Conference prizes for our members
We offer six prizes each year to presenters at the annual scientific meeting. The prize winners are announced in the closing session of the conference.
Prize 1 & 2 - Society of Academic Primary Care (SAPC) and North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) - Travel Prizes
The winners will be selected from the highest scoring abstracts who are given oral presentations at the SAPC annual conference.
1. A junior prize - an early career prize of £500 for the winner to attend the NAPCRG conference and receive complimentary registration
2. A senior prize - a later career prize of a distinguished presentation slot at the NAPCRG conference and complimentary registration
How to apply: Simply tick the box when you submit your abstract.
Eligibility
Early career academics: for students, doctoral fellows or candidates within 5 years pro-rata of completing your PhD
Senior career academics: 5 years or more full-time equivalent post-doctoral research experience.
Prize 3 - Best Presentation by an Early Career Academic
One Hundred Pounds (£100) is awarded for the best presentation by a young or early career researcher. To qualify, the main author and presenter should have no more than five years (whole time equivalent) research experience. Shortlisting for the prize will be based on the quality of submitted abstracts, and shortlisted presentations will be judged by a panel of senior academics.
How to apply: Simply tick the box saying you are early career when submitting your abstract.
Prize 4 - Best Presentation in Education
One Hundred Pounds (£100) is awarded for the best presentation focusing on education. Shortlisting for the prize will be based on the quality of submitted abstracts, and shortlisted presentations will be judged by a panel of senior academics.
How to apply: Simply tick the box saying you would like consideration for this prize when you submit your abstract
Prizes 5 & 6 - Poster Prizes
An award of seventy-five pound (£75) in book tokens is given to the two best posters at the conference.
How to apply: Simply tick the box saying you would like consideration for this prize when you submit your abstract
Former prize winners
2015
The winners were announced at the closing session on Friday 10th July 2015 in Oxford
NAPCRG/SAPC prizes
Junior prize: Edward Tyrrell, University of Nottingham
Presentation: Changes in adolescent poisonings in the UK over the past 20 years: a population based cohort study
Senior prize: Nicola Wiles, University of Bristol
For her presentation of a follow up on the Cobalt Trial
Education prize:
Kay Leedham-Green, King’s College London
Presentation: What are the learning needs of medical students when addressing obesity in a primary care consultation and how might they be addressed?
Early career prize
Puja Verma, Norwich Medical School
Presentation: Strategies to recruit and retain general practitioners: a systematic review
Poster prizes
Rebecca Porter, Lincoln
Presentation: Mr Grumpy becomes Mr Happy, Effective sleep treatment using Community Pharmacists
Maike Uijen, RCSI
Presentation: Impact analysis of clinical prediction rules relevant to primary care
2014
The winners were announced at the closing session on Friday 11th July 2014 in Edinburgh
NAPCRG/SAPC travel award
Ruth Blackburn, University College London
Presentation: Patterns of statin prescribing for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with severe mental illness
Education prize
Russell Hearn, King's College London
Presentation: The use of a Simulated General Practice placement for undergraduate teaching. Student perceptions of the benefits and drawbacks.
Early career prize
Fergus Hamilton, Bristol
Presentation: The risk of cancer in primary care patients with hypercalcaemia: a retrospective cohort study using electronic records.
2013
NAPCRG/SAPC travel prize
Eliot Rees, Keele
Presentation: Undergraduate teaching in UK general practice: a complete national geographical picture
Education prize
Nicholas Fenlon, Irish College of GPs, Dublin
Presentation: Addressing suicide in primary care – an overview of the suicide prevention in primary care project
Early career prize
Matthew Booker, Bristol
Presentation: Exploring emergency ambulance use for primary care sensitive problems: results and reflections from a qualitative study
Poster prizes
Harry Longman, Patient Access
Presentation: How GP-patient continuity rises while average waiting days to see a GP falls to same day. A whole system model and intervention are described.
Mark Porcheret, Keele
Presentation: Consulting for osteoarthritis: development and testing of criteria to rate video recorded consultations for osteoarthritis in primary care