ASA January 2004 Newsletter

ASA resident members are reminded that April 1, 2004, is the deadline for receipt of entries in the Residents’ Research Essay Contest. Three prize winners will be invited to present their papers at the ASA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October 2004. The rules for entry are:

Eligibility

1. The entrant must be a member of ASA at the time of submission. Any co-entrant(s) may or may not be a member of ASA.

2. The work reported should have been completed during residency or research fellowship training. Research performed as a student may be considered.

3. Papers should be submitted during or within one year following completion of the training.

4. A previous entry or award does not preclude eligibility.

Submission of Entry

1. A letter from the residency program director confirming eligibility must accompany each submission.

2. Concurrent submission of an abstract of the work for presentation as a regular scientific paper at the ASA Annual Meeting is required. That submission should be prepared using the ASA abstract submission material in accordance with the rules and deadlines for submission of regular ASA scientific abstracts and submitted independently of the essay contest application.

3. Manuscripts should follow the format provided in the “Guide for Authors” of the journal Anesthesiology. The work should not have been presented, published or submitted to any other meeting, journal or residents’ essay contest prior to this submission. A limit of 25 double-spaced pages, including all figures, tables and references, will be enforced; manuscripts that exceed the page limit will not be reviewed.

The original and 21 copies of the manuscript must be received by April 1, 2004, by the office of the Chair of the Committee on Research, Michael K. Cahalan, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, 30 N. 1900 E., Room 3C444, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.

Complete guidelines for application are available from residency program directors or from the ASA Executive Office, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573. Guidelines for the submission of ASA Annual Meeting scientific papers are also available from the ASA Executive Office and the ASA Web site. The “Guide for Authors” for the journal Anesthesiology can be found in the January issue of the journal.

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