Essay Contest
Each year the SRPC’s Nominations and Awards Committee hosts a rural essay contest for medical students and residents. The winning essays will be added to our website and considered for publication in the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (CJRM).
The winners will receive $500 (students) or $1,000 (residents) in funding to help cover the costs of attending the SRPC’s Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Conference. Eligible expenses may include conference registration, travel to and from the conference, accommodations, and social events.
Students: Submit a self-reflection essay based on your elective in rural medicine.
Residents: Submit a self-reflection essay based from your experience in rural medicine.
Tell us a great story, and share your experience. We look forward to reading your submissions!
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- Applicant must be a current SRPC member.
- Submissions must be non-fiction.
- Length: 500 – 1000 words.
- All identifying information must be removed to protect confidentiality.
- The use of AI tools to generate or write the essay is strongly discouraged. Essays should reflect the author’s own original work, ideas, and writing.