Competitions
Early Career Presenter Competition
SAPC offers Regional Conferences one ‘free pass’ to its Annual Scientific Meeting which is awarded to the best early career presenter. This year the ASM will be held on 6–8 July at the University of Bristol. The bursary covers conference registration fees but does not guarantee acceptance of any abstract(s) which must still be submitted for the normal reviewing process.
The winner will be announced at the closing session before lunch on Friday.
Rules
- Competitors must be studying for a Masters or PhD, or a Foundation Year 2 or Specialist Training doctor.
- One or two early career presenters can present a single topic
- Each presentation should last for a maximum of 10 minutes, with the remainder of the time slot for questions
- The content must be work undertaken in association with an academic department/unit of general practice/primary care
Criteria for judgment
- Originality of the research question and its relevance to either patient care or medical education in the community setting
- Appropriateness of the methods
- Clarity of argument
- Relevance of conclusions and recommendations
- Elegance of presentation
Judging process
We are asking parallel session chairs to facilitate the judging process. Using a standardised set of criteria, they have been asked to elect at most one presentation from their session which they feel is deserving of consideration in terms of the Early Career Presentation Prize. All nominations will be considered by a panel of four judges who, on the basis of the chairs’ scores and comments, will select a single winner.
This process does not apply to medical students for whom a separate prize competition is running in parallel.
Medical Student Competition
Guidelines
SAPC welcomes students as participants in our conferences not only as delegates but also as novice researchers. In order to encourage this we award each year at Madingley a prize for the best overall student presentation. As last year, in the hope of fostering peer review and seeking constructive feedback for student presenters, we are including audience participation in the judging process by asking non-competing members of the audience to assess student presentations against set criteria. There will be a prize of £100 for the presentation scoring highest on the combined judges’ and audience scoring process.
The winner will be announced at the closing session before lunch on Friday.
Rules
- Competitors must be current undergraduate students or within first year post qualification at time of presenting
- One or two students can present a single topic
- Each presentation should last for a maximum of 10 minutes, with the remainder of the time slot for questions
- The content must be work undertaken whilst an undergraduate and in association with an academic department/unit of general practice/primary care
Criteria for judgment will include:
- Originality of the research question and its relevance to either patient care or medical education in the community setting
- Appropriateness of the methods
- Clarity of argument
- Relevance of conclusions and recommendations
- Elegance of presentation
This process does not apply to medical students for whom a separate prize competition is running in parallel.
