Med Term wins Rep. Will Hurd’s (TX-23) 2020 Congressional App Challenge

When asked what inspired the creation of Med Term, the student said, “When I was a freshman, I enrolled in a medical terminology course. I found that memorizing medical terms extremely difficult and traditional flashcard websites didn’t work for me. So I decided to create an app focused specifically on medical terminology and designed for freshmen.”

Over 6,500 students registered for the 2020 Congressional App Challenge. These students created and submitted 3,088 functioning apps, marking the end of an extremely successful Congressional App Challenge amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All told, 308 Members of Congress hosted Congressional App Challenges in their districts across 49 states, Puerto Rico, the Mariana Islands, and Washington, DC.

The CAC is an initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, where Members of Congress host competitions in their districts for middle school and high school students, encouraging them to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science. The Internet Education Foundation provides the CAC with supplemental support. In the six years of the Congressional App Challenge, thousands of functional apps have been created by over 30,000 students, and participant demographics surpass all industry diversity metrics.