{"id":1227,"date":"2024-03-22T15:48:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T15:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-launches-medical-student-essay-writing-competition\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T15:48:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T15:48:50","slug":"dauk-launches-medical-student-essay-writing-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/dauk-launches-medical-student-essay-writing-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"DAUK launches medical student essay writing competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DAUKdoctors-scaled-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9041\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Doctors&#8217; Association UK (DAUK) is excited to announce the launch of an essay-writing competition for medical students with the chance to win cash prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK is suffering from a biodiversity crisis and is one of the most bio-deplete countries in the world, but why should healthcare professionals care about this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Medical students are being encouraged to submit a 1,000-word essay on the question: Why does biodiversity matter to healthcare and what should we do about it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please ensure essays are in font size 12, are double spaced, are in Harvard or Vancouver style referencing with a maximum of five references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first prize is \u00a3300, with two \u00a3100 prizes for the two runners-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top three essays will also be considered for publication in the BMJ Leader blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closing date for entries is 30 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The competition is free to enter and you must be a DAUK member to enter. Membership is free for medical students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dauk.org\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">membership section of the DAUK website<\/a>&nbsp;for more details.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essays should be submitted via the DAUK website by visiting &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/240785695420059\">https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/240785695420059<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Doctors&#8217; Association UK (DAUK) is excited to announce the launch of an essay-writing competition for medical students with the chance to win cash prizes.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[650,65,391],"tags":[651,652,38,647,393,42],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-crisis","category-dauk-news","category-students","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-crisis","tag-dauk","tag-medical-student","tag-medical-students","tag-the-doctors-association-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}