Join us for the prestigious John of Arderne prize for a chance to hear surgical trainees and medical students present their colorectal research papers, followed by the annual Presidential Address.
If you would like to attend the live stream version of this event, please book your place here.
In an interactive forum, trainees will present and discuss their research and answer questions from the audience. Member of the Council of the Coloproctology Section will award the John of Arderne medal to the best research paper presented at this meeting.
The prize meeting will be followed by the Presidential Address with RSM’s new Coloproctology Section President, Professor Sue Clark. Professor Clark was a Commissioner at the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s Commission on the Future of Surgery, and is now the College’s Genomics Champion. She will be talking about her career as a surgeon, researcher, trainer and educator, and discuss her passion for making the future happen in coloproctology.
The reminder of this meeting will be devoted to outline Coloproctology Section’s theme ‘The Future of Coloproctology’, which will be the theme for all meetings in the 2020/21 academic year.
Please note, the optional dinner is a black-tie event.
During this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand findings of current research in coloproctology over six selected topics and ask questions to the presenter
- Know which broad areas of change are likely to have an impact on coloproctology over the next 20 years
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: John of Arderne prize
Prize: The John of Arderne medal and a travelling fellowship to the following year’s overseas meeting in Western Australia
Submission deadline: Wednesday 18 November 2020
Open to: All coloproctology and surgery trainees and medical students
Abstract guidelines:
Abstracts should state briefly and clearly the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions of the work and must not exceed 200 words.
For further information, please contact coloproctology@rsm.ac.uk.
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