The Verrall Award - Win $500

We are proud to introduce the Verrall Award for the best academic research article published in the NZMSJ each year

This annual prize is valued at $500 and is named after Dr Ayesha Verrall who was instrumental in leading the student committee that founded the journal in the early 2000s.

This prize is sponsored by Professor Frank Frizelle​ of NZMJ.
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Guidelines

1. All academic research articles (including case reports, and systematic and literature reviews) that have not received a previous award for their article, and  have a student as a first or second author are eligible.
2. The articles are judged using a scoring rubric that assesses the quality of each article section (the purpose of the manuscript, details of the methods/case, discussion and conclusion) as well as how well it aligns with the aims of the journal of producing educational content that is of interest to our readers and written professionally.

Previous Winners​

• 2019: Andrew Jayasuria, Assoc. Prof. Andy Wearn, Assoc. Prof. Anna Vnuk and Dr Harsh Bhoopatkar, who wrote the article, "Male genital examination in the medical curricula: an exploration of medical students' experience": http://www.nzmsj.com/male-genital-examination-in-the-medical-curricula-an-exploration-of-medical-studentsrsquo-experience.html