The Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) announces the 2009–2010 Student Writing Competition! The exciting activity provides an opportunity for PA students to submit original entries featuring their medical writing skills. To memorialize early contributions in support of student writing made by J. Peter Nyquist, the student taking first place continues to be designated the Nyquist Award winner.
The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (JAAPA) , the sponsor of the competition for the eigth consecutive year, will award monetary prizes to three students and cover their travel expenses to attend AAPA's 38th Annual PA Conference in Atlanta, GA. Students whose entries are selected will have the opportunity to present them to peers and faculty as part of the Student Academy Professional Workshops during the Annual PA Conference, May 29 – June 3, 2010.
All submissions, including any attachments, must be Word documents and submitted electronically. Each student entry requires an accompanying endorsement from the student's program director. Directors are asked to e-mail endorsements from their own e-mail accounts to verify that each student entry from their programs is the student's original work and that the entrant authored the paper while he or she was a student in the PA program. Submissions will not be considered complete until the program director's endorsement has been received at PAEA headquarters. All student entries, as well as program directors' endorsements, the deadline is February 15, 2010.
Eligibility and Submission Procedures
The eligibility requirements for entries submitted to the PAEA Student Writing Competition for past cycles follows. All first-and second-year students, as well as recent graduates, are eligible to apply. Papers must be authored by students while enrolled in a PA program, but will be accepted if the entrant has graduated within the year prior to the submission deadline. Papers may be single author or joint projects; if a jointly authored paper is submitted, all authors must meet eligibility requirements. Topics for submission must be germane to the PA profession, but authors may utilize any of a number of formats including, but not limited to, essays on medical, social, political or ethical issues the impact the practice of medicine by PAs; clinical review articles, evidence-based reviews of a clinical question, and reports of original student research projects. Papers may be no longer than 3,500 words (not including title page, abstract, legends, tables, figures, and references). Submissions are accepted only in electronic format and must comply with the guidelines announced in late fall each year (click here for PAEA guidelines). For the 09-10 cycle, additional guidelines will be in effect specifying the amount of assistance faculty may provide to students’ entries, in addition to a statement for each entry to be completed by the student that the submission is his own work and that all sources have been appropriately acknowledged.
Awards
Three prizes are awarded. The first prize winner will be designated the J. Peter Nyquist winner and will be awarded $500. The second prize will be $300, and third prize will be $200. If a prize-winning paper has more than one author, the cash award will be divided equally among the paper’s authors. The Journal of the American Association of Physician Assistants (JAAPA) has supported this competition for several years.
Find out more information online at PAEAonline.org!
The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (JAAPA) , the sponsor of the competition for the eigth consecutive year, will award monetary prizes to three students and cover their travel expenses to attend AAPA's 38th Annual PA Conference in Atlanta, GA. Students whose entries are selected will have the opportunity to present them to peers and faculty as part of the Student Academy Professional Workshops during the Annual PA Conference, May 29 – June 3, 2010.
All submissions, including any attachments, must be Word documents and submitted electronically. Each student entry requires an accompanying endorsement from the student's program director. Directors are asked to e-mail endorsements from their own e-mail accounts to verify that each student entry from their programs is the student's original work and that the entrant authored the paper while he or she was a student in the PA program. Submissions will not be considered complete until the program director's endorsement has been received at PAEA headquarters. All student entries, as well as program directors' endorsements, the deadline is February 15, 2010.
Eligibility and Submission Procedures
The eligibility requirements for entries submitted to the PAEA Student Writing Competition for past cycles follows. All first-and second-year students, as well as recent graduates, are eligible to apply. Papers must be authored by students while enrolled in a PA program, but will be accepted if the entrant has graduated within the year prior to the submission deadline. Papers may be single author or joint projects; if a jointly authored paper is submitted, all authors must meet eligibility requirements. Topics for submission must be germane to the PA profession, but authors may utilize any of a number of formats including, but not limited to, essays on medical, social, political or ethical issues the impact the practice of medicine by PAs; clinical review articles, evidence-based reviews of a clinical question, and reports of original student research projects. Papers may be no longer than 3,500 words (not including title page, abstract, legends, tables, figures, and references). Submissions are accepted only in electronic format and must comply with the guidelines announced in late fall each year (click here for PAEA guidelines). For the 09-10 cycle, additional guidelines will be in effect specifying the amount of assistance faculty may provide to students’ entries, in addition to a statement for each entry to be completed by the student that the submission is his own work and that all sources have been appropriately acknowledged.
Awards
Three prizes are awarded. The first prize winner will be designated the J. Peter Nyquist winner and will be awarded $500. The second prize will be $300, and third prize will be $200. If a prize-winning paper has more than one author, the cash award will be divided equally among the paper’s authors. The Journal of the American Association of Physician Assistants (JAAPA) has supported this competition for several years.
Find out more information online at PAEAonline.org!
