Clarion Competition
About
What is the Clarion Case Competition?
Interprofessional teams of students compete by presenting a root cause analysis of a fictitious sentinel event to a panel of senior-level health executives. Students compete at the local level, and the winning team goes on to the national competition. Clarion provides students with an opportunity to focus on issues of quality and patient safety in healthcare. Scholarships are available to the top 3 teams in the national competition (see National Case Competition below). Both the local and national components of the competition will be in-person in 2025.
The competition focuses on the professional development of health professional students and allows them to develop in areas of leadership, teamwork, communication, analytical reasoning, conflict-resolution, and business practices. Participation in Clarion leads students to a more sophisticated understanding of the healthcare system in which they will practice.
Case Theme
The topic for the 2025 competition will be released by the University of Minnesota in late January 2025.
2024 Case: Trust, communication and equity in emergency response and preparedness.
2023 Case: Bringing Shared Visits to Primary Care: A Pilot Project at the Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC)
2022 Case: System of Belonging: Healthcare Organizations & Teams During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Local Competition
Tentative Dates for the Local Clarion Competition:
Registration opens : January 2025
Past Clarion judges have included TAMU Health deans and faculty as well as senior-level executives from local health systems.
The winning team of TAMU Health's local competition will go on to represent TAMU Health at the University of Minnesota’s Virtual National Competition on April 11-12, 2025.
National Case Competition
The winning team of TAMU Health's local competition will go on to represent TAMU Health at the University of Minnesota’s National Competition on April 11-12, 2025. The top three teams in the National Case Competition win the Premier Richard Norling Scholarships:
1st place: $7500 team scholarship
2nd place: $5000 team scholarship
3rd place: $2500 team scholarship
The following universities have participated in the National Competition in the past:
Case Western Reserve University
Idaho State University
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine & EIN
Texas A&M University
Thomas Jefferson University
University at Buffalo
University of California - San Francisco
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rhode Island
University of South Florida Health
University of Texas at Austin
University of Virginia School of Nursing
University of Washington
Virginia Commonwealth University
Team Formation
Four students per team - no more than two students from the same profession.
Participants may register as a team or as individuals. Participants who sign up as individuals will be placed on a team based on availability. Teams who register with less than 4 team members will be assigned additional team member(s) to complete the team of 4.
Must represent at least two different professions:
Medicine
Nursing
Pharmacy
Dentistry
Public Health
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Social Work
+ any other medically-related field
Participants must be full-time students at the institution they represent.
Participants may only compete once. Teams must be comprised of new participants annually.
Competition Format
Teams will have 15 minutes to present the results of their case analysis, followed by a 10-minute question and answer (Q&A) period with judges and a 5-minute feedback session.
Registration
Registration opens in January 2025. Be on the lookout!