Now more than ever, we need students engaged in improving healthcare access, delivery, and quality. The Medical Care Blog is committed to elevating student voices on these and other public health topics. To encourage excellent student blog posts, we are sponsoring a blogging competition with the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association. Our first competition in 2021 was a wonderful success with some excellent winners! Check out the winning posts here.
Any student currently enrolled in a degree-granting program is eligible to submit a blog post on a topic of their choice that would be relevant to readers of this blog or our sponsoring journal, Medical Care. We are open to submissions relevant to current or ongoing healthcare delivery and public health issues. We publish reactions to new developments in the health policy world, research synopses and analyses, interviews with practitioners and researchers, and commentaries from health services researchers, clinicians, public health practitioners, policymakers, and analysts.Entries should be approximately 700-1200 words in length and submitted via our contact form by June 30th, 2023. Five outstanding submissions will be recognized with an “Outstanding Student Blog Post” award and prizes ranging from $100 to $350. Entries will be judged by a panel of reviewers who belong to the Medical Care Section. All entries will be considered for publication on the blog, but the final decision to publish is at the editors’ discretion. Regardless of the decision to publish, authors retain the copyright for their material.
Interested in joining the competition? Check our FAQ page and then submit your post and a brief bio via our contact form. We hope to hear from you!
Jess Williams
Associate Professor at The Pennsylvania State University
Jessica A. Williams, PhD, MA is an Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration at The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Williams has been a member of the editorial board since 2013. Her research examines how workplace psychosocial factors affect the health and well-being of employees. Specifically, she investigates the role of pain in work disability and well-being. In addition, she researches the utilization of preventive medical services. She holds a Doctorate in Health Policy and Management from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, a Master's in Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a BA in economics from Stanford University.