This evening meeting will see trainees present interesting abstracts on difficult diagnostic or management problems in older people, as part of the Trainees' Prize - Clinical Case Presentations.
The winner of the President's Essay Prize will also be announced during the meeting.
Trainees’ Prize – Clinical Presentation
Prize:
Submission deadline : Tuesday 15 October 2019
Open to: Trainees in elderly medicine or old age psychiatry.
Application guidelines
Submit a 250-word abstract on a case presentation in a clinical context which demonstrates difficult diagnostic or management problems in older people. Five shortlisted candidates will be required to present their abstract at this meeting. Runners up will be invited to present a poster presentation.
President’s Essay Prize
Prize: First prize: A year’s free RSM membership
Submission deadline : Tuesday 15 October 2019
Open to: Medical students or postgraduates, practitioners, nursing, social care and allied healthcare professionals within five years of qualification.
Application guidelines
Submit a 3,000-word essay on any aspect of ageing or the health and care of older people.
Dr Mashkur Khan, Past President, Geriatrics and Gerontology Section, the Royal Society of Medicine
Mr Mohammed Dungarwalla
Mr Mustafa Butt
Mr Yeoh Huici
Mr Howell Jones
Mr Manpreet Dhillon
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
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