings to a panel of renowned scientists and our participants.
The winning projects in Basic and Translational Research will be awarded a Research Grant, of a total value of 8 000 €.
This year’s submission period is now open.
If you are an undergraduate college or master’s degree student and you are involved in a scientific research project in life sciences and have plenty of innovative ideas, then this competition is for you!
In order to participate in this competition, you must read the Rules of Procedure, as well as the models for the documents needed to apply here. The abstract can be submitted by one or two students. You can submit your abstract between February 6th and March 26th!
And send your application here.
For further information please read the documents in this folder or contact us at innovate.competition@imedconference.org
Basic Research
Oral: Leonor Lameira
Poster: Miguel Costa
Translational Research
Oral: Ana Oliveira
Poster: Adriana Capucho