Medical Student Essay Prize

Intensive Care Society

Medical Student Essay Prize 2012

The Intensive Care society would like to invite UK medical school students interested in critical care to participate in the Medical Student Essay Prize. A special ICS membership price is granted for students.

A prize of £200 will be awarded for the best medical student essay on a topic relevant to critical care. The applicant should be a medical student in a recognised UK Medical School on Monday 3rd December 2012 at 17:00. Applications may also be submitted from students undergoing intercalated courses of study.

Essay submission criteria

• The essay must be on an aspect of critical care relevant to research/audit/training and could be a literature review. Extra credit will be given for any original material included, e.g. summary of a project the student has been involved in, although this is not a pre-requisite.
• The essay should be around 5000 words excluding references; submissions greater than 7000 words are discouraged. Submissions may include relevant figures / tables / diagrams where these improve the clarity of the text, but should not be included where the added value is minimal.
• Marks will be awarded for relevance to critical care, originality, scientific value, clarity and good style.

The winning essay will be considered for publication in Journal of Intensive Care so the student should take care to avoid copyright infringement in any figures used. Plagiarism will result in the entry being disqualified.

The prize will be judged by the Research Committee and conferred by Council. The decision of the judges is final, and no correspondence will be entered in to.

Instruction Letter

The 2011 Medical Student Essay Prize Winner:

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