The Best Poster Prize in Paediatrics & Child Health is presented for excellence of hypothesis, scientific merit and oral presentation at the RACP Congress.
Recipients
Professor Elizabeth Elliott | 2022 recipient (Fellow)
Title: Every Moment Matters' in a Climate for Change in Attitudes to Alcohol Use in Pregnancy
Professor Elizabeth Elliott is a Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney and Consultant Paediatrician and Head of the NSW FASD Assessment Service at the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network. She is an Advisory Board member for the National Awareness Campaign for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Women.
Dr Catherine Brown | 2022 recipient (Trainee)
Title: Introducing a Short-Format, Paediatric Surgical Podcast into the Formal Teaching Resources of a Medical School
Dr Cate Brown is a Paediatric Advanced Trainee in Haematology, Oncology and Community Child Health working within the Sydney Children's Hospital Network. She has a keen interest in medical education and particularly in using innovative strategies to improve the education experience for health professionals.
Eligibility
The prize is open to Fellows and Advanced Trainees in the Paediatrics & Child Health Division.
Prize
2 x prizes are on offer for 1 Fellow and 1 trainee.
Each prize recipient is awarded AUD$750 and a certificate.
Submission
Read the terms and conditions and abstract guidelines before you submit your abstract.
Abstracts that do not conform to the guidelines will not be accepted.
Submit your abstract through the RACP Congress website.
The College Conflicts Of Interest Policy (PDF) and Privacy Policy apply to all applicants and the prize recipient.
Selection process
A Paediatrics & Child Health Division Working Group will review the abstracts and select those that meet the highest standard.
Selected applicants will be notified by the RACP Foundation and briefed on the next stage: a poster and short oral presentation at the RACP Congress.
Note: You must be registered to attend RACP Congress to be able to participate in the poster presentation.
On the day, a Judging Panel will adjudicate the posters and presentations.
The RACP requires the recipient's permission to publish their winning abstracts in the Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health. Publication of abstracts is at the discretion of the Journal’s Editor in Chief.
For all questions and enquiries about the Prize,
contact the RACP Foundation.
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