At the 2024 annual conference of the Canadian Dermatology Association in Ottawa, Dr. Airiss Chan was awarded a book prize for her essay submitted to the 2023 Dermatology Resident Essay Competition on the topic of Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity in Dermatology. Dr. Chan is a third-year dermatology resident at the University of Alberta. In this photo, she receives the book award from Dermtek Pharma’s President and CEO Michel Lavoie, whose company supported the essay competition.
Readers can download Dr. Chan's winning essay below.
The Dermatology Resident Essay Competition is organized by the Dermatology Industry Taskforce on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (DiTIDE), an unincorporated, “ad hoc” committee consisting of Canadian life sciences managers and executives, physicians, and allied parties who are committed to improving the patient experience and outcomes of underrepresented skin types in Canadian Dermatology, through physician education, resources, and industry support.
Submissions to the 2024 contest are now being accepted. The article should be an original short (350 to 500 words) essay on a topic of choice relating to skin of colour and Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity in Dermatology. The essay could be about observations made during medical training, personal experience, or be aspirational regarding improved dermatologic care for these members of Canadian society. Entries may be submitted in French or English. Six finalists will be selected, with each finalist receiving a dermatology textbook prize (digital or print), publication of the winning entries on the derm.city website, and in the print journal The Chronicle of Skin & Allergy. All submissions to the competition must include: Your name, university, telephone number, and email address, and be submitted via email to: admin@derm.city
Full details about the 2024 contest can be found at derm.city/for-residents
The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2024.
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