A. Eligibility: This Contest is open to persons eighteen (18) years of age or older who, at the time of entry, are legal residents of the fifty (50) the United States and the District of Columbia (“Contest Area”) and currently enrolled and in good standing in a physician assistant (“PA”), medical doctor (“MD”) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (“DO”) degree program at an accredited institution in the Contest Area. Entries received from persons residing in geographic areas in which entry is not permissible will be disqualified. Employees and independent contractors of Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. (“Sponsor”), Take the Wind S.A. and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates and subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies (collectively, “Sponsor Partners”), and their family members are not eligible for the Contest. For purposes of this Contest, “family members” is defined as spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents and grandchildren, whether as "in-laws", or by current or past marriage, remarriage, adoption, co-habitation or other familial extension, and any other persons residing at the same household location, whether or not related.
No purchase or entry fee necessary to enter or win. Any purchases will not improve eligible entrants’ chances of winning. Age eighteen (18) or older. Void in all jurisdictions other than those stated above, and where prohibited.
B. How to Enter Contest, Agreement to Official Rules, and Notification:The Contest is a clinical competition that provides students with the opportunity to test their ability to think critically in emergency or consultation situations by completing specified tasks using the Body Interact advanced simulation platform (“Simulator”). Each entrant (“Entrant”) must consist of a team of a minimum of one (1) student and up to a maximum four (4) students meeting all eligibility requirements (each team member, an “Eligible Entrant” and together “Eligible Entrants”). To enter the Contest, Entrant must, during the Contest Period, complete all of the following (“Entry Requirements”):
- Submit an entry using the enclosed online entry form on the landing page accessible at: https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/lippincott-medicine/medical-education/body-interact-virtual-patient-care-simulator/body-interact-student-challenge-registration
- Timely respond to contact from the Sponsor’s sales representative (“Sponsor Rep”) designated for the Entrants’ schools to schedule a time for Entrant’s team to receive access to the Simulator.
- Complete the specified tasks in the Simulator.
The Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on October 14, 2024 and ends at 11:59 p.m. eastern time on November 15, 2024 (the “Contest Period”). All Entry Requirements must be completed prior to the end of the Contest Period. Entrants are encouraged to submit Entry Requests on or before 11:59 p.m. eastern time on Friday, November 8, 2024 to ensure enough time to fulfill all Entry Requirements. Sponsor will attempt to process timely Entry Requests received after November 8, 2024, but cannot guarantee that it will be able to process Entry Requests received after that date in time for all Entry Requirements to be fulfilled before the close of the Contest Period. Entries must fulfill all Contest Requirements, as specified, to be eligible to win a Prize. Entries that are incomplete or do not adhere to the Official Rules may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Limit one entry per Entrant/Eligible Entrant. Eligible Entrants may participate on just one (1) Entrant team. Entrants and Eligible Entrants may not enter more times than indicated by using multiple email addresses, identities or devices in an attempt to circumvent the Official Rules. Participation in more than one Entrant team by any individual may result in disqualification of those teams. Use of fraudulent methods or otherwise attempting to circumvent the Official Rules shall be grounds for immediate removal and ineligibility from the Contest, at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry that it believes violates any of the Contest requirements or does not otherwise comply with these Official Rules. Sponsor is not responsible for late or unsuccessful attempt to enter the Contest. If for any reason an Eligible Entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, corrupted or otherwise destroyed, Eligible Entrants’ sole remedy is another entry in the Contest. Eligible entrants must submit each entry in accordance with these official rules. No other method of submission will be accepted.
Sponsor will award a Prize (as defined below) to two (2) winners (each, a “Winner”) of the Contest, as follows:
- One Prize will be awarded to the team in a PA program that earns the highest score in the Simulator.
- One Prize will be awarded to the team in an MD and/or DO program that earns the highest score in the Simulator.
The contest will be judged based on the highest score and time using the Simulator, as automatically measured and recorded within the Simulator’s platform from all entries received from Eligible Entrants after the close of the Contest Period. In the event that there is a tie, the team with the fastest solve in the Simulator will win. In the event there is still a tie, the tying teams will each win a Prize.
