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Medical Student Prize

Twice a year the BSDS sets a title and format on a topic related to dermatological surgery and offers a prize for the winning submissions.

The BSDS Medical Student Prize (previously titled Undergraduate Essay Prize) is open to anyone who has medical student status at the time of application or who graduates that year.

Medical Student Prize – Social media content:

Conditions:

Submissions of up to 5 PowerPoint slides featuring content suitable for social media publication. Submissions should be sent using the template provided (see below). The content should aim to educate clinicians at any level of skill about skin surgery. Content should be creative and may include demonstrating a surgical pearl, procedure, technique, journal articles / discussion of evidence, case or case studies. Content aimed for Instagram is preferred.

Essential criteria:

  • Each slide should include content which is suitable for social media publication. Supporting text to be published alongside the image can be included in the notes for each slide. This can be up to 2200 characters for content slide. If appropriate, hash tags or links to user accounts can be included.
  • Any images should be of good quality, in full focus and in optimal lighting. Suggested aspect ratios for Instagram are 1080×1080 / 91.44×91.44mm (square), 1080×1350/91.44×114.3mm (portrait), 1080×566 (landscape), 1080×1920 (stories, reels).
  • Videos can also be submitted in mp4 format. For Instagram, we suggest the following: 1080×1080 (square), 1080×1350(portrait), 1080×1920 (stories/reels).
  • No identifiable information.
  • BSDS social media consent form, where relevant e.g. patient photos or video used, for publication to be attached and completed.

Please refer to Application Form for full details.

The prize for the winning essay will be £300.

BSDS Medical Student Essay Prize Application Form – January 2025

Social Media Submission Proforma Template – January 2025

Consent Social Media Form

Deadline for submissions: 31st January 2025.

Previous Essay Prize Winners

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'Top Ten' submissions - July 2024

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