Front Matter (PDF) - The British Journal of Psychiatry

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Divisional Prizes for Assistant Medical Officers.
(Two Prizes of JJzo and £5 resftectively.)
The proposal to award Divisional Prizes under the conditions set out below emanated from the
irish Division and was adopted at the A nnual Meeting held on July I 3, 1911.
(i) Two prizes of Lzo and Ls respectively will be awarded annually by the Association (pro.
videdsufficient meritbe shown) forthebestpaperreadduringtheprecedingcalendaryearat a
DivisionalMeeting by an AssistantMedicalOfficeror AssistantPhysicianin a Psychiatricor
Neurological Institution or Service. (See also Regulation No. 7.)
(2) Competitors must be members of the Association.
(3) Only one paper by a competitor can be entered during any competitive year. The same
applies to a paper entered by more than one author.*
(@)Only papers certified by the Secretary of the Division (in the absence of the Secretary,
the Chairman of the Meeting) to have been read at a meeting of the Division and to be eligible
for this competition can be entered. Divisional Secretaries are to withhold their certificates in
cases where there has occurred material alterations or additions.
(@)Paperscertified aseligible forthecompetitionshallbe forwardedtotheRegistrarnotlater
thanApril30ofthefollowingyear. They shallbe submittedtotheExaminersfortheCertificate
in PsychologicalMedicineforreportand then adjudicatedon by the President.Publication
shallnot invalidatea paperforadjudication.t
(6)The resultshallbe announced,and the prizesawarded,ifany,by the Presidentat the
Annual Meetingin theyearfollowingthecompetitiveyear.
(7) Papers by more than one author can be entered and any prize awarded will be divided
among the authors.
(8) If in any competitive year, one or two papers only are submitted for competition the
Council may withhold either or both prizes; or it may, after considering the report of the
Adjudicator, and if in its opinion the paper or papers are of outstanding merit, award a first
or second or both prizes, at its discretion.
The Certificate in Psychological Medicine.
This Certificate was founded at the Annual Meeting held on August 4, 1885, and the first
examinations were held in 1886.
Candidates must be at least twenty-one years of age, and must produce a certificate of having
had at least three months' clinical experience of mental disorders, or of having attended a course
of lectures on insanity and the practice of a mental hospital (where there is clinical teaching)
for a like period, or they shall give such proof of experience in mental disorders as shall, in the
opinion of the President, be sufficient.
The examination is held yearly, and is in three parts: (I) Written. (2) Oral. (@)Practical.
Candidates must be registered under the Medical Act (1858) before the certificate is bestowed.
The fee for the examination is £335., and intending candidates should communicate with the
Registrar, who will supply date and place of examination.
Candidates failing in the examination may present themselves at the next or subsequent
examinations on payment of a fee of Lx is.
* This means that the joint authors (though separately eligible) cannot enter another paper in the competitive
year.
t The original MS., c'irtified in accordance with Regulation No. 4, is to be submitted. Only under exceptional
circumstances can a certified reprint of a published paper be accepted, but a reprint, where possible, should
accompany the certified original MS.