Medical Student Prize

• 2024, July – “Use your own creativity to show us how you would safely and efficiently train a medical student to perform an ellipse excision” (video) – William Birch, Leeds Medical School
• 2024, January – “Create a PIL on Mohs Micrographic surgery” – (concept design) Talia Patel, University of Nottingham Medical School.
• 2023, July –      “How can we ensure valid consent in dermatologic surgery in the era of teledermatology and one-stop clinics?” – Zoe Hemsley, Cambridge University.
• 2023, January – “What are the most important priorities for skin surgery and skin cancer research and why?” – Mohammed J Ali, Hull York Medical School 
• 2022, July – “You’re on mute! – Potentials and pitfalls with remote teaching in skin surgery” – Jessica McKeever, University of Dundee
• 2022, January – “What beneficial changes has the pandemic made to dermatological surgery?” Sukhmunni Johal Oxford University
• 2021, July – “Will artificial intelligence and automated technology replace the need for Dermatologists to diagnose skin cancer in the future?” Laura Leeves, Kings College London.
• 2021, January – “How do we optimise operator safety during dermatological surgery?”  Mahaveer Singh Sangha University of London Medical School
• 2020, July – “How do we optimise patients experience of dermatological surgical procedures?”  Anastasia Constantinou, University of Cambridge
• 2020, January – “How can dermatological surgery become
  more environmentally friendly?” Chaplin Catriona, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
• 2019, July –      What will dermatological surgery look like in 2050? For this submission, the essay format had been changed to a 5-minute long video. Outcome Details coming soon.
• 2019, January – “Which doctors would make the best skin surgeons? Can we predict ability prior to training?” Pimentel-Velazquez Diana, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London
• 2018, July – “Will artificial intelligence and automated technology replace the need for Dermatologists to diagnosis skin cancer in the future?” Selvendran Sara, Imperial College London
• 2018, January – “Skin cancer and patients’ use of Dermatology apps – a cause for concern or the future of healthcare provision?” Yi Jia Teo, University College Cork School of Medicine, National University of Ireland
• 2017, July – “Should NHS patients have access to scar management?” Kelsey Aimar, University of Nottingham
• 2017, January – Two prizes awarded: “If Mohs skin surgery is the ‘gold standard for non-melanoma skin cancer treatment’, why doesn’t eveyone have it?” Ali Ansaripour, Kings College London GKT School of Medical Education and Antonio Ji Xu, Oxford University Medical School
• 2016, July – “Discuss the technological advances in dermatological and reconstructive surgery that have had the greatest impact on skin cancer patients” Joseph Jayasundera, King’s College London
• 2016, January – “Discuss the impact of targeted molecular skin cancer therapies on dermatological surgery”
  Anna Ascott, Barts and The London
• 2015, July – “How should we measure the “best” outcomes for skin cancer surgery?”
  Mahdi Saleh, Keele University
• 2015, January – “There is no need to treat any skin cancer with Mohs surgery – discuss“
  Monty Lyman, University of Birmingham
• 2014 – “How can patient expectations relating to skin cancer surgery be assessed and addressed?”
  Joseph Colclough, University of Glasgow
  2014 – “How can patient expectations relating to skin cancer surgery be assessed and addressed?” 
  Katherine Farquhar, University of Glasgow
• 2013 – “Skin Cancer and Vitamin D“
  Verity Williams, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London.
• 2012 – “Skin cancer surgery: who should do it and why?“
  James Womersley, Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth.
• 2011 – “Rising skin cancer incidence: current and future impact on dermatological surgery“
  Sarah Gentry, University of Exeter and Plymouth College of Medicine.
• 2010 – “The role of technology in dermatological surgery“
  George Coltart, Oxford University.
• 2009 – “What is the role of the dermatologist in the management of Skin Cancer?“
  Justice Reilly, Glasgow University Medical School.
• 2008 – “The impact of climate change on skin cancer“
  Laura Thomas, Imperial College.
  2008 – “The impact of climate change on skin cancer“
  Rory Honney, Oxford University.
• 2007 – “Discuss aspects of healing in skin surgery“
  Faisal Ali, Oxford University.
• 2006 – “Surgical and emotional scars of skin cancer“
  Daniel Todkill, Warwick University

Title: ‘Use your own creativity to show us how you would safely and efficiently train a medical student to perform an ellipse excision

• Amina Ali – video
• Sidi Bao – video
• Elyssa Chan – video
• Elisha Coen – Poster presentation
• Lucinda Collinge – PDF
• Hareem Kamran – PowerPoint presentation
• Ashling Miller – video
• Theodora Pascoe – video
• Ria Patel – video
• Laxmi Thileepan – PowerPoint presentation