D. S. Rosengarten Surgical Trainee Research Prize 2016 - open for applications

2015's prize winner, Dr Katherine Suter with Mrs Rosengarten

D. S. Rosengarten Surgical Trainee Research Prize 2016 is now open for applications.

• Taking place: Saturday 3 December 2016 at 8am 
• Applications due: Friday 25 November, 2016
• About the D.S. Rosengarten Surgery Prize.
• The photo gallery of the 2015 event.

The prize consisting of a shield and $1000 will be awarded for the best surgical research project performed by an Alfred Hospital surgical trainee.

Advanced and Basic Surgical trainees in all disciplines at The Alfred Hospital are eligible to apply and are encouraged to participate.

The winner, to be decided by a panel of adjudicators, will be announced at the conclusion of a scientific symposium at which the projects will be presented. This will be held on Saturday 3 December, 2016 at 8:00am in the AMREP Seminar Room, AMREP Education Centre, The Alfred.

The format will be ten minutes verbal presentation with five minutes discussion.

The panel of adjudicators will award points for the following: originality of idea, planning and design, methodology, analysis, conclusion, presentation, discussion and the abstract.

The closing date for applications will be Friday 2 November, 2016.

It is emphasised that abstracts submitted after this date will not be accepted.

The application should include a summary abstract (no greater than 200 words on A4 paper, preferably in WORD format) of the project including introduction, aims, methods, results and conclusion and should be forwarded to:

Ms Jane Babarikas,
Personal Assistant, Department of General Surgery
6th Floor, Centre Block, Alfred Hospital
Or via email to j.babarikas@alfred.org.au
t 9076 3290  f  9076 3902  e J.Babarikas@alfred.org.au
On behalf of
Mr Stewart Skinner
Chairman

Further details and advice may be obtained from Mr Stewart Skinner, Professor Jonathan Serpell or Associate Professor Wendy Brown