The Mark Brennan Poster Prize
All those awarded IME bursaries in the current year and those awarded IME scholarships in the previous year are invited to present a poster of their project at an IME national conference. The Mark Brennan Prize is awarded annually for the best poster in each category.
Mark Brennan was a much valued member of the IME’s Governing Body and the Steering Group for the Education Project who died after a relatively short illness on 25th September 2010 aged 47 years. He was an inspirational teacher and a wonderfully warm-hearted, kind and empathetic person.
At the 2011 conference, the IME inaugurated the Mark Brennan Prize in his honour.
The list of previous winners is below.
Megan O’Mahony, Peninsula Medical School, (pictured above with IME Grants & Awards Chair, Prof Jon Ives) was jointly awarded the scholarship prize for her poster titled
“The Right to Life and Death: An Evaluation of the Maternal-Foetal Conflict in Light of Ectogenesis”
along with:
Jennah Stuttard, University of Bristol, for her poster titled
“Would it be Right to Apply the Principles of Harm Reduction to Female Genital Cutting?”
and
Jessica Morgan, University of Oxford, was awarded the bursary prize for her poster titled
“Comparison of the Legal Infrastructure Governing Psychaitric Practice and its Implementation in Tanzania and the UK”
Jameela Bahar, University of Liverpool, was awarded the scholarship prize for her poster titled
“Implementing Ectogenesis in the Treatment of Extremely Premature Neonates: From Clinical Trials to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit”
and
Nathanael Leaf, University of Birmingham, was awarded the bursary prize for his poster titled
“Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation as a Treatment for Depression: Is Agency At Risk?”
Lauren Simmons, University of Leeds, was awarded a Mark Brennan Poster prize for the poster titled
Should childhood vaccinations be compulsory in the UK?
and
Bethan Harris, Barts & the London, was also awarded a Mark Brennan Poster Prize for the poster titled Is it ethical for artificial intelligence chatbots to provide possible diagnoses and triage advice to patients?
Georgina James, University of Leeds, was awarded the scholarship prize for her poster titled Paid prophylaxis or an attack on autonomy? An argument against incentivising sterilisation in addicts
Sophie Latta, University of Bristol (pictured with IME Trustee, Georgia Testa,) was awarded the Scholarship prize for her poster entitled
Dignity, Decision-making and Critically-ill Children
Alex Schlindwein, University of Cambridge, was awarded the Bursary prize for his poster entitled
What physicians choose to tell and not tell their patients and why: a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews in the setting of Acute Medicine in Brazil
Rhian Evans, Bart’s and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (QMUL), was awarded the Scholarship prize for her poster entitled
In search of clinical utility: Short term medical outcomes and the ethical implications of sequencing healthy adults
Rhian with Dr Wing May Kong, IME Chair of Trustees
Richard Shoulder, University of Bristol, was awarded the Bursary prize for his poster entitled
Elective Ethical Toolkit – an essential for medical students working abroad.
To view Richard’s Elective Ethical Toolkit (which also includes his elective report), click here.
Richard with Dr Wing May Kong
Chloe Livesey, University of Liverpool, was awarded the scholarship prize for her poster entitled
Is it really NICE to be NICE?
and Zain Abbas Syed, University of Oxford, was awarded the bursary prize for his poster entitled
Brain death or death of the brain? An analysis of the issue of brain death according to current Shia Islamic jurists
Sarah Kelly with Dr Wing May Kong
Rose Tiller, University of Birmingham, won the bursary category for her poster entitled: A Reflection on the Ethics of a Medical Elective in the Solomon Islands, a Developing Country
and
Karthika Velusamy, University of Leeds, won the scholarship category for her poster entitled: Female Genital Mutilation and Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery: Are Doctors at Risk of Crossing the Ethical and Legal Boundary?
In a change to our usual criteria, the 2015 Mark Brennan Prize was awarded to Lancaster University Medical Ethics Society, who were the winners of our national Student Debate Competition.
The Mark Brennan Prize 2014, sponsored by the Medical Defence Union, encouraged medical students and foundation doctors to look at the subject of Ethical Practice: What money cannot buy. Those submitting the top twelve poster abstracts were asked to produce a poster, and these were displayed at our annual Education Conference. Those submitting the top six poster abstracts were also asked to give a four minute oral presentation on their poster at the annual conference.
Delegates were asked to identify the best poster oral presentation, using the four following areas in reaching their decision:
• content of the poster
• presentation of the poster
• the oral presentation
• critical ethical analysis of the subject in question
Top six posters:
‘Milking the Cash Cow – The Ethics of Buying Good Behaviour’ – Emma Chan and Adam Clarke, University of Nottingham
‘Should access to in vitro fertilisation (IVF) be limited by maternal age?’ – Dr Katherine Pitt, North Middlesex University Hospital Trust
‘Selling your eggs: An empirical study of young women’s views on the ethics of financial compensation for egg donation’ – Dr Frances Butcher, North Bristol NHS Trust
‘Ethical practice: What money cannot buy’ – Ellie Humphry and Joanna Dobbin, University of Nottingham
‘Living organ donation – is it ever ethically justified?’ – Hannah Copley, University of Cambridge
‘Cash for contraception: the ethics of paying drug addicts to use long-term contraception’ – Joanne Procter, University of Manchester
Additional posters:
‘There is precious little left of healthcare that money cannot buy’ -Nicolas Blondel, Barts and the London
‘How can we incentivise medical students to identify more ethical issues?’ – Madi Benson, University of Leicester
‘Whistleblowing: Low in Cost, Rich in Morals’ – Hannah Coakley and Jennifer Hancox, University of Birmingham
‘Living organ donation – is it ever ethically justified?’ – Hannah Copley, University of Cambridge
‘Cash for contraception: the ethics of paying drug addicts to use long-term contraception’ – Joanne Procter, University of Manchester
‘Uterine Transplantation; A Necessary Research Expenditure?’ – Aisha Tahmina, University of Birmingham
‘Should medical students be allowed to conscientiously object whilst training?’ – