Interprofessional Student Collaboration at the Med AppJam 2013

Following the success of the inaugural Med AppJam last year, the second annual Med AppJam kicked off on November 8, 2013 with 23 teams comprised of over 130 students from the School of Medicine (SOM) and the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) partnered in interprofessional development teams. The teams collaborated for two weeks to produce mobile iOS apps focused on the competition’s patient education/experience theme. The success of the Med AppJam comes from the unique opportunity for medical students and computer science students to mutually contribute their content expertise to improve the healthcare landscape while expanding their technology literacy and savvy.

The Med AppJam concluded on November 22, 2013 with an Awards Ceremony where the teams presented their apps to a team of judges from industry and academia: Jordan Jones from sponsor Visible Health, Mat Estrada from sponsor Local Splash, Dr. Warren Wiechmann, Dr. Jill Endres and Dr. Julie Youm representing SOM and Nithin Jilla, ICS alumnus. ICS Student Council organizers Audrey Auyang and David Curtis opened the Awards Ceremony with supporting statements from ICS Dean Hal Stern and SOM Senior Associate Dean Oswald Steward after which the winning teams were announced:

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Berry Team (Photo Credit: UC Irvine)

1st Place ($1000 prize): Berry
A diabetes logging app with a simplistic interface to motivate users to engage with their disease
ICS: Karan Sekri, Sheng Xia, Derek Omuro, Tai Cao, Adrien Deguzman
SOM: Mohammad Hajighasemi, MS3; Kevin Gustafson, MS1

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iApp-nea (Photo Credit: UC Irvine)

2nd Place ($500 prize): Iapp-nea
A sleep screening app to allow patients to assess risk for sleep apnea in the comforts of their home
ICS: Dinh Ho, David Chung, Zhonghe Tian, Eelin Lin, Tanisha Bhatti
SOM: Megan Oakes, MS3; Katharina Laus, MS3

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MyFive(+) (Photo Credit: UC Irvine)

3rd Place ($250 prize): My Five(+)
An app that allows storage of vital health information, e.g., age, allergies, medications, contacts, to help paramedics and first responders provide personalized care in an emergency
ICS: Derek Hsieh, Erick Kusnadi, Evan Burke, Govind Rai, Michelle Lim, Frank Lin, Kayla Elias
SOM: Risha Berra, MS1

Check out these great articles for more information on the Med AppJam:

http://www.epatienthealthcare.com/2013/12/02/2013-med-app-jam-at-universtiy-of-california-irvine-uci/#more-28603

http://www.som.uci.edu/news_releases/med-app-jam-II.asp

A presentation on the 2012 Inaugural Med AppJam:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq5hsEPbvsk[/youtube]

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