2023 CANCER & TRAUMA PHYSICIAN-IN-TRAINING PAPER COMPETITION
Thursday, November 2 | 3-6 PM
The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (ACS COC) and Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) announce their call for abstracts for the 2023 Physician in Training Paper Competition. The competition fosters the development of physician scientists in the fields of oncology and trauma. We will hold a competition at VCU on Thursday, November 2nd from 3-6 PM. Location: McGlothlin Medical Education Center | Room 5-200A.
ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to all general surgery residents, surgical specialty residents, and fellows on topics specific to oncology and trauma, related to the mission of the Commission on Cancer and the Committee on Trauma. Any paper submitted may have been previously presented but not published as full paper in any peer-reviewed journal at the time of submission.
MEDICAL STUDENTS
*New this year: Medical students are eligible to participate in the COT competition. The student sponsor (Attending) must be present at the Paper Competition. The top medical student presenter will be selected to present at the 2024 VA-ACS Annual Meeting (more information below) and will receive a generous monetary prize.
Submission Deadline: Thursday, October 26th.
SCOPE
The abstracts should describe original research in any aspect of cancer or trauma care. The papers must be categorized as either: 1) basic laboratory research or 2) clinical research/investigation. The winner in each category will be selected for the national competition.
All submissions will be expected to present a PowerPoint presentation on November 2nd at VCU. The presentation will be 10 minutes long (7 minute presentation + 3 minute Q&A).
2024 VA-ACS ANNUAL MEETING
Two of the resident/fellow presentations in the COC and in the COT competition will be selected as winners to present at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Virginia Chapter, ACS to be held May17 & 18 at the Hilton McLean Tyson's Corner. The top medical student presenter will also be selected to present at the 2024 Annual Meeting. A generous monetary prize will be presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting to each winner.
Questions? Contact Chapter Administrator, Susan McConnell at 804-622-8139 or smcconnell@ramdocs.org.
Submit an Abstract by October 26th
