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Ethics Committee Essay Contest

AAS is now accepting entries for The AAS Ethics Committee Essay Contest 2022. The submission form, general rules and guidelines are below:

General Information:

  • Topic “Facing Mental Health and Suicide in Surgery”
  • Word limit 1000 words. No references allowed. Submit as MS Word document.

Guidelines for Authors:

  • Please follow Journal of Surgical Research Ethics in publishing guidelines, as well as use of inclusive language found here: https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/content/authorinfo
  • Up to 3 authors accepted, at least one must be an active or candidate member of AAS
  • Authors can be medical students, residents/fellows, as well as attending surgeons/ physicians or members of institutional ethics committee; diverse author teams are encouraged.
  • Essay contest judges are not allowed to participate in this contest.

Contest:

  • Submissions will be reviewed by an independent panel of judges drawn from the AAS membership for a first and second position winner. The first position essay will receive a $1000 cash prize.
  • The winning entry will be published in the Journal of Surgical Research July 2023. All entries will be published on the AAS blog.
  • Winners will be asked to submit a brief 2-3 sentence biographic introduction including twitter handles, a recent professional headshot, as well as current affiliation

Submission deadline: Thursday December 15, 2022.

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