Prizes for students

Prize

• First prize: £300 plus membership of the RSM for 1 year
• Second prize: £150 plus membership of the RSM for 1 year
• Third prize: £75 plus membership of the RSM for 1 year

Submission deadline

Monday 17 May 2021

Open to

Trainees and medical students.

Application guidelines

Submit an essay describing original research, quality improvement projects, systemic review or another piece of work (not a case report), in which you are one of the first 3 authors. This can be on any topic of your choosing, with relevance to anaesthesia.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to present their paper at the student and trainee prize meeting via webinar on Friday 23 July 2021. The highly respected Professor Dame Lesley Regan, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College London and Head of Department at St Mary's Hospital, will present these awards and give a keynote lecture, followed by the AMM and a dinner. The prize winners will be invited as our guests to the dinner.

Prize

• First prize: £300 plus membership of the RSM for 1 year
• Second prize: £150 plus membership of the RSM for 1 year
• Third prize: £75 plus membership of the RSM for 1 year

Submission deadline

Monday 17 May 2021

Open to

Trainees and medical students.

Application guidelines

Submit an essay describing original research, a quality improvement projects or systemic review, or another piece of work (not a case report)  in which you are one of the first 3 authors on the topic of obstetric anaesthesia. 

Shortlisted candidates will be required to present their paper at the student and trainee prize meeting via webinar on Friday 23 July 2021. The highly respected Professor Dame Lesley Regan, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College London and Head of Department at St Mary's Hospital, will present these awards and give a keynote lecture, followed by the AMM and a dinner. The prize winners will be invited as our guests to the dinner.

Prize

• First prize: £500
• Second prize: £250

Submission deadline

Monday 17 May 2021

Open to

Medical students at recognised teaching institutions in the UK.

Application guidelines

Submit an essay describing original research, audit or a case report that you have played an important part in. The paper must be anonymous; it should not include headings, acknowledgements, names or institutions.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to present their paper at the student and trainee prize meeting via webinar on Friday 23 July 2021. The highly respected Professor Dame Lesley Regan, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College London and Head of Department at St Mary's Hospital, will present these awards and give a keynote lecture, followed by the AMM and a dinner. The prize winners will be invited as our guests to the dinner.

*Unfortunately we will be unable to award an elective until further notice due to the COVID-19 crisis. This will be reviewed continually and we hope to be able to reinstate the BMDST-RSM Student Elective Awards soon.

Prize

• A grant of £500-£1,000 to undertake a specific project on a medical or dental elective.

Submission deadline

Application deadlines are twice annually on 31 January and 31 July. Confirmation on if you have been successful will be announced no more than 10 weeks after the deadline date. Your elective must take place AFTER the deadline date. We cannot offer grants to electives which are taking place before the deadline date.

Open to

Medical and dental students in the UK and other EU medical and dental schools.

Application guidelines

Submit a 700-word proposal on your medical elective that includes the following information:

• The type of work involved (the scope is wide and includes any type of research)
• Its purpose (aims)
• The approach you intend to take to collecting information or data and to the analysis (methodology)
• The projected outcomes or potential impact of the research
• How this experience will help your career development

You will also need to attach the following documentation to your application:

• Letter/email  from your medical or dental school confirming that they support your elective
• Confirmation letter/email from your host institution if applicable
• Recommendation letter/email from your tutor/supervisor
• Confirmation that full consideration has been given to the ethics of the proposal
• Confirmation that full consideration has been given to health and safety of the student

Prize

• 2 prizes of One year’s free RSM membership and a bottle of champagne will be given to the best morning and best afternoon presentations as judged by a panel of experts

Submission deadline

Open to

All pre-clinical and clinical cardiothoracic students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a case presentation of a patient with heart valve disease (aortic, and/or mitral and/or tricuspid).  The best six submissions will be picked for presentation on the day.

Deadline: 07/09/2021.

Open To: Undergraduate students who have been working as part of courses leading to primary qualifications in Law or Medicine. Students studying other specialities may submit their work to be considered for presentation purposes but are NOT eligible for the prize.

Poster presentation: Poster designs should be submitted electronically for consideration. Posters accepted should be printed on A1 size for presentation at a chosen meeting.

All presenters will receive a certificate after the event.

