CAS holds essay competition for Medical Students
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Purpose
To increase Undergraduate Medical Students’ awareness of the specialty of Anesthesiology and the role of Anesthesiologists’ in modern health care.
Essay
Write an essay of 1000 – 1500 words, from the topics listed below. To be submitted in electronic format (Word; not PDF), to your local Anesthesiology Coordinator (see below), via email
Please include your name, university and email address.
Deadline for Submission: Friday, Feb 26, 2016.
Topics
- The Anesthesiologists’ role in the modern medical school curriculum.
- Anesthesiologists’ as leaders in patient safety.
- Criteria for admission to medical school.
- The contribution of Anesthesiology to research in medicine.
- The use of the anesthesia simulator for Anesthesiology teaching: “Is it a good thing?”
- The Anesthesiologist as the perioperative physician.
- A topic related to the history of Canadian Anesthesiology.
- Professionalism in medicine.
- Anesthesiology’s contribution to Pain Management.
- Other topics that are suitable, to be cleared by your local Undergraduate Education Supervisor:
Undergraduate Education Program Coordinator:
Please forward your essay to Charlotte Sikatori, Department of Anesthesia at Western University on or before Feb 19, 2016
Phone#: ext 758 1 3 Email: charlotte.sikatori@lhsc.on.ca
Prize
- 1st Prize: $1,000 and an invitation to the CAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver (June 24-27, 2016), where your prize will be presented. (+ up to $1K travel stipend)
- 2nd Prize: $500
- 3rd Prize: $250
