Medical Student Prize
The 2024 Medical Student Prize deadline for submissions has now passed
2024 Medical Student Prize
This year medical students are invited to submit an essay on their Quality Improvement Project (QUIP) and how it has equipped them and their department to perform better. The project must have completed at least one round of the Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) cycle and can be on any aspect of T&O - from education to patient preparation or adoption of surgical innovation.
The lead author of the winning submission will receive the following:
- BOA-recognised certificate
- £100 prize money
- A ticket for Medical Student's Day at the BOA Annual Congress 2024 in Birmingham
- Travel and one night's accommodation at the BOA Annual Congress 2024 paid for by the BOA
The BOA also wish to recognise the exceptional submissions we receive with a highly commended certificate.
FAQs
How do I submit my project?
You will be required to submit an application form along with your essay. The essay application form can be found here; please complete this and send it, along with your essay, to [email protected]. There is a limit of one essay entry per student.
In the application essay form you will be required to confirm:
“I certify that the attached material is my own work. I also certify that I have formally certified or formally acknowledged the words and ideas of others.”
Am I eligible?
The competition is open to all medical students in the UK or Republic of Ireland. If you have submitted in previous years but you are still a medical student, you are welcome to re-enter the competition for the 2024 prize.
Medical Students from the UK or Republic of Ireland who are studying abroad are not eligible to submit an essay.
Is there a word limit?
The maximum word count for the essay is 1000 words. The essay title and references/figures/tables (including in-text references) are not included in the word count, but any accompanying text i.e. the name of the table if stated above/below it, will be counted in the Word Count. Appendices are not encouraged but maybe used to present relevant additional information referred to in the essay. We usually receive a large number of submissions and the people marking the essays are not expected to read Appendices and therefore these should not be used to display details which are essential to your work.
Can I include graphs or images in my submission?
Does the word count include references and figures?
What referencing style shall I use?
When is the final deadline?
When will the winner be announced?
Will I receive feedback?
Who can I contact if I have a problem?
Past Winners
2023
Sumedh Sridhar, winner of the 2023 Medical Student Essay Prize competition, with his essay ‘Bones, Burnout, and Beyond’: Strategies for Supporting T&O Staff and Patients in a Changing Landscape. His essay was published on Orthopaedics Online, which you can read here.
2022
Jan Drmota, a final year medical student at Imperial College London, was the winner of the 2022 BOA Medical Student Essay Prize. His essay was published on Orthopaedics Online in December 2022 which you can read here.