Inclusion Criteria
In order to be eligible to enter, candidates must be:
- An individual ASME member
- One of the below:
- A medical educator still in training, such as a clinical teaching fellow, a doctor or other healthcare professional with a formal educational role, or a trainee who teaches medical students.
- A health professions educator who does not hold a substantive post.
- A basic scientist who teaches health professions students but does not hold a substantive post.
This list is not exhaustive. If you are unsure about eligibility, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The project abstract must also adhere to the ASME ASM submission guidelines
Applicants should refer to our FAQ page to answer most questions about ASME award submissions
Application Process
Deadline for applications: midnight, 31st January 2022, via the ASME ASM abstracts submission process.
If you meet the eligibility criteria, please select that you would like to be considered for the TASME ASM Communication Prize. Then think about how you are going to communicate with skill and creativity. Make sure you are prepared to present your work if this has to be done online.
Shortlisting
Eligible applications will be reviewed by the TASME Prizes and Awards team. We aim to invite all eligible applications to present their work at the ASM. However, if the number of applications is too great to allow this, a shortlisting process will be applied. This will be based on the quality of communication demonstrated in the abstract and conducted by two independent reviewers.
All successful applicants will be invited to present at the ASME ASM. They will be informed by Monday 26th April and will need to register and pay to attend ASME’s ASM in July.
Final Judging
Shortlisted applicants will be reviewed at the ASM on the basis of:
- Clarity of message communicated
- Creativity in communication
Prize
The winner will be recognised with a certificate, awarded a copy of the textbook Understanding Medical Education and have their project displayed electronically on the TASME ASM Communication Prize web page.
The runners-up will also be provided with a certificate to indicate their achievement after the conference has finished. All finalists will be invited to share the work they presented at intervals over the 12 months following the ASM; they will have the opportunity to hold a Q&A regarding their project on Twitter or write for the ASME newsletter or website.
(Please note certificates and prizes will be distributed after the ASM.)
Timeline
- 5pm 31st January 2022 – deadline for abstract submission
- 28th February – shortlisted applicants will be informed
- 6th - 8th July 2022 (ASME ASM Aberdeen) – shortlisted projects will be displayed and judged, with the overall winner announced at the end of the ASM.
- Twitter Q&As will be held throughout the year whenever convenient for the winner and runners-up
Previous Winners
2021
David Hettle & Danielle Davies, North Bristol NHS Trust: Not all those who wander are lost: Clinical Teaching Fellowships & their role in doctors' career development as clinicians and educators
2018
Timothy Chu for his abstract: Improving Undergraduate Medical Education: The Surgical Skills for Students Course
2017
J Ford, H Bothwell, J Taylor and K Jones for their abstract: Take Note! Student Performance in Documenting Ward Round Consultations Before and After An Interactive Teaching Session Using Videos
2016
Dr. Melody Redman with 'Ward rounds: When FY1's take the lead'