Open to: Undergraduate students

Prize: £250

Prize

• First prize: £300 
• Second prize: Two prizes of £100

Submission deadline 

Sunday 19 January 2020

Open to

Training grade doctors, young scientists and medical students (not above Specialist Registrar, Grade B Clinical Scientist or equivalent grade) with an immunological or allergy component of their clinical research.

Application guidelines 

The work to be presented must be original and substantially the candidate's own. Abstracts (not exceeding 250 words) should be submitted along with a supporting letter from a supervisor.

Candidates will be expected to present their work at the 'AGM Presidential prize meeting and state of the art lecture'. 

Prize

• First prize: £100
• Second prize: £50

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a literature review or case study on urticaria. The abstracts should be clearly structured and should include the title of the poster; the presenting author's name, any other authors and their professional role and affiliation.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to print their presentation in A1 to present at a Clinical Immunology & Allergy meeting.

Prize 

First place: £300

Submission deadline 

This prize will re-open in 2022

Open to  

Students and trainees in neurosciences, including neurology, neurosurgery, neurophysiology, neuropathology or neuroradiology.

Application guidelines

Applicants are invited to submit no more than 500 word summaries of research which they have carried out. Those considered to be the best will be asked to give a 10 minute presentation (including 3 minutes discussion) at a meeting of the Section. Factors which will be taken into account in the assessment of the research will include the originality, the degree to which the research was carried by the presenter, the difficulty of the work and the extent to which it throws new light and understanding on any aspect of the aetiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, investigation, treatment or management of patients, and the importance and relevance in clinical practice, as well as the clarity of presentation. 

Prize 

• £750 to be used towards research or training in clinical immunology and allergy, and a year's free RSM membership

Submission deadline 

To be announced

Open to 

Medical students, trainees (up to ST3) and young scientists.

Application guidelines 

Submit a 750-word essay that highlights development and progression on any of the following topics: gut allergy, microbiotica, or food intolerance. 

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their essay at a Clinical Immunology & Allergy meeting.

Prize 

• Up to £1,000 and a year’s free RSM membership 

Submission deadline 

Monday 1 February 2021

Open to 

UK medical students undertaking an elective or overseas observership as a recognised course component of their final year MBBS/MBPhD studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.

Application guidelines 

Submit a 500-word statement outlining the purpose of the elective or observership and its relevance to critical care medicine. In addition, please provide:

• A letter of support from your current institution or a local placement
• A summary of where and when the placement will be taken
• Full details of any other scholarship awards, bursaries and financial support procured for the purpose of the placement

The winner will be required to give a 15-minute presentation at a Critical Care Medicine meeting.

Prize 

First prize: £500 and a year’s free RSM membership

Submission deadline 

Closed 

Open to 

All RSM members and non-members, all grades including students

Application guidelines 

Submit a paper on a digital innovation project that applies a digital voice to improve healthcare or social care. The submission should not exceed 1500 words, but there is no minimum word count. The project should be currently underway or been completed in the past 12 months. Concept papers for projects that have not been started will not be accepted.

The top three submissions selected by the evaluation committee will be invited to present their paper at a Digital Health meeting, where the winner will be selected.

Prize 

• A single prize of £250 will be awarded to the best application.

Submission deadline 

Meeting date

Open to

Anyone carrying out original research or innovation in the field of Emergency Medicine

Application guidelines

Prize

One £250 prize will be awarded for an essay detailing an original research project relating to emergency medicine that has been carried out. Applicants should submit an essay summarising their research (max. 1500 words).

Submission deadline 

18 July 2021

Meeting date

Friday 1 October 2021

Open to 

All medical practitioners below consultant grade.

Application guidelines 

This is awarded annually for distinguished research work in the specialty. 

Applicants will be judged on the applicability and/or originality of their project and it's relevance to emergency medicine. The quality of the data and its interest to emergency medicine physicians. As well as the prize money, the winning applicant will be invited to present their completed work at a future Emergency Medicine Section meeting.

Prize

• £100 will be awarded to the best three applications.

Submission deadline

3 April 2022

Meeting date

Friday 24 June 2022

Open to

Students, nurses and doctors all grades working in Emergency Departments

Application guidelines

The aim of this prize is to recognise and promote educational initiatives in Emergency Departments.

The top 3 entrants will be invited to deliver a presentation on their initiative at a designated Emergency Medicine Section meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine. 

• Submissions should be no longer than 300 words. 
• The project should have been led or a substantial contribution to the project made by the entrant.

Entrants will submit the answers to the following three questions on their project/initiative.

1.      Describe the project, its implementation, and your role in that implementation.
2.      What were the barriers to implementation and how were these overcome?
3.      What impact has your project/initiative had on the department?

Prize

• £1 x £250 and one year's free RSM membership

Submission deadline

Meeting date 

Open to

Medical students

Application guidelines

Prize: Clinical case: 1st prize - £100 and one year's free RSM membership; 2nd prize - £50 and one year's free RSM membership
Research prize:  £100 and one year's free RSM membership

Open to: Medical students and trainees

Deadline: 12 March 2021

Meeting: 13 May 2021

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words, on either an interesting/ challenging clinical case or research on any aspect of gastroenterology or hepatology

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their abstract as a poster or oral presentation. All shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend the meeting free of charge.

• Clinical cases: the abstract should describe the presentation, investigations and management of the clinical case. The author should discuss the significance or relevance of the case, and any take home messages.

Abstracts selected for oral presentation should be presented in 'Grand Round' style with multiple choice option Q&A during the presentation to allow audience participation.

• Research abstracts: any original research including literature review is accepted. Abstract should contain the title, introduction, method, results and discussion.

Title of the essay: Discuss the challenges facing general practice in the 21st century. How might John Fry have viewed these challenges?

The essay submission should be between 2500-3000 words and well referenced. 

Prize: £300

Open to: GP registrars, postgraduate students based in primary care, medical students and other undergraduates from professional groups involved in primary care and patients with experiences from primary care

Deadline: 21st June 2021

Prize

• Medical students - 1st place: £150, 2nd place: £100
  
• Trainees - 1st place: £150, 2nd place: £100
• Overall winner -  £100

All selected entrants will receive an RSM Section certificate.

Submission deadline

Thursday 1 July 2021

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

GP registrars and medical students should submit a structured abstract of no more than 250 words outlining the proposed content of their poster.

The poster can describe a case study, a literature review or a research/audit project.

The topics for 2021 include: 

1. Management of the acutely unwell patient
2. Orthopaedic problems
3. Genetic testing
4. Antimicrobial prescribing
5. The health effects of climate change
6. The well-being of health care workers
7. Innovations in Primary Care during the Covid-19 pandemic
8. Integrating health and social care for the vulnerable in society.

Based on the abstracts received, a selection of applicants will be invited to submit their poster in a digital format for pre-assessment and then display it at the forthcoming Primary Care Update. It is hoped that this will take place at the RSM in September but this will be dependent on COVID-19 restrictions at the time.

Trainees apply here

Medical students apply here

Prize

£100 Amazon voucher and a year's membership of the RSM

Submission deadline 

Wednesday 20 January 2021

Open to 

Pre-clinical, clinical medical and dental students. Please note that you must be a medical or dental undergraduate to be eligible to submit for this prize.

Application guidelines 

Click here for prize guidelines and checklist

Application guidelines: Submit a 250-word abstract on original research, audit or case series that you have played an important part in. Abstracts on literature/systematic reviews will be accepted; abstracts on individual case reports will not be accepted.

The authors of the 4 highest-scoring abstracts will be invited to present their work at the Respiratory Student and Trainee Prize Meeting on 27^th January 2021 (via online webinar). The winner will be announced during the prize meeting.  

Prize: £100 and one year's free RSM membership

Submission Deadline: 11^th December 2020

Open to: All current UK medical students and FY1 doctors who completed the audit whilst at medical school

Prize 

• First prize: £200 and an RSM certificate 
• Second prize: £100 and an RSM certificate 
• Third prize: £50 and an RSM certificate 

Submission deadline 

Sunday 14 March 2021

Open to

Trainees in hypnosis (those who are undertaking a training course, and those who are within one year of completing their course)

• Clinical trainees in medicine, dentistry nursing or psychological fields
• Students enrolled in related graduate academic courses
• Those qualified in medicine, dentistry nursing or those in psychological fields

Shortlisted applicants must be available to attend the prize meeting and to present their submission on Monday 10 May 2021.     

