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Moderator analyses indicate that the causal effects of competition on daily step count and sleep minutes decreased by 14.5 steps (SE 10.2, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.16) and 1.9 minutes (SE 0.6, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003) for each additional week-in-study, respectively. Intra-institutional competition negatively moderates the causal effect of competition upon daily step count by \u221290.3 steps (SE 86.5, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.30). Our results show that gamified team competition delivered via mobile app significantly increases daily physical activity which suggests that team competition can function as a mobile health intervention tool to increase short-term physical activity levels for medical interns. 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