We are offering a fee for Low Middle Income Countries for online attendance, the cost will be £15 per day. Please email events@rcoa.ac.uk to check your eligibility.

Sponsors and exhibitors at our events purely support the commercial aspects of the event and join us for the benefit of our members, fellows and delegates. Our sponsors do not have input into the design of the programme or the content of any presentations, slides, workshops or talks.  

If you are interested in sponsoring our event, please contact our sponsorship and exhibition partner Century One:

Jonny Knight at jonathan@centuryone.uk or 01727 739 193

Theme
You are invited to submit a poster for presentation at Anaesthesia 2023, on 16-18 May.

This year we are expanding the poster competition and inviting submissions on innovation and workplace solutions as well as PQIP quality improvement and research category. If you have worked on a project which falls into any of these categories, please submit a poster for a chance to showcase your work and to win a £250 voucher of your choice.

1) A quality improvement or research project using PQIP data and/or that addresses one of PQIP’s top five priorities from the previous and current cohorts. (2019/20 and 2021/22):

•            Individualised risk assessment

•            DrEaMing and enhanced recovery

•            Communication and multidisciplinary working

•            Individualised pain Management

•            Using data for improvement

2) A project which focuses on innovation in perioperative care services, pathways or ways of working, to support elective recovery and/or patient and/or staff experience and wellbeing

We are particularly keen to see entries which are describing an evaluation of a new or adapted innovation (e.g. a pathway, service, way of working or other innovation) in addition to describing what the innovation is. Evaluations could be qualitative (feedback from staff or patients for example), quantitative (numerical data on processes or outcomes) or both.

Eligibility

The competition is open to all healthcare professionals or student healthcare professionals.

Prize

1st prize: £250 voucher

All accepted posters will be invited to present their poster at the Conference with the top 5 invited to present as an oral presentation.

All accepted posters will also be published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia Open Access Journal, please see the application form for information on submitting your abstract to them.

How to enter

• Submit a digital copy of your poster as an attachment to events@rcoa.ac.uk along with a signed copy of the form below.
• Please follow the poster preparation guidelines on page 2; failure to follow the guidelines could result in disqualification from the competition.
• Please follow abstract preparation guidelines on page 3 for the submission to the BJA Open Access Journal. 

Download the application form here

What happens next?

• The closing date for entries will be 23.59 Monday 20 March 2023. 

• A panel of RCoA judges will assess all submissions shortly after the closing date. Authors will be notified by Monday 17 April if they have been invited to display their poster at Anaesthesia 2023.
• All accepted posters will be invited to showcase their poster on the virtual platform.
• The selected winner will be given a slot to present their poster during the live programme.
• Authors selected to present their poster will need to book a place at the event in order to display their poster.