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resident members are reminded that March
30, 2007, 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 San Francisco,
California, in October 2007. 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 March 30, 2007,
by the office of the Chair of the Committee on Research,
Paul R. Knight III, M.D., Ph.D., 2416 W. Oakfield,
Grand Island, NY 14072-1138.
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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