Evaluation
Evaluation Criteria
Every submission is scored on 100 points, with an ethics gate applied before any scientific scoring. Each entry is assessed independently by three evaluators, and the official score is the arithmetic mean of the completed assessments.
- 0120 pts
Clinical Impact
Care, outcomes, safety or cost changed within the Ministry.
- 0215 pts
Importance of the Question
A real, unmet need for Ministry patients.
- 0310 pts
Originality
A new question, setting, method, or first local evidence.
- 0410 pts
Dissemination & Influence
Reach, adoption in guidelines, and standing of the outlet.
- 0535 pts
Method Quality & Reporting
Design, bias control, analysis, data quality and reproducibility. Minimum 18 points required to place.
- 0610 pts
Ethics & Integrity
Consent, data governance, disclosure and integrity of reporting.
Method Quality & Reporting must reach a minimum of 18 of 35 for an entry to place. Evaluation is confidential: evaluators and judges are bound to maintain the confidentiality of submitted information and data, and applicant identity is withheld from evaluators.
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