Application guidelines

Entrants are invited to submit a case study or an essay of no more than 1000 - 1500 words in response to the following question: “Discuss the rationale for the use of the term hypnosis or hypnotherapy.”

Prize

• First prize: £200

Submission deadline

To be confirmed

Open to

Any students in nephrology and wider specialties.

Application guidelines

The section invites medical students to submit clinical abstracts in the area of clinical research, case series or individual case histories. Clinical cases or pedigrees should demonstrate novel clinical findings, illustrate classic conditions in new or unusual ways, and illuminate or expand knowledge concerning physiology, cell biology, genetics, radiology, or molecular mechanisms. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words.

Submissions will be shortlisted for oral presentation at a Section meeting.  The prize of £200 will be awarded to the best 15 minute presentation, with an additional five minutes of discussion at the presentation meeting

Submission deadline:
Submission closed

Prize:
£200

Open to:
Undergraduate and postgraduate students, and trainees who have gained their qualification within the last 12 years (as at the date of presentation - September)

Application guidelines
This is awarded every three years. Candidates are invited to submit a clinical or research abstract of no more than 250 words on original work in dental science completed in a UK institution during the preceding five years.

Prizes:

• Winner of best abstract - £250 and invited for oral presentation
• Top 10 abstracts – poster presentation

Submission deadline: Sunday 27 June 2021

Open to:

• Any scientist or healthcare professional working in the field of global cancer control
• HICs and LMICs.

Abstract guidelines:

Submit an abstract of 400 words maximum, including background, methods, results and discussion. The abstract should be on collaborative research/service delivery in which the applicant has been significantly involved, in global cancer control, focusing on LMICs as defined by the world bank group. The project may be clinical or scientific and the work may have been published previously (but not before 2018).

Judging panel will include oncologists and experts in the field of global cancer care who will consider the originality and the impact of the research on the quality of care for patients with cancer in LMICs, within the context of the resources available to the host institution.

The winner must agree to attend the conference. Standard travel expenses will covered by the RSM Oncology Section.

Submission deadline:

To be announced

Posters should ideally focus on the theme of the day: Primary care ethics. They may also deal with any issues within the field of primary care ethics. They may focus on clinical practice, on teaching and personal development, or on research (empirical or philosophical) within this field. Posters focusing on the main theme of the day are also particularly welcome and these need not necessarily be restricted to primary healthcare though they should have implications that transcend professional boundaries.

Poster abstracts should be no more than 500 words and should include the title of the poster, the names of presenting and other authors, and their professional role and affiliation. They do not have to follow the traditional format of introduction, method, results, conclusions, but should make clear the issue or issues which will be considered, the approach to be taken, and the conclusions drawn from its study.

The best poster presenter will be invited to give a short oral presentation 

Posters should be A0 in size, portrait in orientation and should be printed. Poster presenters must be available on the day and are asked to ensure that their posters are in place as early as possible - no later than 12.30pm.

Prize

• Best Poster: £150
• Best Paper: £150 and one year’s membership to the Royal Society of Medicine.

Submission deadline

Saturday 10 April 2021

Open to

Medical students and trainee doctors.

Application guidelines

Opportunity to present research work and case reports to a knowledgeable and critical audience at a Section meeting. Abstracts should be submitted of no more than 300 words. 1 submission per person only. Papers accepted would be considered for publication in the JRSM.

Submission deadline: Submission closed

Open to: All dental or medical graduates and students

Topic: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - (Audit, Cleft & Oral Surgery)

Size of the poster: A1 

Candidates will receive a certificate for being shortlisted and a winner will be commended for the best poster.

Entrants will submit:

A 450 word abstract on their original research in any field of orthopaedic surgery.

The structure for the abstract must include an introduction, methods, results and discussion. Applicants will be required to state their role and acknowledge co-contributors in their research. Confirmation must be obtained from the senior author for the study to be submitted. Please note research presented must not be presented at a previous conference or published in the literature.

Prizes:

• £100 cash prize for 1^st place + 1 year subscription to the RSM
• £50 for the Runner up and 1 year subscription to the RSM, which will be awarded at the FOSC 2020.

