APMEDUCON - 2016 - Various Competitions / Awards & Prizes

A P MEDUCON  2016

6^th A.P. State Medical Education Conference
2016, July 2^nd & 3^rd   Visakhapatnam - 
venue - AMCOSA Hall Vizag 
(July 1st - Workshops - at AMC Vizag)  

Various Competitions / Awards / Prize sessions being conducted 

1.  C.S.Murty Memorial Prize for the Best Research Paper on Medical Education (by Faculty) 
Platform presentation of research paper on med. edcn. 
Please send your full paper by 20th June 2016. 
Author must be presenter and must register for the conference. 
All papers submitted will be screened and all or the best of them will be invited for Platform Presentation. (the other papers will be allotted to other sections mentioned below with the concurrence of the author) 
The work must be the own work done by the author/ presenter & Not Published or sent for publication. 
Oral presentation - for 7 minutes (laptop & lcd projector available - please upload into laptop 30min. before presentation)
Questions / interaction by judges - about 3 min. (left to discretion of judges) 
questions / interaction with audience - at the end of ALL presentations. 
 
2. C.Janaki Memorial Prize for the Best Research Paper on Medical Education (by students - UG /PG) 
Platform presentation of research paper on med. edcn. 
Please send the full paper by 20th June 2016. 
The student must have been actively involved in the research paper and actively contributed to it. 
The student must present the paper and must have registered for the conference. 
There must be at least one faculty in the list of authors of the paper 
All papers submitted will be screened and all or the best of them will be invited for Platform Presentation. (the other papers will be allotted to other sections mentioned below with the concurrence of the author) 

The work must be the own work done by the author/ presenter & Not Published or sent for publication. 

Oral presentation - for 7 minutes (laptop & lcd projector available - please upload into laptop 30min. before presentation)
Questions / interaction by judges - about 3 min. (left to discretion of judges) 

questions / interaction with audience - at the end of ALL presentations. 

3. Free / Open papers - The Best paper will be awarded a prize. 

this section is meant for Research papers on med edcn including - 

- papers that are screened out from above two prizes (1&2) and 

- papers which are received after the last date and 

- papers for which only the title etc is sent and not the full paper 

- other research papers on med edcn not fulfilling full criteria for award section 

- author / presenter must register for conference and the work must be their own 

- the work must be the own work done by the author/ presenter & Not Published or sent for publication 
- please try to send the papers at least by june 25th to help us in the arrangements and allotting time slots

4. Viewpoints / Personal Opinions - The Best presentation will be awarded a Prize 

- open to all 

- Papers / Presentations that are mainly personal opinions & viewpoints regarding medical education 

- and do not fall under the gambit of research papers on medical education.  

- The presentation must be the presenter's own presentation and they must register for the conference. 

- please try to send the papers at least by june 25th to help us in the arrangements and allotting time slots
Oral presentation - for 7 minutes (laptop & lcd projector available - please upload into laptop 30min. before presentation)
Questions / interaction by judges / audience - about 3 min. (left to discretion of judges) 

All papers sent for various awards / sections will be screened by a committee to decide which slot / section they would be included and their decision will be final. 

5. Best Poster on Medical Education Research (by faculty) 

- Poster must be the research work on med edcn done by the author / presenter 

- Please use paper / chart paper for posters AND NOT FLEXI ETC. (to save the environment) 

- Poster size will be standard 4x3 feet (vertical 4ft tall & horizontal 3ft breadth) 

- you can also print on A-4 papers or similar size and pin on the space provided in the conference. 

- Please submit your poster by email - as jpg or similar online format by 25th June 2016 

- Posters received after June 25th may not be included in the prize section - but will be permitted to be displayed. 

6. Best Poster on Medical Education Research (by students - UG & PG) 

- Poster must be the research work on med edcn done by the author / presenter 

- Please use paper / chart paper for posters AND NOT FLEXI ETC. (to save the environment) 

- Poster size will be standard 4x3 feet (vertical 4ft tall & horizontal 3ft breadth) 

- you can also print on A-4 papers or similar size and pin on the space provided in the conference. 

- Please submit your poster by email - as jpg or similar online format by 25th June 2016 

- Posters received after June 25th may not be included in the prize section - but will be permitted to be displayed.  

7. Best Powerpoint Slideshow - with or without recorded narration (by faculty or student) - on a medical topic of MBBS level 
- PPT slide show must be in auto slideshow mode 
- maximum duration of PPT must be 6 minutes 
- PPT to be sent by June 20th 2016 
- PPTs will be screened during breaks 
- the PPT will be judged by a jury and 
- prize given to the best PPT 
- author must have registered for the conference 
- PPT must be author's own and author is responsible for any copyright issues 

8. Best mini-lecture / class (by faculty) - 
- if there are at least 3 entries 
- the faculty must register for the conference 
- please submit your name & designation & place of stay AND TOPIC TITLE /NAME by June 20th 
- the faculty member will deliver their lecture in front of a jury and audience 
- maximum duration of lecture / class is 6 min. 
- can use chalkboard or OHP or PPT as TL aids 

9. Best Question of the Day (by any registered delegate) 
- the delegate must ask their question in the Q-A session after the guest lecture / panel if permitted by the chairperson /moderator of the session 
- allowing the question or not is the discretion of the chair 
- the delegate must also submit the question in written form with their name & designation & mobile number & place of residence
- the question to be submitted to the organising committee members who are designated for this purpose 
- judges' decision will be final 

10. Best Rapporteur of the Day (for each day) 
- those wishing to participate in this competition must submit their name to the conference organising committee by June 20th 
- they will write  a summary report of the day's proceedings - with a maximum word limit of 500 words 
- the report must be submitted to the organising committee by 10PM on that day 
- the best report will be awarded a prize 
- the judges' decision will be final 

Any other suggestions are most welcome. 

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