Medical Psychotherapy prizes and bursaries
The Faculty of Medical Psychotherapy has created an essay prize for medical students to stimulate interest in the field of medical psychotherapy and encourage the most talented individuals to consider a career in the specialty.
Prize
The winner will receive £250, a certificate, and free registration for the Medical Psychotherapy Faculty conference in 2025. The winning essay will also be published in the faculty newsletter.
Frequency
Annual
Eligibility
Undergraduate medical students based at universities in the UK.
Essay title
Essays of up to 5,000 words are invited on the topic:
"Discuss the topics of inclusivity and exclusivity, labels and stigma in Medical Psychotherapy."
Regulations
- Please submit an essay of up to 5,000 words on the given topic. The word count includes footnotes and an appendix but excludes the bibliography. The document should be in Word or pdf format at note the word county.
- Please submit a short CV with your essay not including personal details including your name, address or the name of institutions or organisations.
- Please ensure patients' confidentiality by not revealing any details that might identify them.
- Entries will be shortlisted and judged by a panel appointed by the faculty executive committee. Entries will be judged on originality, clarity of expression, comprehension of the literature, cogency of argument, and overall ability to convey enthusiasm
for the specialty.
- The faculty executive committee reserve the right to withhold awarding the prize should entries not be of a satisfactory standard.
- The conference registration cannot be carried over to a future year.
- The prize does not include travel, accommodation, or subsistence expenses.
- Please submit your CV and essay with the subject line 'Medical Psychotherapy Essay Prize' to Faculty committees.
Submissions
Submissions are now open for the 2025 prize and the deadline is midnight 31 January 2025.
Winner 2024
Phoebe Cherrington-Walker- How might power and conflict have a place in Psychotherapy?
Winner 2022
Carly McCullough – 'Mother Nature’s Most Successful Lie: How psychotherapy concepts can inform obstetrics in the prevention of birth trauma'
Winner 2021
Josephine Akoro