Open to: 

• Medical Students
• Foundation 1 and 2 doctors
• Core surgical trainees

Prize

• First prize: £600
• Second prize: £400
• Third prize: £200

Submission deadline

Sunday 20 October 2019

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 300-word abstract describing original (not previously published) work exploring clinical case studies and case reports.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their work at an Orthopaedics meeting and attend the dinner following the event.

Prize

• First prize: £250 and a year’s free RSM membership
• Second prize: £200
• Third prize: £150

Submission deadline

TBC

Meeting date

TBC

Open to

Students and paediatrics trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 750-word case summary related to the topic: "Paediatric emergency medicine".

Four case reports will be shortlisted to present their work at a Paediatrics & Child Health meeting, from which the winner will be selected.

We would like to invite submissions of abstracts for poster and/or oral presentations to showcase current research in palliative care from master’s research or quality improvement/audit projects (no more than 300 words). 

Prize: 3 prizes for oral presentations and a poster prize. These will be awarded at the Evidence and Impact session on Wednesday 16 December 2020.

•   1st prize -  £250 plus a year's free membership
•   2nd prize - £100
•   3rd prize -  £50
•   Poster prize - £50

Open to: Healthcare students and healthcare professionals with master’s level research projects, quality improvement or audit in the field of palliative medicine. 

Submission deadline: Thursday 15 October 2020

Deadline: Thursday 15 October 2020

Prize:

• 1st prize - £500 plus an additional £500 for the winner's chosen charity/hospice and one year's membership to the RSM
• 2nd prize - £250 and one year's membership to the RSM

Open to: Medical students 

Application guidelines:

Applicants are asked to submit an essay or case study of no more than 2,000 words that follows the title: Palliative care in a pandemic - what are we learning? The winning submission must be available to present at the Palliative Care Section meeting in December 2020.  Runners up may be invited to present a poster at this event.

*There should be only one author per submission. 

Prize

• First prize: £200 and free attendance to a Pain Medicine meeting of your choice

Submission deadline

Sunday 7 November 2021

Meeting date

Open to

All medical students and trainees in pain medicine up to APT level, submissions from trainees of other specialities will also be accepted.

Application guidelines

Submissions from all medical students and trainees in pain medicine up to APT level are invited for the Andrew Lawson Prize in pain medicine. The title of the essay this year is "What can be done to prevent pain?".  Essays should be no longer than 2000-3000 words.

The winner of the prize will receive £200, free attendance to a Pain Medicine Section meeting of their choice and will be expected to make a twenty-minute presentation (including Q&A) on the topic of their essay at an upcoming Pain Medicine Section meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine on 28 January 2022.

The winning essay will be published in the British Pain Society’s ‘Pain News' and therefore award of the Prize is conditional on using original diagrams only (rather than copyrighted material) and completing the editorial process in terms of standardising references, etc. to the format of the publication. For guidance please follow this link.

Prize
RSM certificate

Submission deadline
Wednesday 10 February 2021

Meeting date
Saturday 27 February 2021

Open to
Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines
Applicants are invited to submit an abstract up to 250 words on all plastic surgery related topics. When submitting an abstract, please state whether you would like to be considered for a poster or oral presentation. Please note only one presenter can present for each oral presentation.

Prize

• First prize: A year's membership to the RSM and a cash prize for outstanding contributions.

Submission deadline
Sunday 12 July 2020

Open to
Medical students, foundation and specialist trainees.

Application guidelines

Prize

• First prize: £250 and a year's free RSM membership
• Second prize: A year's free RSM membership

Submission deadline
Sunday 30 August 2020

Open to
Medical students and trainee doctors within the field of sexual health and associated specialisms within GU/SRH.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a blood-borne virus. HIV disease caused by infection with HIV-1 or HIV-2, which are retroviruses belong to the Retroviridae family, Lentivirus genus. Over the years we have more understanding of HIV disease with real advances in HIV treatment and prevention.

HIV can be transmitted in various ways like sexual intercourse, shared intravenous drug paraphernalia, and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), which can occur during the birth process or during breastfeeding.

You have been appointed by the health secretory to work as a specialist in Public Health England. Your task is to advise health secretory about the strategies and interventions (including behaviour modification) to reduce HIV transmission in the UK.

