Intervarsity Competition: Communicating Evidence to Empower Informed Decision-Making

As part of the anniversary celebration, Cochrane Malaysia organized an intervarsity competition aimed at engaging undergraduate healthcare students in promoting evidence-based decision-making. The competition invited students to create short videos demonstrating how Cochrane evidence can be applied in clinical settings.

In total, 12 teams from 6 universities participated. All teams attended a workshop, which included a quiz. The final scores combined quiz results and video evaluations.

Champion:

The Alkchemy from Universiti Malaya

Team Members:

Naylee Izzati Binti Zamri

Mohamad Nur Firdaus Bin Zulkifli

Khadijah Binti Zun ‘Arif Hakim

View video here https://youtu.be/vNZwlMOFwDA

Second Prize:

The Hutan Plotters from IMU University

Team Members:

Lee Min Ci

Loo Nien Loong

Hamzah Bin Ryaz Patel

View video here https://youtu.be/fcufSuhk6Kw

Consolation Prizes:

Cochrane Crusaders from RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus

Team Members:

Nurfarah Nazira Binti Mazeri

Ainatul Soraya Binti Ramzani

Brady Chua Yuan Ken

View video here https://youtu.be/5DaVDV5dnfg

123 Myth Busters from MAHSA University

Team Members:

Charlene Ooi Chiao Ling

Joanne Tan Siaw Ling

Ellysa Leong Teng Shan

View video here https://youtu.be/8YD561cxuo0

MUCM Tooth Troopers from Manipal University College Malaysia

Team Members:

Akaaljoth Kaur a/p Harjindar Singh

Karthigga Krishna Rajaratnam

Visalini Kolanda Kavandan

View video here https://youtu.be/Ejk4V4gCu54

Congratulations to all the winners!

We thank all participants for their hard work and dedication. We hope that the skills they developed through this competition are invaluable and encourage them to continue honing these skills and remain engaged in promoting evidence-based healthcare.