Penn State Health Administration Case Competition

Practice reading cases together as a team and putting together a slide presentation based on the details of the case. You can review Harvard Business Review cases or ask the librarian or your faculty for a couple of cases in healthcare organizations.

Key practice points are:

• A clear synopsis of the case,
• issues to be addressed, and
• solutions/recommendations

Also it is very helpful to practice presenting your slide deck together to get a sense of when to handoff to each other, how quickly you speak (everyone starts fast), who is best at explaining key points, etc. We do not have recordings of our prior case competitions, you may be able to find some on YouTube. 

Other than practicing together how to read and summarize cases, practicing the public speaking/presentation part is the key prep. Some teams practice 2 or 3 times, some go up to 6.

You will have from 8 a.m. when you get the case to 11:59 that night to submit your answer, so the more you practice reading a case together, and crafting a solution, the better. 

We don't know yet but we are limiting the number to 20 teams per category (Undergrad, First Year Masters, and online Masters).

First round judges will be alumni and faculty from the MHA program at University Park. Final round judges will be from the case sponsor.

Judging criteria includes:

• your presentation style, i.e., how comfortable are you presenting the solution you have created,
• the quality of your slides, i.e., are they clear, do they support what you are saying and help to explain your solution (free of spelling errors, good design, not too many words per slide), and
• the feasibility of your solution, i.e.,  is it reasonable given the facts of the case and does it make business sense

Each final team has the chance to win money.  

• 1st place: $1500 
• 2nd place: $1050 
• 3rd place: $600 

You are welcome to have 2 or 3 members of a Team, but no less than 2 and no more than 4.

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No. If you need to change details on your registration , please e-mail and we will do it.

Yes, students who are in other health programs or that have a focus in healthcare may sign-up. For example, MBA programs with a health concentration or Master of Public Health Programs.

PSU is not able to receive a PO for payment. We can accept  checks, or credit card payments.

Yes, just mark TBD for the student name and e-mail Ms. Daphne Mark (dlm79@psu.edu) once you have the information.

Yes. Business casual for the work day. Business Professional for all presentations.

Yes.

That is up to your team. We prefer teams be on camera but from where, is up to you.

Yes.

No.

Yes. Undergraduate students may participate on MHA teams, but the team category will be determined by the highest level of represented in the team, i.e., MHA, online MHA.