THE PHILIPPINE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

INTERHospital MEDICAL QUIZ CONTEST

(YEAR 17) FY 2010 - 2011

CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

I.          OBJECTIVES

1.         To develop camaraderie among the training residents of the different training hospitals/institutions.
2.         To update residents as well as clinicians in practice on the recent trends in internal medicine.
3.         To develop competitiveness among the training residents and in so doing, inspire them to study harder for their future endeavors.

II.        DESCRIPTION

1.         An annual event consisting of nine (9) elimination rounds and culminating in a final round to be held during the PCP annual convention on the month of May.
2.         The event will involve all the PCP-accredited residency training hospitals in the country (hospitals with 6 or more residents per hospitals).
3.         The mechanism, rules and regulation for the medical quiz contest was formulated and continually being amended by the PCP Committee on Medical Quiz (CMQ).

III.       MECHANICS

1.         Each participating team will be composed of 3 regular members and 1 official alternate member.  The members should be bona fide resident- physicians of the Department of Medicine of their respective hospitals.  Contestants should be medical resident currently in training at the time of the contest and should not have graduated from residency at the time of the subsequent PCP annual convention.

2.         Travel and transportation arrangements to be covered by Pfizer, Inc. shall be limited to the 3 regular team members and 1 official coach.   Should any of the regular team members not be able to participate in an elimination round, the alternate is designated to take that member’s place. The committee must be officially informed of the change before the scheduled elimination round.

3.         The participating hospitals/institutions must have a training program accredited by the PCP and must have at least 6 training residents to qualify for the contest.

4.         The questions will cover the following fields of internal medicine

5.         The framing of the questions for the contest shall be the responsibility of the CMQ.  The official reference textbook shall be the Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th Edition.  In preparing the questions, the specific reference section including the page location will be indicated for each question.

6.         A total of 350 (multiple-choice type) questions will be prepared, the distribution of which shall be based on the categories used in the PCP Written Certifying Examinations.

7.        The composition of the Metro Manila groupings was randomly selected.

8.        ONLY CONTESTANTS PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE START OF THE QUIZ CONTEST SHALL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE.

9.        Participants from hospitals/institutions who have confirmed their participation but did not show up during their scheduled participation will be penalized by not being allowed to participate in the quiz contest the following year unless a letter stating a valid reason(s) for the non-appearance is submitted and approved by the committee.

10.      The questions will be read aloud and repeated once.  Each team will be given 5 seconds to give their corresponding answer.  All answer will be announced and each correct answer will be given a score of one.

11.      In the final round, there will be 20 questions. A correct answer will be given a score of one.  A wrong answer will be given a minus one. A team which chooses not to answer will be given a score of zero. Within this round, there will be 3 questions, which will be picked, that will be given a score of two if the answer is correct. A wrong answer will still be given a minus one and No answer will be given zero score.

12.       Should any team choose to contest an answer, the matter shall be referred to the Board of Judges whose decision shall be considered final.  The Team Captain shall be the official spokesperson of the Team.

13.       In the regional level, the top 5 teams with the highest scores after the elimination round will compete in the final round.  In this final round of the regional level eliminations, only the top team will advance to the Grand Finals.

14.       In the event of a tie during the final round of the regional level eliminations, 5 more questions will be asked to determine the winner.   The rules of the final round of right minus wrong will apply to the 5 questions.  In case of a tie after the 5^th question, there will be a sudden death question.  All teams will be required to answer.   The first team with an exclusive correct answer will be declared winner.

15.       The top winner of the regional level elimination will advance to the Grand Finals which shall be held during Annual Convention of the PCP.

16.       The Grand Finals will also consist of elimination and a final round.  There will be nine (9) competing teams (composed of the top teams from each of the regional level eliminations) in the Grand Finals.  In the elimination round of the Grand Finals, 30 questions will be asked to determine the top five (5) finalists who will advance to the final round.  The final round will consist of 20 questions.

17.       In the event of a tie during the final round of the Grand Finals, 5 more questions will be asked to determine the winner.   The rules of the final round of right minus wrong will apply to the 5 questions.  In case of a tie after the 5^th question, there will be a sudden death question.  All teams will be required to answer.   The first team with an exclusive correct answer will be declared winner.

18.       The team members and team coaches of the top 5 winning hospitals/institutions (Champion, Second to Fifth Runner-Up) of the Grand Finals will receive individual glass trophies. Likewise, the Department of Medicine of the top 3 winning hospitals/institutions will also receive cash awards and glass trophies while the rest of the participating hospitals/institutions will just receive glass trophies.

SCHEDULE OF ELIMINATION ROUNDS *

FIRST ELIMINATION ROUND - GMA GROUP 1                      

Date     :           September 18, 2010 (Saturday)
Time    :           1:00 p.m.
Venue  :           UERM MMC (College Auditorium)

SECOND ELIMINATION ROUND - GMA GROUP 2  

Date     :           October 21, 2010 (Thursday)
Time    :           5:00 p.m.
Venue  :           NKTI (Dr. F. Alano Auditorium)

THIRD ELIMINATION ROUND - WESTERN VISAYAS                          

Date     :           November 13, 2010 (Saturday)
Time    :           1:00 p.m.
Venue  :           Bacolod or IloIlo (Hotel Del Rio)

FOURTH ELIMINATION ROUND - LUZON 1                                

Date     :           December 4, 2010 (Saturday)
Time    :           1:00 p.m.
Venue  :           Holiday Inn Hotel Mimosa, Pampanga

FIFTH ELIMINATION ROUND - LUZON 2                        

Date     :           December 4, 2010 (Saturday)
Time    :           1:00 p.m.
Venue  :           Holiday Inn Hotel Mimosa, Pampanga

SIXTH ELIMINATION - MINDANAO

Date     :           January 15, 2011 (Saturday)
Time    :           1:00 p.m.
Venue  :           Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City

SEVENTH ELIMINATION ROUND - CENTRAL &   EASTERN VISAYAS

Date     :           February 19, 2011 (Saturday)
Time    :           1:00 pm
Venue  :           Marco Polo Hotel, Cebu City

EIGHTH ELIMINATION ROUND - GROUP 3                              

Date     :           March 19, 2011 (Saturday)
Time    :           1:00 pm
Venue  :           VMMC (Valdez Hall)

NINETH ELIMINATION - GROUP 4                          

Date    :           March 26, 2011 (Saturday)
Time    :           1:00 pm
Venue  :           St. Luke’s Medical Center (CHBC 14^th flr.)

GRAND FINALS                  
    Date    :           May 2011
    PCP Annual Convention

* Schedules may be subject to change

GROUPINGS FOR THE ELIMINATION ROUNDS

FIRST ELIMINATION ROUND

Date    :           September 18, 2010 (Saturday)            
Venue  :           UERM MMC (College Auditorium)

GMA GROUP 1

SECOND ELIMINATION ROUND

Date    :           October 21, 2010 (Thursday)            
Venue  :           NKTI (Dr. Filoteo Alano Auditorium)

GMA GROUP 2

THIRD ELIMINATION ROUND

Date    :           November 13, 2010 (Saturday)
Venue  :           Bacolod or IloIlo City , Hotel Del Rio

WESTERN VISAYAS

FOURTH ELIMINATION ROUND

Date    :           December 4, 2010 (Saturday)
Venue  :           Holiday Inn Hotel, Mimosa Pampanga

LUZON 1

FIFTH ELIMINATION ROUND

SIXTH ELIMINATION ROUND

SEVENTH ELIMINATION ROUND

EIGTHTH ELIMINATION ROUND

 NINTH ELIMINATION ROUND