The Young Talents in Internal Medicine: World Contest is a competition focused on the best clinical case descriptions (case reports, abstracts, and posters) for young internists. Each country can be represented by up to 10 submissions. The contest is divided into two modules: in-person and virtual.

• In-person module: This includes the top 20 presentations (top-ranked) and poster presentations. Authors present their cases in front of a global audience and answer questions from experts.
• Virtual module: This is based on submissions only, without in-person presentations.

Winners are announced during the Award Ceremony. Prizes include certificates, publication opportunities, free participation in future events, and monetary awards for the top submissions.

Young Talents in Internal Medicine: World Contest 2025 (“Contest”) is organized by the Polish Institute for Evidence Based Medicine (Krakow, Poland) and McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada) in collaboration with national societies of internal medicine and medical universities from around the world.

This contest has the following key objectives:

• Enhance competencies of young doctors in the realms of problem-based learning and evidence-based medicine
• Promote talented young internists from around the world
• Disseminate current medical knowledge through clinical case reports
• Improve the quality of medical education and health care globally

The Contest is for internal medicine specialists or trainees in internal medicine up to 35 years of age. Students’ submissions will not be considered.

To make a valid submission, a participant must (1) submit their case report during the submission period through the Online Submission System (www.submit.piebm.org) and (2) pay the registration fee. The Organizers do not cover any expenses incurred on the part of participants.

A participant can be listed as the first author of no more than 1 submitted case report.

Authors should provide their ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID; www.orcid.org) if available.

In-person

In-person participation mode is a presentation of case reports in person, either as posters or short lectures (top 20 cases). Participants are required to pay the in-person participation fee in the amount of €225 by February 20, 2025.

The fee includes:

• Participation in the Contest
• MIRCIM in-person participation (3 days with lunch)
• Certificate of participation in the Contest
• Digital poster display on the MIRCIM website and venue displays during the event
• Publication in the Book of Abstracts in the journal Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

If a participant switches from in-person to virtual participation, the price difference will be refunded.

Virtual

Virtual participation mode is for first authors of submissions who cannot participate in the Contest in person. Awards will be given to the 3 submissions with the highest scores from the jury. Participants are required to pay the virtual participation fee in the amount of €95 (nonrefundable) by February 20, 2025.

The fee includes:

• Participation in the Contest
• 3-day MIRCIM virtual access
• Certificate of participation in the Contest
• Digital poster display on the MIRCIM website and venue displays during the event
• Publication in the Book of Abstracts in the journal Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

Country Representation

Each country can enter up to 10 submissions in total, including in-person and virtual participants.
Each Executive Partner is entitled to independently endorse up to 3 submissions regardless of the total number of entries from a given country. 
A maximum of 2 submissions per country can be qualified for the top 20 presentations.

National Society Endorsements

Societies of internal medicine interested in becoming MIRCIM partners can contact the Organizing Committee at mircim@piebm.org. A partnership is valid until cancelled by any of the parties in writing. Partnerships considered valid for the Contest have to be confirmed in writing by February 20, 2025.

University Endorsements

In the rare case where a participant represents a country without a national society of internal medicine or where the national society of internal medicine is not a MIRCIM partner, endorsement can be provided by a MIRCIM partner university. Each partner university can endorse up to 3 case reports. A single country can have a maximum of 3 partner universities acting as endorsing partners. Partnerships are established in the order of application. Additionally, each partner university can submit 1 extra case report (4 in total), but if the total number of submissions from a country exceeds 10, the organizers reserve the right to select the 10th submission.

Case Report Selection and Endorsement Letters

Reports are selected by a MIRCIM partner society/university (eg, through an internal qualification process). The endorsement letter from a MIRCIM partner must include the case report title and authors and must be signed by a MIRCIM partner representative. See the template here.

Authors are required to include the endorsement letter from a MIRCIM partner society/university when submitting their case report.

Jury Representation

A representative will be invited to join the Jury from each MIRCIM partner society/university that endorsed at least 1 case report.

All reviewers, jury members and non-voting experts are eminent experts in the field of medicine. A list of reviewers, jurors and experts will be presented on youngtalents.one in May 2025.

Reviewers

The Organizers will delegate at least 3 reviewers to evaluate all the submitted case reports. Reviewers have the voting rights and select the top 20 presentations and the virtual module winners.

Jury

Up to 5 members delegated by the Organizers and 1 member per MIRCIM partner society/university participating in the Contest. Jury members have the voting rights.

Non-voting Experts

Non-voting experts chosen by the Organizers will be asking questions to the presentation and providing commentary. The experts have no voting rights.

Case Report Review Process

Accepted case reports will be evaluated by reviewers based on the following criteria, each scored from 0 to 5 points:

• Overall clinical interest and educational value
• Course of the case (methods used to establish diagnosis, relevant treatments and outcomes etc.)
• Practical and technical aspects of the presentation (clarity, language, figures etc.)
• Uniqueness/novelty

Scoring: Top 20 Presentations

Each Jury member selects their top 5 presentations, assigning scores from 5 (top choice) to 1 (fifth choice). Points are then summed up, and the top 3 highest-scoring submissions receive the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards. In the event of a tie, the Jury will determine the winner through discussion.

