From: Dan Chan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:29 AM
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Subject: Prehealth Student $10,000 Essay Compeition - MD Connector and Mayo Clinic - Due March 9, 2009

Dear Prehealth Student Advisor,

My name is Dan Chan and I am currently a second year medical student at Mayo Medical School and also a co-founder of MD Connector, a news and networking site for  medical doctors, medical students, and premedical students.  We are excited to announce MD Connector's partnership with Mayo Clinic in sponsoring a health education reform essay contest (details as attached).  This competition is open to all premedical, medical, and allied-health students in the United States and Canada and is free to enter.  Over $10,000 of cash and travel prizes are being awarded as well as the opportunity for finalists to present at the 2009 Health Care Education Symposium in Rochester, MN on April 26-28, 2009.  As our submission deadline of March 9, 2009  is quickly approaching I would ask you to please forward this on to your premedical students as soon as possible, as we believe that they will find this opportunity very worthwhile.  If you have colleagues in allied health professions (nursing, MHA, MPH, etc) we would appreciate it if you could also pass this message along.  We look forward to the participation of your students and wish them luck,

Sincerely,

Dan Chan

The MD Connector Team in partnership with Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center

http://www.mdconnector.org

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MD Connector in partnership with Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center is pleased to announce open registration for the MD Connector 2009 National Competition on Health Education Reform.  This essay competition is open to premedical, medical, and allied health students to stimulate thought, discussion, and innovation on health education reform.  Over $10,000 in cash, travel, and registration prizes will be awarded to competition finalists, as well as the opportunity to present at the 2009 Health Care Education Symposium at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN April 26-28, 2009.  This invitation-only event of national healthcare leaders will be the venue of finalist judging and discussion of proposed ideas.  We welcome you to find out more athttp://www.mdconnector.org about this unique opportunity.  Essay submissions are due by March 9, 2009.

The prompt for the competition is as follows:

In order to create a health care workforce equipped to provide a high-value team approach to coordinated, patient-centered health care, what is the most important change required of the health care education system?