SOCIETY FOR HUMANISM IN MEDICINE

The Young Physicians' Forum

The Young Physicians'  Award (YPA) program has been dormant since 2002.  Although the funds committed to the program have continued to accumulate, we have had no competitive submissions for consideration for the award.  Redirection of the YPA Program was necessary.  The competitive essay arrangement of the original YPA could be used in the future if the Board thought there was potential for participation in an essay competition.

The new Forum will offer a unique presentation to the membership by a young physician selected by the Program Committee.  Proposed nominees should be less than 45 years of age or have finished training within the past 10 years. Candidates for this forum should be nominated by a member of SHIM in a formal letter directed to the Program Committee.  The Program Committee will then make the final choice.  The program format (30-90 minute presentation with or without formal discussant) should be left to the discretion of the program chairman and program committee since the particular talents of the awardee and the needs of the program may vary from year to year.  

The recipient of the award would make the presentation on Monday morning either as an integral part of the program or as a shorter added feature after the Monday morning talk.  The recipient would receive three nights lodging, roundtrip coach airfare, and expenses ($200).  The intent would be to bring the recipient to the meeting on Saturday and have him/her stay (at least) through Monday night.  This would allow the recipient to have significant interaction with the membership.

The former YPA fund henceforth shall be titled the YPF fund and shall serve as the funding source for the Young Physicians'  Forum.