Application guidelines:

• You should adhere to the 2000-word limit (excluding references)
• Your essay should have a structure: title, introduction, content and conclusion
• Epidemiology of HIV infection in the UK, with references to prevalence, incidence, modes of transmission, risks of acquisition and health promotion initiatives
• The various intervention packages to reduce HIV transmission, including behaviour modification, risk assessment of HIV acquisition and risk reduction
• The main challenges would be to implement these packages of services and how might these be addressed?

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their essay at the "HIV training day" section meeting on Friday 19 February 2021.

For any queries regarding the essay, please contact Dr Huda Taha- Consultant physician, huda.taha@covwarkpt.nhs.uk / sexmed@rsm.ac.uk

Prizes:

• First prize: £300, and invited to deliver a presentation on the topic of their essay at a Sleep Section meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine
• Second prize: £200
• Third prize: £100

Submission deadline: 

Monday 5 April 2021

Meeting date: 

Tuesday 18 May 2021

Open to:

Pre-clinical, clinical medical and dental undergraduate students

Title of the essay this year: The role of sleep in a healthy heart

The aim of this prize is to promote discussion and understanding of sleep medicine and its relevance to current medical practice.

The three highest-scoring essays will be shortlisted for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize respectively. The entrant awarded the 1st prize will be invited to deliver a presentation on the topic of their essay at a Sleep Section meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine.

• Essays should be no longer than 1000 words. The word count does not include the reference list
• References should be formatted in Harvard style. There is no limit for the number of references used
• There should be no more than 1 figure and 1 table
• The name of the author should not be included in the essay
• The essay should be entirely your own original work, and should not have been previously published

Application guidelines

Submit a 1500-word essay on the topic of event and expedition medicine, with the following title: Innovative technology in event and expedition medicine  

The essay should focus on novel ideas and technologies and their use in the context of providing medical cover for sporting events or expeditions. The work should be supported by references where appropriate. Shortlisted candidates will be required to give a poster/oral presentation at a Sport and Exercise Medicine Section meeting.

Prize: RSM certificate and free attendance at a future event

Submission deadline: Sunday 18 April 2021

Open to: Students and trainees, allied health professionals and intercalated students

Prize

• First prize: £250
• Second prize: A year's free RSM membership

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical and other healthcare students.

Application guidelines

The Sidney Linton Prize is an opportunity for students to explore novel ways to teach cardiology through peer-produced resources. For this prize we ask participants to take a pre-determined theme and identify different ways to convey the information in the form of an e-resource for a medical student audience.

Possible submission styles include (but are not limited to): Poster (A3), A4 leaflet, video submission, podcast, audio recording. It is designed to test the understanding of participants of core material as well as their ability to convey the information they decide to include.

The title for this year’s prize is: TBC

Prize

• First prize: £300
• Second prize: £150
• Third prize: £100

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical and other healthcare students, and those within six months of graduating.

Application guidelines

Submit a 200-word abstract on original research undertaken during your undergraduate studies. The main author must be highlighted in the paper and only one submission per author can be submitted.

Please note this prize is not intended for research undertaken as part of a PhD degree.

Prizes

First prize: One year’s free RSM membership and an RSM certificate

3 x runners-up: RSM certificate

Submission deadline

Sunday 14 February 2021

Open to

Medical students and foundation level trainees

Application guidelines

Submit a 200-word abstract of original research, review or quality improvement project/audit on medical/surgical topics. The abstracts should be clearly structured into introduction, methods, results and conclusion sections. They should also include the title of the poster, the presenting author's name, any other authors and their professional role and affiliation.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to create an online poster for their presentation in widescreen PowerPoint size (16:9) which will be displayed at the RSM National Finals Conference in March 2021.

Prize

£250

Submission deadline

Monday 1 June 2020

Shortlisted candidates will be expected to present their papers at a Surgery Section meeting.

Open to

Medical students

Application guidelines

Candidates should submit clinical case reports detailing original work. The report should be no longer 500 words and have a maximum of 5 references.

Shortlisted candidates will be expected to present their papers at the Surgery Section's 'President's Day' in September 2020. 

Prize

• First prize: £250
• Second prize: £200
• Third prize: £150
• Poster prize: £200

Submission deadline

Monday 1 March 2021

Open to

Medical students and trainees

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a topic relating to the Venous Forum annual meeting. The abstract should be structured to include aims, methods, results and conclusions.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to present an oral presentation at a Venous Forum meeting. A selection of submissions that not shortlisted for oral presentation will be invited to present a poster at the meeting. All accepted abstracts will be published in Phlebology.

