2006 RESIDENTS TRAUMA PAPER COMPETITION

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (COT) Announces the "Call for Abstracts" for the Residents Trauma Papers Competition

ELIGIBILITY

The competition is open to general surgery residents, surgical specialty residents, and trauma fellows in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPETITION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, PAPERS SUBMITTED MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED BUT NOT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED (including any peer-review journals except the Surgical Forum) BEFORE March 16, 2006.

Submission of Military-Civilian Resident Trauma Papers

If the resident or fellow is military, the paper must be submitted through the military region, regardless of whether the work was performed in a military or civilian institution. If the resident or fellow is a civilian, the paper 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 Region Chief to Region Chief discussion and agreement.

SCOPE

The papers should describe original research in the area of trauma care as the area of trauma care and/or injury prevention categorized in either: 1) basic laboratory research, or 2) clinical investigation. The national competition requires two papers to be submitted from each region. Preferably one should represent the clinical category and one the basic category, but only one will be selected for the national competition.

TIME SCHEDULE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Residents or trauma fellows should submit a three-page abstract to the appropriate State/Provincial Chair (information can be obtained by contacting the number listed below or by going to http://www.facs.org/trauma/regional.html. The dates for local competitions vary, but State/Provincial Chairs must submit papers from local competitions to the appropriate Region Chief by November 15, 2005. Each Region Chief will establish a regional competition to select the winning abstracts to represent that region, one in basic laboratory research and one in clinical investigation.

The Region Chief will submit two copies of these abstracts (one blind copy with title only for judging and one with the principal author's name, institution, phone, fax, and e-mail to the Trauma Office by December 15, 2005. A preselected panel of judges from the COT will rank these abstracts and select a balance of basic and clinical abstracts representing each of 14 regions by early January 2006. Each regional winner will be notified shortly thereafter.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

• The abstract should be no more than 3 pages and provide adequate information and objective data to evaluate the abstract properly.
• The abstract may be submitted electronically, but a hard copy must also be sent on white paper (8½ x 11") with a left margin of 1 inch. 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 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, fax, and e-mail address. This contact information is very important. 

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 Revised April 19, 2005

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