Surgical Trainee Prizes
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ASiT Conference Research & Audit Prizes
The following prestigious awards will be made to the best trainee abstracts in their respective categories at the ASiT Conference:
• ASiT Medal
• SARS / ASIT Academic & Research Surgery Prize
• ASGBI / ASiT Short Paper Prize
• ASiT / Ethicon Surgical Education Prize (new for 2012)
• ASiT / Elsevier Medical Student Prize (new sponsor for 2012)
• RCSEng / ASiT Poster Presentation Prize
• IJS Case Report Prizes
Surgical Specialty Trainee Prizes
• Orthopaedic Research UK Prize
• BASO~The Association of Cancer Surgery Prize
• AUGIS Trainee Prize
• ALSGBI Trainee Prize
Specialty Trainee Group Prizes
• ASiT-Rouleaux Club Prize
• ASiT-AOT Prize
• ASiT-SURG Prize
• ASiT-PLASTA Prize
• ASiT-Dukes' Club / ACPGBI Prize
• ASiT-Mammary Fold Prize
• ASiT-BNTA Prize
• ASiT Medal
Sponsored by Ansell, ASiT’s most prestigious prize is awarded to the best presentation from a surgical trainee. This is selected from the highest scoring abstracts delivered as part of the ASiT Medal oral presentation session. The winner is presented with the ASiT Medal and invited to present their work in the ASiT Session at the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Surgical Congress.
• SARS / ASIT Academic & Research Surgery Prize
Awarded in conjunction with the Society of Academic and Research Surgery, this surgical trainee prize rewards high quality clinical and basic science research. The prize winner is selected following the SARS oral presentation session, and is judged by members of the SARS Council in conjunction with ASiT. The winner is invited to present their work in the ASiT Session at the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Surgical Congress.
• ASGBI / ASiT Short Paper Prize
Awarded in conjunction with the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, this rewards the best oral presentation not qualifying for the ASiT Medal or the SARS/ASIT Academic & Research Surgery Prize. The prize is awarded to the surgical trainee giving the best presentation in this session. The winner is invited to present their work in the ASiT Session at the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Surgical Congress, and receives complimentary three-day registration for the meeting.
• ASiT / Ethicon Surgical Education Prize
Awarded in conjunction with our industry parter Ethicon Endo-Surgery, ASiT’s Surgical Education Prize was established in 2012 and is awarded to the best training related presentation from a surgical trainee. This is selected from the highest scoring abstracts delivered as part of oral or poster presentation sessions. The winner is presented with £200 and invited to present their work in the ASiT Session at the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Surgical Congress.
• RCSEng / ASiT Poster Presentation Prize
Sponsored by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, this prestigeous prize is awarded to the highest scoring poster presented at the ASiT Conference. All abstracts selected for presentation as posters are assessed and marked over the course of the weekend. The ASiT / RCSEng Poster Presentation Prize of £200 is awarded to the highest scoring authors.
• ASiT / Elsevier Medical Student Prize
This prestigious prize is newly sponsored by Elsevier for 2012. The highest scoring abstracts with an undergraduate medical student as the first author are selected for the ASiT / Elsevier medical student presentation session. The prize is awarded to the medical student giving the best presentation in this session.
• IJS Case Report Prizes
Awarded in conjunction with the ASiT-affiliated International Journal of Surgery (IJS), these prizes reward the two best surgical case reports presented at the ASiT Conference. Elsevier's new PubMed-indexed online surgical journal International Journal of Surgery Case Reports is a companion journal to the IJS, and is dedicated to publishing case reports only. The winners will be invited to submit their full case reports for publication in IJS Case Reports, and pending successful peer-review the £250+ publication fee will be waived.
Surgical Specialty Prizes
• Orthopaedic Research UK Prize
Orthopaedic Research UK is an independent research foundation in the field of orthopaedic science. It was founded in 1989 by an orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Ronald Furlong, FRCS, and was previously known as the Furlong Research Charitable Foundation. The objectives of the Charity include the advancement of medical education and research. In particular the advancement of orthopaedic knowledge by funding research and training, along with encouraging co-operation between surgeons, scientists and engineers working in the orthopaedic field. Orthopaedic Research UK has established its rightful place as one of the most important names in orthopaedic research in the UK. This prize will be awarded for the best orthopaedic related abstract submitted to the ASiT Conference. The winner will receive £150 and a certificate from the Foundation.
