BEST PRACTICES IN
COMMUNITY- ACADEME PARTNERSHIPS
Students’
AVP Contest
BACKGROUND:
The
students’ AVP Contest – Best Practice in Community-Academe Partnership has been
part of the Annual Conference and General Assembly of Philippine Academic
Society of Community Medicine (PASCOM) for some years now. This contest is open
to all medical students currently enrolled in medical schools in the
Philippines as recognized by the Association of Philippine Medical Colleges
(APMC).
OBJECTIVE:
Through
audio-visual presentations done by students, this competition aims to showcase
the best practices in fostering community and academe partnerships in the
country. It will feature the various
community-based projects conducted by medical students in their respective
institutions, that advance and promote
the practice of Community Medicine in the country. It is hoped that through such curricular
activities, medical students will better understand and practice the principles
of Primary Health Care Approach and appreciate its continued relevance when
engaging communities for health development.
MECHANICS:
1.
The contest is open to all medical students duly enrolled in for the past 3
schoolyears (2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019). In addition, all members of the
Production Team must be officially enrolled in the same medical school.
2.
An entry must have been completed in any of the following Academic Years
2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019 and endorsed by a bonafide FACULTY MEMBER
(i.e., active member of PASCOM) involved in Community Medicine of their
respective school.
3.
Each medical school can have no more than two (2) audio-visual presentation
(AVP) entries. Only AVP entries, which have not been featured in other local
festivals and competitions, other than intra-school competitions, are eligible
to join.
4. Entry submissions should include the
following:
·
AVP presentation
o Should be in MP4 format
o Running time must be a
minimum of 5 minutes and a maximum of seven (7) minutes screening time.
o
·
Abstract
o Should be in word file
or document format and not more than 300 words.
o It should be not more
than 300 words with the following contents:
§ Background of the
community-academe partnership to include its objective/s
§ Description of the
project / intervention
§ Outcomes (i.e.,
indicators of success) of the project / intervention
§ Analysis of the community-academe
partnership vis-à-vis the principles of the Primary Health Care Approach
·
Letter of Endorsement from the Dean and/or
Faculty of Preventive, Family and Community Medicine and Public Health (or its
equivalent in the institution) endorsing the entry. Make sure that the letter
has following details are included in the email:
o Project Title
o Name of Academic
Institution
o Names of students/
members of the group and their respective year level
o Contact Details of the
Student Group Leader (i.e., electronic mail address, mobile number, etc.)
5.
Submissions shall be in soft copies under the email subject: PASCOM AVP Contest Entry and should be sent by email through the following
PASCOM officers and their email addresses on or before the deadline for submission on June
7, 2019, Friday, 11:59pm:
6. PRELIMINARY JUDGING will be based on the
following criteria:
·
Clarity
of the presentation
·
Insightful
analysis of the partnership
·
Clear
outcomes of the project in the aspects of health status, health systems and
socio-economic development
·
Demonstration
of community participation in the project
·
Significant
role of students in the attainment of the project’s objectives
·
Sustainability
of the project
7. Entries will be screened and preliminarily
judged by at least THREE (3) INDIVIDUALS from various sectors relevant to
Community Medicine. The TOP ENTRIES
will be chosen to present their AVP during the PASCOM Annual Conference and
General Assembly. Screening or viewing
of the AVPs will not be in any particular order. The TOP ENTRIES will be notified
on or before June 14, 2018.
8.
During the AVP Contest, there will be an OPEN FORUM for inquiries, questions
and comments from the judges and the audience, to be participated by at least
one student representative of the entry.
9.
CRITERIA FOR FINAL JUDGING shall be as follows:
·
Content:
65%
·
Technical
Excellence: 15%
·
Over-All
Impact: 10%
·
Ability
to Answer Questions: 10%
10.
All student entries shall be given Certificates of Participation. Winning TOP THREE AVPs shall be awarded a
Certificate of Recognition and cash prize as follows:
·
First
Place: P3,000.00
·
Second
Place: P2,000.00
·
Third
Place: P1,000.00
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