Perinatal Psychiatry prizes

Prize: £150 + free registration at Section scientific meeting and re-imbursement of travel expenses to attend

Eligible: Medical students in their 4th or 5th year and FY1 doctors

Closing date: 15 September each year.

When and where presented: Annually at Perinatal Section Scientific Meeting, usually held in November/December.

Regulations:

• Eligible students/doctors are invited to submit an original essay on a set subject set each year by the Section Executive.
• The 2013 essay prize title will be announced in due course
• The marking criteria will be as follows:

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  • Relevance to Perinatal Psychiatry

  • Understanding of topic

  • Cogency of argument

  • Extent of personal contribution

  • Novelty / Creativity

  • Presentation and readability.

• Research or work on clinical audit are not eligible, but may be entered for the Section’s project prize
• Word limit: 3,000
• The essay must be the candidate’s own work.
• Where advertised: College website, Student BMJ, and through Deans of Medical Schools.
• The prize will be judged by the Chair, Academic Secretary and one other member of the Executive Committee.  The panel will rank entries based on the above criteria, and entry with the highest mean rank will be the winner.
• The prize winner will be offered free registration to attend the Section scientific meeting and reimbursement of travel expenses to attend subject to submission of receipts.
• The winning essay will be published on the Section webpages, and submission of work for the prize will be taken as indicating consent to this.

Winning entries from previous years:

• 2011 - Should we routinely screen for perinatal depression? by Rajan Nimalanathan

Information from and submissions by email to Lauren Wright, Perinatal Section Manager Tel: 0207 235 2351 ext 6284

Prize: £150 + free registration at Section scientific meeting and re-imbursement of travel expenses to attend

Eligible: Medical students in their 4th or 5th year and FY1 doctors

Closing date:15 September each year.

When and where presented: Annually at Perinatal Section Scientific Meeting, usually held in November/December.

Regulations:

• Eligible students/doctors are invited to submit a piece of original research, service evaluation or audit. (Essays are not eligible, but may be submitted to the Section’s Essay Prize.
• Word limit: 3,000
• The project must be the candidate’s own work. This may be in the form of a standalone project or a defined part of an ongoing project by a supervisor. The supervisor should describe the applicant’s contribution in an accompanying letter.
• Where advertised: College website, Student BMJ, and through Deans of Medical Schools.
• The marking criteria will be as follows:

   

  • Importance of project to perinatal mental health

  • Adequacy of design and method

  • Quality of analysis

  • Quality of the discussion and comments and whether they reflect the findings

  • Clarity and quality of presentation.

• The prize will be judged by the Chair, Academic Secretary and one other member of the Executive Committee.  The panel will rank entries based on the above criteria, and entry with the highest mean rank will be the winner.
• The prize winner will be offered free registration to attend the Section scientific meeting and reimbursement of travel expenses to attend subject to submission of receipts.
• The winning project will be published on the Section webpages, and submission of work for the prize will be taken as indicating consent to this.  Work may only be submitted if the candidate has obtained consent from any co-authors/copyright holders.

Information from and submissions by email to Lauren Wright, Perinatal Section Manager Tel: 0207 235 2351 ext 6284

Prize: £250 + free registration at Section scientific meeting and re-imbursement of travel expenses to attend

Eligible: FY2 doctors and trainees in psychiatry (CT1/ST1-ST6 or equivalent)

Closing date: 15 September each year.

When and where presented: Annually at Perinatal Section Scientific Meeting, usually held in November/December.

Regulations:

• Four posters will be shortlisted for oral presentation at the Section scientific meeting.  The authors of these posters will be offered free registration to attend the meeting and present their posters.
• The prize is awarded to the trainee who makes the best combined oral and poster presentation on the day of the scientific meeting.
• A small panel of members of the Section Executive Committee and/or guest speakers will act as judges .
• The criteria for judgement will be:

   

  • Importance of study to perinatal mental health

  • Adequacy of design and method

  • Quality of analysis

  • Quality of the discussion comments and whether they reflect the findings

  • Clarity and quality of presentation

• The prize will be advertised with the scientific meeting call for papers.
• Reimbursement of travel expenses to attend the scientific meeting is subject to submission of receipts.
• The winning poster will be published on the Section webpages, and candidates must seek permission for this of any co-authors/copyright holders before submitting their poster.
• Information on required format for posters and details on how to submit them will be posted on the webpage for the Section scientific meeting [link].

Winning entries from previous years:

• 2012 - Review of diagnoses of depression, history of self harm & antidepressant usage in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde resident ‘bookers’ - Julie Langan
• 2011 - A survey of referrals requiring mother and baby unit admissions by Dr Rehana Akther

Submissions to:

Conference Office, The Royal College of Psychiatrists Tel: 0207 235 2351 Ext 6145 or email