Entries produced “in-house” by a consultant
surgeon in association with his/her department of
medical illustration.
Entries produced more “commercially” by
a consultant surgeon with external technical or financial
assistance.
The winner in each category will
receive a plaque and a cash prize of £300.
Presenters are asked to note that
the Association may reserve the right to allow the
Surgical Royal Colleges to catalogue and manage the
selection in their libraries.
Entries must be of general surgical
interest, suitable for an audience of consultants
and higher surgical trainees and may include topic
presentations as well as operative surgery. Commentaries
must be in English, and entries must be on SVHS format
videotape or DVD and be no longer than 10 minutes
duration. Any film that lasts longer than 10 minutes
will not be accepted.
Entries will be judged according
to surgical interest, teaching value and technical
merit. Those accepted will be shown at the Annual
Meeting where a presenter should be available for
questions. A two minute discussion will follow each
presentation. A list of equipment used for the production
must accompany each entry, together with full names
and qualifications of those most involved in the making
of the videotape (maximum four names). The Association
reserves the right to show or not show any entry.
Videos or DVDs, accompanied
by a completed Entry Form must be sent to the Director
of the Scientific Programme, Association of Surgeons,
at the Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln’s
Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE and be received by the
closing date of Friday 12th November 2004.
