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resident members are reminded that March
31, 2008, 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 Orlando, Florida,
in October 2008. 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 31, 2008,
by the office of the Chair of the Committee on Research,
Paul R. Knight III, M.D., Ph.D., 245 Biomedical
Research Building, University at Buffalo, SUNY,
3435 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14214.
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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