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White Paper

 

The White Paper Competition comprises of 2 components; a white paper and a promotional video. The presentation would be dependent on the public reception to the promotional video.

 

 

Competition Instructions

 

Write a White Paper

 

Write a white paper proposing a public health policy change with regard to the geriatric population in your own nation. Such a white paper should include recommendations for the society as a whole as well as that targeted specifically at medical students.

 

A white paper is an authoritative report or guide helping readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. They are usually documents produced by the Government setting out details of future policy on a particular subject and used to gain feedback, before formally presenting the policy as a Bill.

 

Proposed content

  • Define a health condition of significance to the geriatric population in your country, including the epidemiology of the involved condition

  • Explore the status quo of the health condition in your country

  • Identify the problem(s) involved and the associated country’s policy/policies to target this problem(s)

  • Assess the effectiveness of your country’s policy/policies regarding this issue

  • Suggest either:

    • How to improve the policy OR

    • Suggest a new policy

  • The use of graphs and charts are permissible in the white paper

 

 

Trailer for White Paper

 

Based on the white paper that your chapter has worked on, come up with a promotional video/trailer to be screened to the delegates and judges at your conference.

 

  • Make a video to advertise your White Paper to all delegates.

  • Suggested Content: Reflective of your White Paper content (Status quo of health condition, problems and effectiveness of policy/policies, proposed changes) You are not limited to the suggested content.

  • The top 8 trailers (determined by popular vote after screening at the conference) will have the chance to present their white paper to a panel of judges and the delegates to compete for the overall top white paper award.

 

 

Oral Presentation

 

  1. Only the top 8 trailers (votes from all delegates and judges) will get to present their white paper.

  2. Aim of the presentation: Explain the content of the white paper.

    • Introduce the chosen health condition

    • Explain the status quo of the health condition

    • Identify problems with targeted policy/policies

    • Assess the effectiveness of these policy/policies

    • Your proposal of an improved or new policy

 

 

Judging Criteria

 

White Paper and Trailer

 

White Paper

Judges’ evaluation for White Paper: 100%

  • Accurate identification of problem, policies related and rigor of evaluation of policies: 40%

  • Proposal of improved or new policy including the originality: 30%

  • Evidence-based: 20%

  • Presentation including the style and language: 10%
     

Trailer

  • Delegates’ votes: 80%

  • Judges’ evaluation: 20%

Prizes will be given to the “Best Overall Trailer”.

Top 8 trailers will have the chance to present their white paper to a panel of judges (oral presentation)

 

Oral Presentation

Judges’ evaluation: 100%

  • Content: 30%

  • Clarity: 40%

  • Question & Answer (Q&A): 30%

Prizes will be given to the “Best Oral Presentation Award”.

Based on the cumulative judging from all the 3 segments, prizes will be given to the top 3 White Papers.

 

 

Entry Requirement & Guidelines

 

White Paper

 

  1. File format: Microsoft word document (.doc or .docx) or PDF format (.pdf)

  2. Language: English only (If local words are used, English translations must be provided

  3. Document format

    • Limited to 6 pages (including appendix)

    • Margins: top 2.00cm, bottom 2.00cm, left 1.50cm, right 1.50cm

    • Font: Times New Roman

    • Font size: 11

    • Line spacing: single

  4. Tables and Figures 

    • Must be individually provided in separate files

    • Illustrations should be saved in JPEG or TIFF files - File name

    • Tables: “Paper-Country-Table #(number)” (e.g. “Paper-Singapore-Table #2

    • Figures: “Paper-Country-Figure #(number)” (e.g. “Paper-Singapore-Figure #1) - Photographs’ resolution should be 300 dpi

    • Compression must be set to maximum quality to prevent pixelated appearance

  5. Name of Regional Chairperson & Director of authors and contact information of them (e-mail address & phone number)

  6. File name: “Paper – Full paper – Country” (e.g. Paper – Full paper – Singapore)

 

 

Trailer

 

  1. Make an interesting video (maximum 3 min) that is reflective of your White Paper, including the proposed improvement/policy. Note that any videos with offensive images/scenes will be automatically disqualified and will not be screened. English subtitles are required for all dialogues. The video should be in .avi or .mov format.

  2. The videos will be screened to all delegates. Voting by all delegates will take place after all the videos have been screened. The final score will be contributed by popular votes (80%) and judges’ votes (20%). The top 8 videos (determined by voting) will have the chance to present to a panel of judges for a chance to win “Best Presentation Award”.

  3. The total score from the White Paper and the video will be added to determine the “Best Overall White Paper and Video” award. Prizes will also be given to the first and second runner-ups.

 

 

Oral Presentation

 

  1. File Format: Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt or .pptx)

  2. Language: English only

  3. Length – 6 minutes of presentation, 4 minutes of Q&A

  4. Maximum number of presenters: 3

 

 

Submission Procedure & Deadline

 

  1. The complete White Paper should be submitted by May 22nd 2015.

  2. The Regional Chairperson of each region should be in-charge of collecting the abstract and paper, and submit to AMSC 2015 at competitions.amsc2015@gmail.com

  3. Email should be titled: [Public Health] White Paper & Video Submission – Country

  4. The completed video should be stored in a thumbdrive or CD and submitted to the registration team at AMSC Singapore 2015 on arrival.

 

 

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