• BASO~The Association for Cancer Surgery Prize
BASO~The Association for Cancer Surgery speaks as an umbrella organisation for surgical specialties treating people with malignant diseases. Their mission statement is to promote the science and art of cancer surgery, for the benefit of the patient, and to encourage and showcase cancer research for public good. The Association represents surgeons and their centres across the United Kingdom & Ireland. It owns, with the European organisation, ESSO, the European Journal of Surgical Oncology, EJSO – its highly respected research journal. Almost 800 surgeons and affiliated colleagues comprise the BASO ~ ACS membership. The BASO~ACS Trainee Prize will be awarded for the best abstract relating to the "science and practice of cancer surgery". The winner will receive £200.
• ALSGBI Trainee Prize
The Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland is the premier professional association in the field of laparoscopic surgery. ALS aims to foster developments in laparoscopic surgery, to provide a structure for training, to promote educational and academic objectives and to act as a liaison under the umbrella of the Association of Surgeons with the surgical Royal Colleges, the Specialist Advisory Committee and other surgical and academic bodies.This prize will be awarded for the best laparoscopic surgery related abstract submitted to the ASiT conference. The winner will receive £250 and free registration at the following ALSGBI Annual Scientific Meeting.
Specialty Trainee Group Prizes
ASiT are pleased to have joined forces with a number of surgical specialty trainee groups to reward the best abstracts within their respective fields.
The abstracts and resulting posters and/or oral presentations will be peer reviewed by a combined panel of ASiT and speciality trainee group representatives.
• ASiT-AOT Prize
www.aotent.com
Awarded for the best ENT surgery abstract submitted to the ASiT Conference.
The winner will recive £100.
AOT is the Association of Otolarynologists in Training, representing ENT trainees.
• ASiT-Rouleaux Club Prize
www.rouleauxclub.com
Awarded for the best vascular surgery abstract submitted to the ASiT Conference.
The winner will receive £100.
The Rouleaux Club represents trainees in vascular surgery.
• ASiT-SURG Prize
www.surg-online.net
Awarded for the best urological surgery abstract submitted to the ASiT Conference.
The winner will receive £100.
SURG is the Senior Urological Registrars Group, representing trainees in urology.
• ASiT-PLASTA Prize
http://plasta.org.uk
Awarded for the best plastic surgery abstract submitted to the ASiT Conference.
The winner will receive £100.
PLASTA is Plastic Surgery Trainees Association, representing plastic surgery.
• ASiT-Dukes' Club / ACPGBI Prize
www.thedukesclub.org.uk
With the support of Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, this is awarded for the best colorectal surgery abstract submitted to the ASiT Conference. The winner will receive £100.
The Dukes' Club represents general surgery trainees with a sub-specialty interest in colorectal surgery.
• ASiT-Mammary Fold Group Prize
www.themammaryfold.com
Awarded for the best breast surgery abstract submitted to the ASiT Conference.
The winner of the prize will receive a copy of "Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast: Expert Consult" (currently availiable for £144 on the Elsevier website book) which has kindly been donated as a prize by the publishers Elsevier.
The Mammary Fold is the national breast trainees group, representing general surgery trainees with a sub-specialty interest in breast surgery.
• ASiT-BNTA Prize
http://www.sbns.org.uk/site/1018/default.aspx
Awarded for the best neurosurgery abstract presented at the ASiT Conference.
The winner of the prize will receive a medically related text book of the winners choice to the value of £150, sponsored by Codman.
The BNTA is the national neurosurgical trainees group, representing neurosurgery trainees at the Society of British Neurological Surgeons.
Other Conference Prizes
We are currently working with other specialty organisations to arrange further trainee prizes. Details will be announced here when these are finalised.
Please contact us if you are interested in supporting or sponsoring a trainee prize. Funding a prize can be linked to delegate bag literature, and is an excellent way to raise an organisation or association's profile with the 600 trainees attending the ASiT conference.