Prize 

• First prize: A year’s free RSM membership

Submission deadline 

Thursday 8th October 2020

Open to 

Students or postgraduates of 5 years standing from disciplines involved in care of older people.

Application guidelines 

The essay, a literature review and discussion, should be maximum 3000 words (excluding references) on any aspect of ageing or the health and care of older people.Papers will be judged by a sub-committee of the Council of the Geriatrics & Gerontology Section, comprising the President and/or President Elect, the Honorary Treasurer, the two Honorary Secretaries and the Library and Editorial Representatives or deputies nominated by the President. The decision of the judges shall be final and the award shall be made on their recommendation by the Council of the Section.  

Prize

• First prize - for best oral presentation: £100 and certification recognition
• Second prize - for best oral presentation: certification recognition
• First prize - for best poster presentation: £50 and certification recognition
• Second prize - for best poster presentation: certification recognition

Submission deadline 

Thursday 8th October 2020

Open to

Trainees in elderly medicine and old age psychiatry.

Application guidelines

Submission of abstracts of no more than 250 words. The abstracts are required to have a clinical context and be in the form of a case presentation which and usually in the form of case presentations which demonstrate difficult diagnostic or management problems relevant to older people.

Prize

• First prize: £100

Submission deadline

17 January 2021

Open to

All medical undergraduate students

Application guidelines

The title of the essay this year is 'The effects of the COVID Pandemic in women's health' 

Essays should be no longer than 1000 words. 

The winner of the prize will receive £100 and will be expected to make a twenty minute presentation on the topic of their essay at the student and trainees prize meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine in March. Please include your essay under the abstract section on the submission form.

The John Horder Student Award will be given annually to a student who has participated in learning within the community and can demonstrate outstanding principles of collaborative working.

Prize

• First prize: £150

Submission deadline

14th May 2021

Open to

Pre-qualifying students from all health care professions

Application guidelines

The submitting students are asked to produce an essay in font size 12 entitled: ‘Describe and discuss an example of interprofessional working or learning with which you have been involved.’
There will be an overall limit of 2000 words excluding references and headings
The award will be presented at a CAIPE event later in 2021 (date to be confirmed).

Guidelines and marking criteria.
Candidates will need to provide the following:
i) Description of the student’s experience of interprofessional learning and collaborative working
ii) Application of academic learning to the case described. References to the literature must be included.
iii) Degree of reflection on the student’s experience.
The closing date for applications will be 14/5/21.

This award is being offered jointly by the General Practice with Primary Healthcare Section, RSM and the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE).

Prize

• First prize: £600

Submission deadline

14th May 2021

Open to

An interprofessional team working within the primary health care community.

Application guidelines

The submitting team, or individual, is asked to produce one document in font size 12 with reference to supporting literature consisting of:

• A factual and descriptive report on all or part of their interprofessional working being presented for consideration.
• Evidence demonstrating how the work presented fulfils the principles of interprofessional working across disciplines and professions. (For further details see below).
• The preparation and presentation of each submission should anticipate further collaborative working with definite outcomes designed to improve patient care.

The above three areas form the basis for the assessment criteria to award the prize. There is a limit of 4000 words excluding references and headings.
The award will be presented alternatively by the two organisations. Representatives from the successful team will be asked to give a presentation based on their submission at a CAIPE event later in 2021 (date to be confirmed).

The principles of collaborative working.
Candidates will need to provide evidence that they applied the following principles of collaborative working:
i) Focused on the needs of individuals, families and communities to improve their quality of care, health outcomes and wellbeing in the practice environment
ii) Respected individuality, difference and diversity within and between the professions and all with whom they learned and worked
iii) Enabled the professions involved to learn with, from and about each other to optimise exchange of experience and expertise.
iv) Demonstrated collaboration at the heart of all processes.
v) Enabled each profession to improve its practice to complement that of others.
vi) Improved outcomes for individuals, families and communities.
vii) Enhanced team and individual morale and motivation and developed effective interprofessional working relationships.
viii) Reflected on the process and learned from the experience, demonstrating how this can inform further practice.
The closing date for applications will be 14/5/21.