History of Medicine Society breadth, relevance and tradition: Norah Schuster prize presentations and 2019 – 2020 Presidential address

Join us for this meeting aiming to reflect the traditions of the Society with the Presidential address, the relevance of the Society in its promotion of young medical students, and the breadth in the wide range of topics and themes addressed.

If you would like to attend the live stream version of this event, please book your place here. 

The first part of the proceedings will be an opportunity to listen to the final four selected submissions for the annual Norah Schuster prize, comprising two winners from each of the past two years (the 2019-2020 presentations were cancelled due to COVID-19). It is a privilege for the Society to become aware of the talent and enthusiasm for the history of medicine displayed.

The second part of this meeting is the  Presidential Address for 2019-20, also postponed because of COVID-19,  and is an excellent opportunity to hear of the extraordinary philanthropy which led to the establishment and support of famous hospitals.

Attendees can expect to:

• Give current clinical students an opportunity to compete for the Norah Schuster prize
• Appreciate the breadth, depth and enthusiasm for the History of Medicine from current clinical students
• Become aware of the needs and challenges of establishing new hospitals
• Understand the place in the society of selected medical figures in the 18th and 19th centuries and their contribution to medicine
• Value the philanthropic contributions to modern medicine

The History of Medicine Society was founded in 1912 by Sir William Osler, its first President. These talks continue to reveal the importance of learning from the lessons of the past to apply to the present and future. The Society reaches out, inter alia, to clinicians of every specialty (including students), medical scientists, health care professionals, and other interested professionals and members of the general public (e.g. journalists and teachers).

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History of Medicine Society: Norah Schuster Essay Prize

Prize

£100 Amazon voucher and a year’s membership of the RSM

Submission deadline 

Wednesday 20 January 2021

Open to 

Pre-clinical, clinical medical and dental students. Please note that you must be a medical or dental undergraduate to be eligible to submit for this prize.

Application guidelines 

Click here for prize guidelines and checklist

This prize will be awarded for the best essay or essays submitted on any subject related to the history of medicine, including medical science.

Essays should be between 3,000 – 5,000 words and the standard should be comparable to a third year dissertation. Personal details such as name and institution should NOT be included in the abstract or PDF essay. A 500-word summary should also be submitted along with the full essay. This should not merely be an abstract. It should outline not only the topic under discussion, the aims and principal conclusions of your research, but also the sources you have consulted. Preliminary short-listing of the essays will be performed on the basis of these summaries. The full essay is to be submitted as a pdf attachment.

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