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The Undergraduate Palliative Medicine Essay
The Undergraduate Palliative Medicine Essay
Open to all UK and Ireland medical undergraduates who are students by the set closing date; the Undergraduate Palliative Medicine Essay invites them to craft a compelling essay on a specified subject, not exceeding 2000 words.
The APM Secretariat collects submissions and presents them anonymously to the judges. Entrant identities are revealed only after the judges have evaluated the essays.
Winners receive a first prize of £250 and a second prize of £100.
Applications for this prize will be opening July/August 2024.
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APM Award Winners.
Lily Johnson for winning the Undergraduate Essay Prize Entry 2022: “Ignorance is bliss?: With attention to ethical theories, discuss the role of truth-telling within good palliative care.
Congratulations Lily!
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Rachel Picard for joint 2nd place for the Undergraduate Essay Prize Entry 2022 – “Ignorance is bliss?”: With attention to ethical theories, discuss the role of truth-telling within good palliative care.
Congratulations Rachel!
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Jessica McKeever for joint 2nd place for the Undergraduate Essay Prize Entry 2022 – “Ignorance is bliss?”: With attention to ethical theories, discuss the role of truth-telling within good palliative care.
Congratulations Jessica!
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Milly Payne for winning the Undergraduate Audit and Quality Improvement Prize 2021. “Oral Mucositis in Allogenic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Comparing current preventative practice to recent guidelines.”
Congratulations Milly!