Prizes

RCSEd is delighted to announce the new ‘RCSEd Chennai Exam Prize’ which will be awarded to the top scoring candidate in the MRCS Part B OSCE exam held in Chennai in July. The recipient will receive £500 towards the cost of their exam fee, alongside a certificate to commemorate their achievement.

There is no need to apply as the selection will be based on exam performance.

This award has been made possible by a generous donation made by the Court of Benefactors, Chennai.

For more information please direct enquiries to awards@rcsed.ac.uk.

The Lindsay Stewart Prize is awarded through the COSESCA Training Programme to two awardees each year. The award is available for young surgeons, who do not hold a consultant post. Up to £1,000 is available to be awarded. 

This award is administered through COSESCA. 

For more information please direct enquiries to awards@rcsed.ac.uk.

The Professor Jimmy James Prize was established to celebrate the life of Professor John ‘Jimmy’ James, whose reconstructive surgical expertise and significant contribution to the establishment of COSECSSA has allowed count-less young surgeons access to surgical education. 

The Professor Jimmy James Prize will, in his honour, be given to the highest scoring candidate in the COSECSA Fellowship examination in plastic surgery. 

The successful candidate will receive a COSECSA medal, a RCSEd scroll and £500 to celebrate their success. 

There is no application for this prize as the awardee will be selected through their exam performance.

For more information please direct enquiries to awards@rcsed.ac.uk.

The Arthur Edward Burton Memorial Prize seeks to celebrate the highest scoring candidate of the Section 1 Written Trauma and Orthopaedic Examination. 

The awardee will receive a £50 national book token.