Distinguished Research Making Family Medicine Shine Award deadline 29 June

Dear WONCA 2018 Seoul Participant,

I am very pleased to announce the submission deadline of the 1st Distinguished Research Making Family Medicine Shine Award has been extended.

The aim of this award is to recognize the distinguished research conducted by WONCA colleagues which has been published in high-impact journals in the field of medicine or health sciences and to honor and award them at WONCA 2018 Seoul.

Below is the information on application eligibility and other important details.

• Eligibility:
An applicant should be a board-certified family physician or resident in training in a department of family medicine who has published an original article as the first author or corresponding author in high-impact journals (SCI or SCI-E Impact Factor of 10 or higher) in the field of medicine or health sciences within the previous 5 years.

• Application:
Reply to this email with attachments including an application form in Word format and a published article file in PDF format.

• Research Award Review:
Once you have applied, the Research Award Review Committee of the WONCA 2018 Seoul Organizing Committee will review your application and select the awardees. You will be notified about 2-3 months before the conference.

• Oral presentation:
If you are selected, you will be required to give a 10-minute oral presentation with an extra 5 minutes for discussion.

• Awards:
After oral presentation, plaques will be presented to the awardees.

• Number of Winners : 0 persons

• Deadline for application submission : June 29

We look forward to your participation.
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Best regards,
Sung Sunwoo, M.D, M.P.H, Ph.D.
Chair of the Scientific Program Committee
22nd WONCA World Conference, 2018 Seoul