First Medtronic Interdisciplinary Healthcare Case Competition engages University of Minnesota students in solving healthcare problems
MINNEAPOLIS – (April 28, 2009) – Student teams in the first Medtronic Interdisciplinary Healthcare Case Competition used collaboration and classroom learning to solve a real-life strategy problem currently faced by the medical device industry. The competition was held April 17-23 and sponsored by Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) and the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Designed to support innovation and leadership in the healthcare and medical device industries, the competition involved graduate students from the University’s Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA), Master of Science in Management of Technology (MOT), and Master of Public Policy (MPP) programs as well as the Law School, Institute of Technology, and Medical School.
“The competition provided student participants with a rare opportunity to network and learn together, while producing innovative solutions that draw on their respective fields of expertise and study,” says Steve Parente, associate professor of finance and academic director of the Medical Industry Leadership Institute at the Carlson School. “We expect the event to grow to include graduate students in other academic areas as well as students from outside the University.”
The Medical Industry Leadership Institute puts executives, physicians, students, and academic leaders in touch with the latest trends in the medical industry through MBA education, executive education, research, and market development. The Institute’s student association developed the idea of an interdisciplinary healthcare case competition and gained the financial support of Medtronic as a corporate sponsor of the event.
During this debut competition, eight graduate student teams competed. Composed of three to six members, each team had at least one MBA, one MHA and one MPH student on its roster. Every team had 36 hours to analyze a case and prepare a presentation. During the first round of presentations, student teams presented their findings to faculty judges from the University of Minnesota. Next, the three top teams moved on to the final round of competition and presented to a panel of Medtronic executives at Medtronic World Headquarters. This year’s winners and their graduate degree programs were:
• First-place team: Eric Henningsen, MBA; Sarah Klawitter, MPH; Kaustubh Patil, MS: Scott Tran, MHA/MBA; Ylan Kazi, MHA; and Niketa Walawalkar, MPH.
• Second-place team: Ryan Chaquette, MHA/MBA; Joseph Pham, MPH; Michelle Sotak, MBAk John Reed, MBA; and Christina Small, MBA.
• Third-place team: Eric Barrette, PhD Health Services Research, Policy & Admin; Kate Bautch, MBA; Katie Tastad, MPH; Varun Garg, MHA; Peter Graven, PhD HPM; and German Mendivil, MBA.
About the Carlson School of Management
The Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota is a world-class educational institution located in the heart of the Minneapolis/St. Paul business community, which is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies whose leaders engage regularly with the school. The mission of the Carlson School is to discover transformative knowledge about the issues faced by organizations and managers in a dynamic global economy and to create exceptional learning and career opportunities by facilitating an engaged and integrated community of scholars, students, and practitioners. The Carlson School has over 5,000 students, 7 degree programs, 107 tenure-track faculty, and more than 50,000 alumni in a network that spans the globe. For more information, visit carlsonschool.umn.edu.
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