by Dr Stephanie Bull
As part of its commitment to promoting conversations between students studying healthcare across the globe, MEdIC have created a Global Creative Competition. Initially established in 2020, the competition invited students to understand and reflect on the global COVID-19 pandemic. Further iterations of the competition have focussed on the themes of: Global Unity (2022) and the United Nations Sustainability goals (2024) reflecting international priorities. In 2024 the competition was also opened to all healthcare profession students from across the globe to reflect the multidisciplinary nature of healthcare delivery globally.
Students were asked to produce creative work and to submit a reflection about what their work meant to them personally and professionally.
In 2024 we had hundreds of applications which were shortlisted by a panel of judges and experts to our finalists. An awards ceremony provided an opportunity for healthcare students from both low- and high-income countries to celebrate our finalists and engage in knowledge conversations on topics that are important to the transformational change of global health systems. The finalists from 2024 will be taking part in a panel discussion in March 2024 and we are working to develop a digital exhibition of their work to further showcase their achievements.