Each Winner will each receive the following prize package (“Prize”):
- One (1) five hundred dollar ($500.00) Amazon gift card to be shared among the Entrant members.
- Wolters Kluwer Health Digital badge that Winner team members may post on their social media pages to designate them as a Winner.
The retail value of each Prize is $500.00; total retail value of all Prizes is $1,000.00.
All expenses or costs associated with the acceptance or use of the Prize are the responsibility of the Contest winners. The Prize is awarded “as is” and Sponsor does not make any warranties, express or implied, as to the condition, fitness or merchantability of the Prize. Use of gift cards is subject to issuer’s terms and conditions. Body Interact free trial may be subject to the Winners’ schools entering into Sponsor’s license agreement therefor, Members of the winning teams will be responsible for determining if and how they will divide the Prize. No compensation will be given for lost, stolen, mutilated or expired gift cards. Sponsor is not responsible for replacing lost, stolen, mutilated or expired gift cards. Fulfillment of gift cards is the sole responsibility of the merchant, not Sponsor , and is only redeemable as specified. No cash or other Prize substitution is permitted except at Sponsor’s discretion. The Prize is not transferrable.
The potential Winners will be notified via the email provided in the entry form on or about November 29, 2024, and will be required to respond as directed to the notification attempt. Sponsor will make no more than three (3) attempts to contact the potential Winners. An alternative potential Winner may be selected if a potential Winner fails to respond to Sponsor by December 10, 2024. The Prize will be delivered to the potential Winners via email. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute cash value for the Prize. The Sponsor reserves the right to require all members of the Winners to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, liability and publicity release within ten (10) business days of acceptance of winning the Contest or alternate winners may be selected. If such document is not returned within the specified ten-day period, a Prize is returned, or a Prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or Sponsor is unable to contact the selected winner or a selected winner has not complied with these Official Rules, the Prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion, an alternative Contest winner may be selected by Sponsor based on the next highest score from the Simulator.
By participating in the Contest, Eligible Entrants agree to be fully and unconditionally bound by these Official Rules. Eligible Entrants represent and warrant that they meet the eligibility requirements set forth herein. In addition, Eligible Entrants agree to accept the score generated by the Simulator for each entry submitted as final and binding as it relates to the Contest.
C. General Conditions: By participating in the Contest, each Eligible Entrant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules for the Contest and Sponsor’s privacy policy available at https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/privacy-cookies. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and/or regulations. All taxes (including income taxes) are the sole responsibility of the Contest winners. Sponsor may report the Prize value and the Contest winners to government agencies upon request. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to pre-screen and/or refuse any entries submitted that violate these Official Rules or are otherwise objectionable. Non-compliance of a selected entry with these Official Rules may result in disqualification and an alternate entry may be selected as the potential winner of the Contest. Return of the Prize will result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected based on the next highest score from the Simulator. Any person attempting to defraud or in any way tamper with this Contest in any way will be disqualified and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Sponsor may access, preserve and disclose any information or material provided to Sponsor including any personal information for purposes of administering the Contest, and if required by law or in a good faith belief that doing so is reasonably necessary to: (1) comply with any legal process; (2) enforce and/or investigate these Official Rules; (3) respond to third party claims; or (4) protect the rights, property and safety of Sponsor and the public as required or permitted by law. Void where prohibited by law.
D. Disclaimers: Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete or late entries which may prevent entrant's ability to participate in the Contest or by any human error which may occur in the processing of the entries in the Contest or for typographical or other errors in the printing of the offer, administration of the Contest or in the announcement of the Contest winner. Eligible Entrants agree that Sponsor and its respective employees, officers, directors, agents, owners, partners, affiliates, and subsidiaries shall not be liable for any claims, losses, damages, or injuries of any kind resulting from acceptance or use of the Prize and/or participation in the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to modify the terms of the Contest in any way, or at any time and without notice, and to cancel the Contest for any reason. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest.
E. Personal Information and Ownership of Entries:Except where prohibited by law, by participating in the Contest, Eligible Entrants and the Contest winners opt-in and otherwise consent to the use of their names and contact information, pictures, portraits and/or likeness by Sponsor for the purposes of administering the Contest, and for any advertising, marketing or publicity purposes, including receipt of commercial electronic messages from Sponsor, without territorial, time, use of or other limitations for any and all purposes in any and all media world-wide without additional compensation, royalty or additional consideration to or approval by Eligible Entrants or the Contest winners. To the extent permitted by law, acceptance of the Prize grants Sponsor the consent of the Contest winners to irrevocably assign and transfer to Sponsor any and all rights, title and interest in and to said entry including, but not limited to, all intellectual property rights.
F. Use of Data: Any personal information supplied by or on behalf of an Eligible Entrant to Sponsor will be subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy posted at https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/privacy-cookies. By participating in the Contest, Eligible Entrants hereby agree to Sponsor’s collection and usage of the Eligible Entrants’ email addresses and any other personally identifiable information of the Eligible Entrants and acknowledge that they have read and accepted Sponsor’s privacy policy.
G. Miscellaneous: These disclaimers and Official Rules shall all be governed and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including its statutes of limitations, without regard to any law or statutory provisions which would require or permit the application of another jurisdiction’s laws. As a condition of participating in this Contest, Eligible Entrants agree that any suit hereunder will be brought exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or in a New York state or federal court located in New York, New York. Any cause of action or claim an entrant may have with respect to the Contest must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred. Sponsor’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Official Rules shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provision of these Official Rules. Sponsor may assign its rights and duties to any party at any time without notice to an entrant. If any provision of these Official Rules are unlawful, void or unenforceable, it will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions and the remaining provisions will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. In the event Sponsor is prevented from continuing with the Contest by any event beyond its control, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, pandemic, epidemic, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, communications or equipment failure, utility or service interruptions, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared), interference with the Contest by any party, or any federal, state, local or provincial government law, order, or regulation, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor’s control (each a “Force Majeure” event or occurrence) Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Contest or Prize. Sponsor additionally reserves the right, in its sole determination: (a) to modify, suspend or terminate the Contest at any time; or (b) to permanently disqualify any Entrant that Sponsor reasonably believe has been: (i) tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; (ii) acting in violation of these Official Rules; or (iii) acting in an unsportsmanlike manner. The use of a third-party trademark in connection with the Prize being awarded in this Contest is for the purposes of Prize description only and such use is not intended to suggest or imply sponsorship, endorsement or the approval of this Contest.
H.Limitation of liability; waiver of unknown claims:
Limitation of liability: The prize is provided 'as-is'. Sponsor makes and the contest winners receive no warranty, express or implied, and there are expressly excluded all warranties of quality, performance compatability, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Sponsor and its sponsor partners shall have no liability with respect to their obligations under these official rules for direct, indirect, special, consequential, exemplary, incidental, or any other damages even if they have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Eligible entrants agree to defend, indemnify and hold sponsor harmless from and/or against any and all loss, liability, damage and/or claims with respect to or in any way relating to or arising from eligible entrants’ participation, or acts or omissions in connection with participation in the contest and/or use of the prize.
Waiver of unknown claims: Residents of California or states with similar law: if you are a resident of California, or of a state with a law substantially similar to section 1542 of the California civil code, then you expressly waive all rights and benefits afforded by California civil code section 1542 or your state’s substantially similar law, and you do so understanding and acknowledging the significance of such specific waiver thereof. Section 1542 of the civil code of the state of California states as follows: “a general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.” thus, notwithstanding the provisions of section 1542 or your state’s substantially similar law, and for the purpose of implementing a full and complete release and discharge of sponsor and its sponsor partners, you expressly acknowledge that the release granted by you by these rules is intended to include in its effect, without limitation and with respect to the entirety of the release herein, all claims not known or suspected by you and all facts in addition to or different from those which you currently know or believe to be true, and that this release contemplates the extinguishment of any such claims which you may have against sponsor and its sponsor partners. All provisions of these official rules applicable to section 1542 will apply with full force and effect to your state’s substantially similar provision.
I. Copy of Contest Official Rules and Identification of the Contest Winners: To obtain a copy of these Official Rules or the name of the Contest winners, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope by at least thirty (30) days following the conclusion of the Contest to:
2024 Wolters Kluwer Health Body Interact Student Challenge, Official Rules
c/o Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Attention: Kirsten Watrud, Associate Marketing Director