Scoring: Poster Presentations

All poster presentations will be evaluated by each Jury member based on the overall clinical value, scoring from 0 to 10 points. The 3 middle scores are added to determine the final score.

I National Preselection and Contest Submissions (until Feb 20, 2025)

Submission must be accompanied by an endorsement letter from a MIRCIM partner (scan/photo uploaded to the system).  The internal qualification process, including relevant deadlines, is determined by individual MIRCIM partners and not regulated in any way by the Organizers. →Partners, endorsement letters, country representations

Submissions must be made via the Online Submission System by February 20, 2025. Submissions sent by email will not be accepted.

Submissions must include a full-length case report and abstract. →Guidelines on preparing case reports

Participants are required to select a participation mode (in-person or virtual) when making the submission. Submission payment must be completed by February 20, 2025. →Participation options and fees

II Review and Result Announcement (Feb 21 – Apr 1, 2025)

All successfully submitted case reports will be evaluated by reviewers. →Assessment and scoring criteria

The highest-scoring case reports submitted by authors participating in person are qualified for the top 20 session and asked to deliver a presentation with slides. The remaining submissions are qualified for poster presentations. If one of the top 20 authors changes their participation mode from in person to virtual, the 21st highest-scored report is advanced to the top 20 qualified for presentation with slides.

The top 3 highest-scored case reports submitted by authors participating virtually will be given awards and acknowledged during the award ceremony.

The presentation schedule will be announced on the MIRCIM website by April 1, 2025.

III Poster and Top 20 Presentation Uploads (Apr 1 – Apr 24, 2025)

Submissions must be completed by uploading posters to the Online Submission System by April 24, 2025. Authors of the top 20 case reports qualified for a presentation with slides have to additionally upload their PowerPoint presentations in the PPTX format.

IV Presentations and Award Ceremony (May 8-10, 2025)

Digital Posters

All accepted case reports will be displayed as digital posters on May 8-10, 2025.

Top 20 Presentations

Authors will present their case reports at a special MIRCIM session on May 8, 2025.
The presentation must not exceed 6 minutes, with the number of slides adjusted accordingly. Each presentation will be followed by 4 minutes of questions/comments from the experts and audience.
Jury members will decide on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place through voting. →Assessment and scoring criteria

Poster Presentations

Authors of case reports qualified for poster presentations are requested to be present by their posters at indicated times on May 8-10, 2025.
The poster presentation must not exceed 3 minutes. Each presentation will be followed by 2 minutes for answering Jury questions.
Jury members will select the 3 best posters through voting. →Assessment and scoring criteria

Award Ceremony

The Contest results will be announced at the award ceremony on May 10, 2025. All authors are requested to attend the ceremony. The Award Ceremony will be broadcast online.

V Publication (May 8, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025)

All abstracts, posters, and recorded presentations will be published on the MIRCIM website.

The journal Polish Archives of Internal Medicine will publish all abstracts in a Book of Abstracts and 6 full-length highest-scored case reports (winners of the top 20 and poster presentations) as separate articles.

Only original unpublished case reports may be submitted.
Case reports should describe an original observation concerning diagnosis, treatment, or both. They should present one of the following:

• Rare conditions
• Unusual presentation or complications of a relatively common condition
• A difficult path to diagnosis
• Cases of high educational value for other reasons

The submission—abstract, case report, and poster—must be in English.
Medical jargon should be avoided.
The use of abbreviations should be limited, with preference for those recognized internationally. Abbreviations should be spelled out at first mention except for those commonly used (eg, ECG).

Structure: see above.
Number of authors: up to 3.
Length: up to 1500 words.
Number of keywords: up to 5.
References: up to 8.
Figures/tables: up to 3 figures and 1 table. High-resolution figures submitted as separate files. Preferred formats are TIFF, EPS, JPG.

Structure: see above.
Number of authors: up to 3.
Length: up to 500 words.
Number of keywords: up to 5.
References: none.
Figures/tables: none allowed.

Size: max. 10 MB
Ratio: 9:16 (vertically)
Resolution: min. 1080 × 1920 px
Format: PDF or JPG

Poster presentations (in-person mode)

The poster presentation must not exceed 3 minutes. Each presentation will be followed by 2 minutes for answering Jury questions.

Slide format: 4:3 aspect ratio and 1024 × 768 px minimum resolution.
Presentations must be saved as a PowerPoint PPTX file.
Use standard Windows fonts only (avoid non-standard and language-specific fonts).
Accepted video formats: MP4 (preferred), WMV, AVI.
Presentations have to be run from a laptop provided by the Organizers. No private devices are allowed.

Young Talents Finals (in-person mode)

The presentation must not exceed 6 minutes, with the number of slides adjusted accordingly. Each presentation will be followed by 4 minutes of questions/comments from the experts and audience.