2012 RESIDENT TRAUMA PAPERS COMPETITION
American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) Announces its “Call for Abstracts” for the 2012 Resident Trauma Papers Competition
ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to all general surgery residents, surgical specialty residents, and trauma fellows. Medical students are not eligible.
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PRESENTATION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED MAY HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED BUT NOT PUBLISHED AS FULL PAPERS IN ANY PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL BEFORE MARCH 8, 2012.
SUBMISSION OF MILITARY/CIVILIAN RESIDENT TRAUMA PAPERS
If the resident or fellow is in the U.S. military, the abstract must be submitted through the ACS COT Military Region, regardless of whether the work was performed in a military or civilian institution. If the resident or fellow is a civilian, the abstract must be submitted through the resident/fellow’s geographic region, regardless of whether the work was performed in a military or civilian institution. Exceptions may be made only through a mutual discussion and decision by the respective Region Chiefs.
SCOPE
The abstracts should describe original research in trauma, critical care, or injury prevention. The topics can be categorized as either: basic laboratory research or clinical investigation. Two abstracts from each ACS COT Region (one from each category, if at all possible) are submitted for consideration for presentation at the national meeting, but only one will be selected for the national competition.
PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Residents or trauma fellows should submit a three-page abstract to the appropriate State/Provincial Chair (information can be obtained by contacting the ACS Trauma Programs Office or by going to http://www.facs.org/trauma/regional.html). The dates for regional competitions vary, but the last date State/Provincial Chairs may submit abstracts from local competitions to the appropriate Region Chief is November 18, 2011. Each Region Chief will establish a regional competition to select one abstract in basic laboratory research and one abstract in clinical investigation for consideration for presentation at the national competition.
The Region Chief will submit two copies of each abstract (one blind copy with only the paper’s title for judging and one with the the following information:
- principal author’s name
- institution,
- phone number fax number , and e-mail address
Submit abstracts to the Trauma Office by December 16, 2011. A pre-selected panel of judges from the COT will rank these abstracts and select a balance of basic and clinical abstracts representing each of the 17 regions by early January 2012. Each regional winner will be notified shortly thereafter.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
- The abstract should be no more than three pages and provide adequate information and objective data to evaluate the abstract properly.
- The abstract should be submitted electronically, preferably as a Word document. It is permissible to single-space the abstract.
- At the top of the first page, the full title of the abstract and full name of the principal author, with academic degrees, are to be stated.
At the bottom of the first page, a footnote should be included to provide the principal author’s mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address. This contact information is very important.
AWARDS AND PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
Winning residents will attend the Annual Meeting of the Committee on Trauma. The competition will pay for coach airfare to Chicago, IL, and a three-day hotel stay for each winning resident.
Papers will be presented during the Scientific Session on Thursday afternoon, March 8, 2012. All regional winners are also expected to attend the Committee on Trauma Banquet on Friday, March 9, 2012, where the winners of the national competition will be announced.
The competition is funded by the Eastern and Western States Committees on Trauma, Region 7 Committees on Trauma, the National Trauma Institute, and the American College of Surgeons.
To find the name of the local COT Chair visit: http://www.facs.org/trauma/regional.html. For any other information regarding the Residents Trauma Papers Competition, contact the ACS Trauma Programs Office at 312-202-5380 visit: http://www.facs.org/trauma/regional.html.
The first-place papers from both the basic science and clinical science categories will be eligible for publication (after the Annual Meeting) in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
American College of Surgeons
Trauma Programs Office
633 N. Saint Clair St. Chicago, IL 60611-3211
Phone: 312-202-5380 fax: 312-202-5005
Email: Bridget Blackwood at bblackwood@facs.org
Revised June 29, 2011