Essay Prize

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An Essay Prize for Medical Students - Value: £250

 

 

The BSRM Medical Student’s Essay Prize is awarded annually on a competitive basis. All UK Medical Students are eligible to apply.

There is no application form, but submissions should be

• up to 2,500 words in length
• on a subject pertinent to Rehabilitation Medicine from a medical, biological or sociological point of view
• Include a review of relevant literature. 

Particular credit will be given for original thought and accounts of personal experience. 

For further details of criteria and mark scheme please see the Marks Scheme.

The closing date for submissions is September 28th and the adjudicators will decide to whom the prize will be awarded by December 30th.

It remains the right of BSRM not to award the prize if no application of sufficient merit is made.

 

Example Previous Winners

Guy Dixon, Medical Student from Liverpool 
Improving Our Understanding of Motivation and Participation in Neurorehabilitation: A Review of Self-efficacy in Neurological Conditions
 
Sophie Krivinskas, Medical Student from Nottingham
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) as an outcome measure for people receiving rehabilitation?