Competition Information
Registration
The CLARION Student Board has officially launched registration for the 2027 CLARION Local Case Competition, taking place on February 20, 2027!
As part of an interproferssional team, you will compete to create innovative solutions and make recommendations to a panel of judges surrounding a constructed, thought-provoking case.
Team scholarships of up to $3,000 will be granted to the top three winning teams! Further, the first place team at the local case competition will advance to our national competition in April.
We encourage all health professional students to register for the competition! This free, fun, in-depth interprofessional and problem-solving experience will provide students with a unique way to address healthcare issues through a student-driven lens. The case competition is an excellent opportunity to prepare for interprofessional practice and promote leadership and communication skills.
Students will have the option to register individually or as interprofessional teams. Interprofessional teams must consist of 3-4 individuals from at least two professions. Teams will receive a case, and will work together to articulate a solution, presenting their work to a panel of judges.
We encourage students from Duluth, Rochester, St. Cloud, and Twin Cities campuses to participate in this wonderful scholarship opportunity. Make sure to share this information with your peers!
Please note, the average time teams spend on this project is ~20-30 hours total over a few weeks. We encourage students to consider your time availability before registering, as it is difficult to shift teams once assigned.
Important Dates
The CLARION Local 2027 timeline is listed below.
- Registration Opens: Thursday, October 1, 2026
- Information Session: October 14 | Register here!
- Registration Deadline: January 11, 2027
- Local Case Competition Orientation: January 14, 2027
- Case and Guidebook Released: January 15, 2027
- Competition Date: Saturday, February 20, 2027
Participant Information
Registered teams will receive a Case Competition Guidebook, which includes:
- Rules and regulations
- Roles for students and advisors
- Team definitions
- Judging criteria
- Contact information for additional questions
- Technical assistance for team development
Students may register as a team or as an individual. Teams can have 3-4 students and must have representation from at least two different professions. There is a max of two students in the same program per team. If you register as an individual, prior to the case competition, you will be placed with 3-4 other students on a multi-disciplinary team.
Once registration is closed, the student board will finalize and confirm your team. Team adjustments may be made in order to ensure each competing team represents at least two professions. Team assignments will be shared at the local case competition retreat (more information below).
Mandatory Local Case Competition Retreat
Agenda
- Team Assignments
- Receive Case and Guidebook
- Review Competition Rules
- Former Participant Panel
*All registered University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Cloud, Rochester, and Duluth students must attend. If you cannot make the retreat but wish to participate in the case competition, you must contact us in advance and exceptions may be made on a case by case basis and a make-up session is required.*
Please email [email protected] with questions.
Local Competition Award Information
- 1st place (shared award): $3,000
- 2nd place (shared award): $2,000
- 3rd place (shared award): $1,000
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Team Composition and Rules
Four students per team - no more than two students from the same profession.
Must represent at least two different health professions (see examples below) and no more than 2 of the same professions on each team:
- Audiology
- BA/MD (Junior & Seniors Only)
- Dental Hygiene (Juniors & Seniors Only)
- Dental Therapy
- Dentistry (DDS)
- Dietetics
- Healthcare Administration (Public Health-MHA)
- Integrative Health & Wellbeing Coaching
- Medical Laboratory Sciences (Juniors & Seniors Only)
- Medicine
- Mortuary Science (Juniors & Seniors Only)
- Nursing - BSN (Juniors & Seniors Only)
- Nursing - DNP
- Nursing - MN
- Nursing - PhD
- Occupational Therapy
- Pathways Program through the Pre-Health Student Resource Center (Juniors & Seniors Only)
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Public Health
- Social Work
- Speech Language Pathology
- Veterinary Medicine
*If you have a prior health professional degree, you are able to participate. However, you are only representing the current program you are enrolled in (e.g., A nurse completing a Master of Public Health would represent Public Health, not nursing)
Participants must be full-time students at the institution they represent. Please note: Full-time students who are also employed in professional leadership positions are not eligible to compete. Exceptions will be reviewed by the CLARION Executive Board on an individual basis.
Local retreat attendance is mandatory for every team member on the University of Minnesota campuses. We recommend that each University host their own retreat to support participating students from your institution. If you would like general information on how the U of M hosts this event please contact the CLARION Board at [email protected].
Team members will share the entire prize as listed.
Congratulations to the 2026 Local CLARION Winners!
First Place:
Sankhya Chintakrinda (Medicine), Ayesha Saif (Public Health), Megan Mader (Public Health)
Second Place:
Fathia Warsame (Healthcare Administration), Hayad Mohamed (Biological Sciences (MBS)), & Khadija Mohamed (Public Health)
Third Place:
Andrew Le (Healthcare Administration), Adhi Suresh Kumar (Dentistry), & Anita Tamang (Public Health)