Hugh Platt Foundation Essay Prize 2022

Hugh Platt Foundation Essay Prize is now open! Entries are welcomed until 23.59 GMT on Monday 23 May 2022.

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This year's Hugh Platt Foundation Essay Prize is now open! Entries are welcomed until 23.59 GMT on Monday 23 May 2022. 

Foundation Doctors with an aspiration to specialise in pathology are encouraged to take part in the Hugh Platt Foundation Essay Prize. 

This competition offers the chance to explore how pathology makes a difference to patients, as well as a unique opportunity to boost your CV ahead of applying for your specialty training. 

From 2019 for a period of five years the competition will be posthumously named after Dr Hugh Platt, an RCPath Fellow who contributed a huge amount to the work of the College, and to the support of postgraduate medical training in pathology disciplines. 

SUBJECT FOR 2022

The essay subject for this year is 'How has pathology changed in the last 60 years?'.

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPETITION

The Hugh Platt Foundation Essay Prize will run annually and is open to Foundation doctors in their first two years of postgraduate medical training

The Hugh Platt Foundation Essay Prize 2022 will open on Monday 28 February and close at 23.59 GMT on Monday 23 May 2022.

The essay has to be no more than 1,000 words, excluding references and bibliography.

A prize of £250 will be awarded to the winning entrant, as well as having their essay published on our website and in the College magazine, The Bulletin.

Full details, including essay specifications and format, are in the Terms and Conditions document, which can be found below.

HOW TO ENTER

Submit your essay in either Microsoft Word (doc, docx) format or PDF format and email it to training@rcpath.org and include subject line 'Foundation Essay Prize 2022'. 

Please download the front cover below and use it to submit your essay; keep all other pages of your essay anonymous (free of any personal information). 

The front page will be removed before essays go to the judging panel. Please note that we are only accepting online submissions. Further information is in the Terms and Conditions document below.  

Read more on the terms and conditions