Annual Meetings
The Osler Medal
Format and Presentation
The essay must be typewritten or printed on a word processor, double-spaced, and with a maximum length of 9,000 including reasonable endnotes/footnotes. You must submit a word count along with your paper.
The first page of the essay must contain its title but not your name. Do not right justify; do not include your name in the headers.
Results
The author of the winning essay is usually informed in late March.
Public announcement and presentation of the medal takes place at the annual meeting of the Association. The winner will be provided reasonable travel expenses to attend the meeting as well as a two-year membership in the AAHM.
Winners are encouraged to submit their essays for consideration for publication in the AAHM's official journal, the Bulletin of the History of Medicine.
One or two honorable mention awards (consisting of two-year memberships in the AAHM) may, on occasion, be awarded to authors of other outstanding essays.
All entrants will be sent a report of contest results.