Rules:

1. Research must be performed during residency, and not during protected research time during residency. (A month-long research elective during the course of a residency is fine)
2. Research can take many forms, including case reports and case series, retrospective analyses, clinical trials, and laboratory studies.
3. The resident should have participated in the project to legitimately claim first authorship when/if the manuscript is published.
4. An abstract of 2600 characters or less should be submitted on the attached Form. As per abstract submission instructions from Pediatric Academic Society, the abstract count includes characters and spaces in the following: authors, title, abstract body, tables and figures. The deadline is February 1, 2009 for this year’s contest. The abstracts MUST be submitted on the attached form and comply with instructions. All submissions should be emailed to lnield@hsc.wvu.edu in the proper format, please.

Judges:

1. Physicians from around the country, all outside of West Virginia, will review and score the abstracts which will not include author’s information.
2. The attributes that will be assessed are originality, scientific merit, importance of the topic to practicing pediatricians, and readability.
3. There are two categories this year:
   Category 1: clinical trials/laboratory studies/retrospective analyses and
   Category 2: case reports.
   The national judges will determine the top 5 abstracts in each category.
4. As determined by the national judges, four residents will have the opportunity to make an oral presentation and six will have the opportunity to make a poster presentation. The authors of the top 2 abstracts of Category 1 and the top 2 abstracts of Category 2 will each deliver a 20-minute presentation. Residents who have authored abstracts ranked 4, 5, and 6 will present a poster.
5. Audience members at the WV AAP Chapter Spring Meeting will serve as final judges to determine the ultimate winners based upon the quality of presentations. Plaques and monetary prizes will be awarded on the evening of the dinner

Abstract Form: Click Here

List of annual recipients ........ CLICK HERE