The Research and Ethics committee are pleased to announce the 2022 Undergraduate Essay prize is now open!
The Undergraduate Palliative Medicine Essay is open to all UK and Ireland medical undergraduates who are students as of the set closing date. Entrants are invited to produce an essay on a specified subject that does not exceed 2000 words.
Submissions are collected by the APM Secretariat and submitted to the judges anonymously. The identity of the entrants will only be disclosed to the judges after they have considered the essays.
First prize is £250 and second prize is £100
The 2022 prize is now closed.
The competition is open to all members of the APM. Entries should be no more than 3000 words, including any graphs, diagrams, tables etc. and should be in the standard journal format of abstract, introduction, methods, results and discussions.
The 2022 prize is now closed.
The Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) has established a clinical audit prize. Entrants are invited to submit a report of a clinical audit, quality improvement project or service evaluation to which they have made a significant contribution.
The APM wishes to encourage undergraduates to become actively involved in clinical governance. The APM believes that doctors of all grades should take a lead role in examining practice and that such a prize will enhance the status of such endeavours and emphasise their importance.
Prize Letter of commendation from the Chair of the Clinical Quality committee and the opportunity to either present the project as a poster or as an oral presentation at the APM Junior’s Conference.
The competition runs every 2 years and is open to all UK and Ireland medical students.
