Elective Prizes

There will be an annual Prize to be known as the Med Chi Society Pre- Elective Prize. This Prize is worth £500. The Prize is awarded annually in February at the Norwich Medical School Electives evening. The Prize may be split between more than one recipient. If no candidate is judged to be of sufficient merit, the Prize shall not be awarded.

Year 4 MB/BS students are eligible to apply for the Prize as long as they achieve the following:

• Submission of an excellent draft elective proposal and risk assessment in September of year 4.
• Meet all deadlines set by the School and Occupational Health.
• Respond to all correspondence promptly.
• Demonstrate good timekeeping and organisational skills.
• Organise the elective themselves and not buy a tailor-made elective from a travel company or use members of their family to do so.

Each Elective Tutor will nominate two students whom they consider have met all the criteria and have submitted the best draft Elective Proposal and Risk Assessment. The criteria for a good proposal are deemed as follows:

• Clearly state where the student will be going.
• Why the student chose that particular elective.
• What they plan to do.
• What they hope to achieve.
• How the elective will benefit them and their host.
• How the elective links to the future career aspirations of the student.
• Details of the elective supervisor and next of kin.
• Confirmation the student has been in contact with their proposed elective placement when they submit their draft proposals and risk assessments in September.

The prize winner should not be decided on the quality of the risk assessment. Instead, poor quality risk assessment should be used to exclude students from nomination.

The Elective Committee will consider the Final Elective Proposal and Risk Assessment as submitted by all the nominated students. Five students will be selected for consideration by the Med Chi Society. The Med Chi Society will select three students to present at the annual Norwich Medical School Electives Evening. The winner will be decided by the Med Chi Society representative following the presentations.