COT & COC Physician-in-training paper competition
Final Information - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
We are excited to hold our annual Virginia Chapter, American College of Surgeons COT/COC Physician-in-Training Paper Competition on Thursday, November 5 from 12 – 5PM. Your submission has been accepted for presentation!
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Updated Start Time: Due to the high number of submissions this year, we have adjusted the schedule to begin at 12:00 PM.
- Meeting Location: All presenters will convene in the Lambert Board Room at 12:00 PM for the COT/COC presentations.
- Review the Agenda: Please carefully review the attached agenda to confirm your presentation time and let me know of any corrections by Wednesday.
- Presentation Length: Resident and medical student presentations are limited to 10 minutes total (7-minute presentation + 3-minute Q&A).
Presentation Technology & Submission:
- Please have your presentation available in an email that you can access through a web browser. USB ports cannot be used in the Lambert Conference Center.
- As a backup, we encourage you to email your presentation to ramdocs8139@gmail.com no later than 10:00 AM on Thursday.
- If you are presenting in the first block, please try to arrive early so you can preload your presentation. Other presenters will have an opportunity to do this during a break.
- Please reply by Wednesday to confirm your attendance!
DIRECTIONS:
NOTE: VCU Medical Center has weapons detection screening in place. Please do not bring any type of knife or any other weapon to campus. See the link below for more information.
https://www.vcuhealth.org/patients-and-visitors/weapons-detection-screening
Location:
VCU Critical Care Hospital
On foot/for anyone who may take the GRTC Pulse bus:
Enter through the Gateway Building located at 1200 East Marshall Street
Directions to Critical Care Hospital from the Gateway Building Ground Floor Entrance:
1. After you go through the weapons detection station, take the stairs ahead or elevators on the right up to the first floor and turn left at Panera.
2. Shortly, you will enter Critical Care Hospital.
3. Walk past the elevators and Three Bears Gift Shop on the right.
4. Walk until you see the escalator.
5. Go left past the escalator
6. The Lambert Board Room is in the right corner behind the escalators.
Self-Parking:
VCU Health 12thStreet Parking Deck – NOTE new entrance
https://www.vcuhealth.org/locations/location-details?id=123
Directions to Critical Care Hospital from the 12th Street Parking Deck:
1. Take the elevator to level 8.
2. When you exit the elevators, make sort of a U-turn to your left to enter the Critical Care Hospital building (do not go outside).
3. Go through the weapons detection station.
4. Take the escalator or elevator up to the first floor.
1. From the escalator, make a U-turn to your right to go to the corner behind the escalator.
2. From the elevator, turn left to go to the room in the corner behind the escalator.
5. The Lambert Board Room is in the right corner behind the escalators.
2027 VA-ACS ANNUAL MEETING
Two resident/fellow presentations will be selected as winners of the COT and COC competitions and invited to present at the 2027 Virginia Chapter, ACS Annual Meeting, May 14–15, 2027, at the NEW Kalahari Resort in Spotsylvania County.
Additionally, the third-place resident winner and the top medical student presenter will be invited to present during the COT Breakfast at the Annual Meeting.
A generous monetary prize will be awarded to each winner at the 2027 Annual Meeting!
We look forward to seeing everyone on November 5. Best of luck with your presentations!
Questions? Email Susan McConnell at smcconnell@ramdocs.org.