Gordon Jackson Rees Prize Competition

Dr Jackson Rees

LSA President 1966 - 1968

1912 - 2001

This has been for many years, a popular annual contest for the best presentation of a research, audit or quality improvement project or a practice-changing case description. Each presentation lasts for 10 minutes with a further 5 minutes for attendee questions. The winner and runner-up will be chosen on the day by those in attendance.

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Originally named the registrars prize it was subsequently renamed the trainees prize to recognise the changes that have occurred in training and in time for the production and award of the first Jackson Rees medal. However this is not the first time that a well respected and renowned previous member of the society has been recognised in this way; for the 10 years up to 2001 the ‘Tom Forrest’ medal was awarded. Since then, with further updates to Anaesthetic training, and more so with the inclusion of Clinical Fellows and SASG doctors in the running for the prize, we now call this the Gordon Jackson Rees Prize Competition.

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Entrants

The primary author for entries must be either a North West or North Wales Anaesthesia, ICM or Pain Medicine resident/ clinical fellow/ SASG doctor. Projects completed by groups are more than welcome to be submitted, but only one person can present per entry.

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Rules

To enter, please submit an abstract (including title, authors' names and workplace, text, table, figures, references and acknowledgements) which should not exceed one A4 page to livsocanaesthetists@gmail.com. This will allow 450-500 words, or 250-350 words plus a table or figure.

We suggest using the following structure:

• Introduction/Aims

• Methods

• Results

• Discussion/Conclusions 

• References/Acknowledgments

Or for Case Reports: 

• Description

• Discussion

Please make sure you have the relevant permissions/ethics approval for your abstract, (where relevant), including written patient consent where patient details or images are used. 

Once accepted, depending on the number of submissions, there may be a shortlisting procedure. Abstracts will be marked according to Methodology (or Importance of Message if a Case Report), Clarity, Novelty/Originality, and Significance/Impact/Relevance to Clinical Practice. The top submissions will be asked to make a 10 minute oral presentation in person at the meeting, which will be followed by 5 minutes of questioning. Other submissions will be entered into a poster competition. The winning presentation will be picked on the day by delegates using slido, taking in mind the above criteria, plus the overall presentation style, content, time keeping and question answering. The posters will also be voted on by delegates on the day to decide the winner.

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Here are the dates for this year's prize.

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Gordon Jackson Rees Prizes

First place - £500 cash prize

Second place - £250 case prize​​

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Poster Prize

First place - £250 cash prize

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Any questions, please email:

livsocanaesthetists@gmail.com