HMD
History of Medicine Days (HMD)
The 21st Anniversary HISTORY OF MEDICINE DAYS CONFERENCE will be held March 9th - 10th, 2012.
The History of Medicine Days is an annual two-day Nation-wide conference held at the University of Calgary in which undergraduate and early graduate students from across Canada give 10-12 minute presentations on the history of medicine and health care. The topics generally tend to include areas from Classics, the History of Public Health, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, Human Biology, Neuroscience, etc. Prizes are awarded and there are associated receptions and an awards banquet.
Each student is matched with a faculty preceptor (required for Calgary students and strongly recommended for all others), who provides guidance for the preparation of the History of Medicine Days presentation and acts as a discussant and mentor for the student.
It is assumed and required that every student presentation provides some original research attempt, new methodological perspective on the topic, and/or visibly critical discussion following each presenter's engagement with his or her topic. It is also encouraged that 2-4 students might present work on a related topic which may be included in panel form. An adequate critical discussant will then be identified by the conference organizers to comment on such related papers. We ask, however, that individual presentation and poster abstracts are sent in by only one author and not by multiple authors.
The Keynote Speaker for the 2012 HMDs conference will be Professor Theodore M. Brown ( University of Rochester Medical Centre & History Department) and the Working Title of his keynote address is "Henry E. Sigerist (1891-1957) and his Impact on Universal Health Care in Canada and North American Public Health".
The deadline for submission of abstracts is December 31st, 2011.
Beth Cusitar - Telephone: (403) 210-9640, Fax: (403) 270-7307 or via email: bcusitar@ucalgary.ca
Abstract Format & Sample 2012:
AWARD WINNERSS OF THE 20TH HISTORY OF MEDICINE DAYS CONFERENCE 2011
Our hearty congratulations to all award winners of the 20th Anniversary History of Medicine Days Conference 2011 at the University of Calgary! Awards were presented for the (1) The Dr. William Whitelaw Award (best paper in the History of Medicine); (2) The Dr. Peter Cruse Award (best paper in the History of Surgery); (3) best poster presentation; (4) best audiovisual presentation; (best oral presentation overall). Please click here to view the names and topics of all 13 award winners of the 2011 anniversary conference.
Conference participants please note:
Registration is required
Included in the free registration is a continental breakfast, coffee, and lunches on both days, as well as a reception and buffet dinner held Friday evening. There will also be a reception and awards dinner on Saturday evening. For those involved in the two-day event (presenters, volunteers, discussants, moderators, etc.) there will be no charge for the Awards Dinner. However, we are requesting $45.00 per person to cover the costs of the Awards Dinner for any guest(s) you may wish to bring (and you are certainly encouraged to do so).
Physicians please note:
CME Credit Approval, Section 1 through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) has been applied for. The potential CME credit points will be communicated on-site at the HMDs conference.
The History of Medicine Days Conference Organizing Committee would like to archive the annual Proceedings Volumes (past and present) in the University of Calgary Institutional Repository (http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/). The U of C Institutional Repository is supported by the Libraries and Cultural Resources Information Technologies Department and strives to freely disseminate the academic output of our Institution.
If you consent to the inclusion of your paper in the Institutional Repository please complete the History of Medicine Days Author Consent Form and send it in to the History of Medicine and Health Care program at the University of Calgary – Link.
Program of the HMDs (2011) - download
Call for Abstracts/Papers (2011) - download
Abstract Format & Sample (2011) - download
Registration Form (2011) - download
For the preparation of the manuscripts for the HMDs Proceedings (15 pp., single-spaced, literature included in the footnotes, without the use of automatic referencing software), please adhere to The Chicago Manual of Style (Humanities Style). The Chicago Manual of Style can be found on the following Internet page:
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
To view information for authors regarding manuscript submission, please click here.
For the preparation of posters for the HMDs, please be made aware that the biggest acceptable size is 120 cm (horizontal) x 90 cm (vertical). Posters bigger than that can simply not be hung on the poster boards (sic!) available at our Medical School.
There are no restrictions regarding the graphics design. The top row of the poster, however, should specify the title, the name of the presenter, the name of the preceptor, and the insitution of origin. In the text, the following sections should be included: Introduction / Methodology (incl. the sources used) / General Context (incl. rel. to the research lit.) / Historical Narrative (i.e. the pesentation of the project itself) / Discussion / Acknowledgements / Bibliography. Let yourselves be guided by clinical and scientific posters, but make also use of your own creativity to present your fascinating history project in the best visual form possible.
To view the guidelines for poster presentations and the audio/visual equipment provided by the University of Calgary at the Libin Theatre, please click here. Some helpful, general suggestions have been kindly provided by a UofC alumni student in the history of medicine. You can find these suggestions here.
2010 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize
The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) invites submissions to its 2010 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition. The competition is open to undergraduate and post-graduate students in full or part-time education. The prize will be awarded to the best original, unpublished essay in the social history of medicine submitted to the competition. Deadline is February 1, 2011. Further details and entry forms can be downloaded from the SSHM's website:
AMS - Mimi Divinsky Awards for History and Narrative in Family Medicine
Supported by Associated Medical Services Inc (AMS) and the CFPC Research & Education Foundation.
The AMS- Mimi Divinsky Awards for History and Narrative in Family Medicine are intended to recognize the best narrative accounts of experiences in family medicine as submitted to the Stories in Family Medicine database each year. Please click here for further information and registration. Deadline for submission April 1.
http://www.cfpc.ca/Mimi_Divinsky_Awards/
| Attachment | Size |
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| Instructions for Authors HMD 2010.pdf | 80.94 KB |
| 2011 HOM Awards.pdf | 121.27 KB |
| 2nd Call for Papers - December 1, 2011.pdf | 49.53 KB |
| 2012 Registration Form - November 29, 2012.pdf | 80.43 KB |
| 2012 HMD Abstract Format & Sample.pdf | 158.84 KB |