Eligibility

All teams shall be composed of 3-5 participants, all of whom should be from an accredited graduate program in the US or worldwide. Each participant must be attending his or her respective institution in the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 academic semesters. If a substitute is provided for any team member, the team must inform the organizing committee prior to the competition day and the substitute must participate for the entirety of the event following their entry. Each team must include at least one current MBA student or a team member who already holds an MBA.

 

Competition Rules

All communication with participants, case materials, and presentations will and must be provided in English. All teams must prepare and present on the case provided. All teams are required to abide by the NDAs to ensure the confidentiality of information shared by the sponsor. A panel of judges will select the finalists. Judging panels will be composed of academic and business leaders who are respected for their experience in the healthcare industry. Finalist presentations will be judged by the executive leadership of the sponsor organization, Integrated Dermatology. 

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Scoring Criteria

Scores will be based on the quality and creativity of the proposed solution, quality of presentation, and responses during Q&A, utilization of industry-specific knowledge, etc. The Yale HSI Organizing Committee reserves the right to make minor changes to the score sheet prior to the case presentations. Minor changes include grammatical and material changes to particular questions on the scorecard, not the overall categories of evaluation and their weights.

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Please email yalehsi@gmail.com should you have any questions on competition rules and guidelines.

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Application Process

One team member will fill out the application form found below by 11:59 PM ET, February 2nd. Teams will be notified within a few business days of their acceptance.

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