CLCS welcomes submissions for student-resident photo contest
January 27, 2012Students and residents are invited to submit an outstanding digital image (clinical, abstract, action, etc.) paired with a brief case report that involves contact lenses and anterior segment topics. Students and residents may submit more than one entry!
The overall winner will receive a $1,500 travel grant to attend Optometry’s Meeting®; a trophy with the student’s name engraved along with their school’s name to be displayed proudly (the trophy will travel each year to the school of the overall winner); an AOA gallery print (20” X 24”) canvas of the winning image.
Runners-up will each receive a $1,000 travel grant to attend Optometry’s Meeting® and an AOA gallery print (20” X 24”) canvas of their image.
Photo topics may include:
- Care and Compliance in Contact Lens Success
- Contemporary Management of Ocular Surface Disease
- Contemporary Management of Astigmatism
- Contact Lens Problem-Solving Beyond Oxygen
- Most Challenging Contact Lens Case
Criteria and rules include:
- Must be a CLCS member.
- Meet submission deadline of March 17, 2012.
- Photos must be in digital format (TIFF or JPEG) and complement the case report description of 500 to 1,000 words.
- Include submitter’s name on digital image file
- Include full name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and school on cover page of case report.
- Submissions must include a patient release form for permission to use photos
- Winners must attend Optometry’s Meeting® CLCS function to receive travel grant (CLCS function will be determined in May).
- Winners must provide W-9 (or W-8 international) to receive travel grant
- Submitted photos become the property of the AOA CLCS.
Contact Alisa Krewet for more information on this contest by e-mail at AGKrewet@aoa.org or by phone at 314-983-4137. Visit www.aoa.org/clcs.xml for more info.
