Pfizer Synthesis Essay Resources

The following resources are provided to help applicants with their synthesis essay portion of the AMCP Foundation/Pfizer, Inc. Managed Care Summer Internship application.  

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.

 
The health plan you work for is very interested to address SDOH risk factors. There is limited knowledge in the team on what the next best steps are and the role of the health plan in addressing SDOH risk factors. You have been asked to propose a plan to address SDOH risk factors as a health plan. 

Create a report describing the process of developing a program to address SDOH challenges. The report would include 

• Describe which SDOH risk factors(s) you would target
• Describe phases of program (since this is a new program, it is likely going to have different phases) 
• Identify external stakeholders who would be potential collaborators 
• Explore strategies to address identified SDOH risk factors(s) from a health plan perspective
• Explore literature to identify interventions adopted by other health plans and its associated outcomes 

You will prepare 2 deliverables highlighting the items discussed above. These deliverables include

1. Deliverables 
   1. Executive Summary (no more than 250 words) 
   2.  Implementation Strategy 
2. In Bullet points 
3. 3-5 bullets and no more than 5 sub-bullets 
4. Note: 
   1. Be brief and to the point
   2. Include at least 2 scientific references (peer-reviewed) from your literature search 
   3. Cite in APA format

(**Please no doctoral dissertations – the judges will not read it. Be brief and to the point.)

Questions?