The IMDO is a global competition for high school students who are interested in medicine. The competition is held online and tests students’ knowledge of medical and disease-related topics. IMDO recognizes the brightest student problem solvers who are interested in medicine to increase their enthusiasm for this discipline. The competition assesses participants’ knowledge of medicine-related biological subjects such as molecular & cell biology, human physiology, and human disorders. Online competitions for the International Medicine and Disease Olympiad are held every year at the end of July or the start of August. To compete for students around the world, the first IMDO which was held in 2015 in San Diego(California) was later subsequently moved online. The competition is organized annually and the IMDO Foundation Board ensures that each nation chooses its team in a fair process.
Every year at the end of July or the start of August, the International Medicine and Disease Olympiad takes place. The IMDO took place in 2023 on August 6th. The competition was conducted online and included both multiple-choice and free-response questions. The three-hour exam measured students’ understanding of medicine and disease as well as their ability to solve problems. You must fulfill the following conditions to participate:
- You must be under the age of twenty-one (20) when the IMDO is being held. If you have less than one month until the exam, you may not be eligible for participating in the Olympiad but your country’s partner organization can request.
- You must be a resident of the nation you are representing, either as a citizen or a permanent resident (or an equivalent).
Team Bangladesh won first place in the IMDO 2023, with three gold medals and one silver medal. The four Bangladeshi students who won gold medals are Naimul Islam, Ture Saina Tithi, Mst. Samia Afrose Sruty, and Md Sanaul Haque Shanto. This year, ten people won gold medals and three of them were from Bangladesh.
Students from all around the world have to take part in the United States Medicine & Disease Olympiad (USMDO) which is a separate international competition to qualify for this one. Based on the results of this competition, teams from various nations are created. Four Bangladeshi students who competed well in the USMDO and earned gold medals qualified for the IMDO as a team. Naimul Islam became the first Bangladeshi male gold medalist at the IMDO, earning the highest score worldwide(91 out of 100). In the USMDO, he placed in the top five globally and first among all international competitors. On the other hand, her younger sister Ture Saina Tithi who passed SSC this year got 89 out of 100. In the IMDO & USMDO, she got the highest score among all female applicants and she was also the youngest IMDO winner. Mst. Samia Afrose Sruty won the gold medal as the highest scorer in the world(female) in IMDO. She completed her HSC recently and is presently a Turkiye Burslari Scholarship holder.
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