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Advice and Resources: American Osler Society, William B. Bean Student Research Award
for medical history and humanities American Association
for the History of Medicine Osler Medal The John Martin Rare Book Room, |
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Robert D. Sparks Essay Prize First prize: $1500 An annual $1,500
first prize and $750 second prize will be awarded to the best essays that examine a timely issue in
medicine using historical, ethical and cultural perspectives. This
competition is open to all medical students enrolled in the UI Carver College
of Medicine. The deadline for submission of next year's prize is April 17, 2009. An
outstanding essay will be an original work based on sound research in the
relevant fields and sources, including (as appropriate) primary documents,
peer-reviewed academic books and articles, and published essays and
commentaries. Essays will be judged on their originality, organization,
clarity of theme and presentation. Essays should be 2500-3500 words in
length, double spaced with 1-inch margins in a 12 point font (approximately
12 to 15 pages).
Any academic
note reference and citation style is allowed as long as page references are
provided to specific quotations and sources of information. The style used by
JAMA (see “References” in JAMA’s Instructions for Authors at http://jama.ama-assn.org/misc/ifora.dtl)
is appropriate. Send completed
essays electronically to David Etler by midnight on
April 17, 2009. Please put your name, title of the essay, email address, telephone
number and student id number on a cover sheet. Place only the title and date
on a title page. The cover sheet will be removed and saved in a separate file
so that the essays may be evaluated anonymously.
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Sparks Prize Committee: Edwin Holtum Margaret LeMay-Lewis |
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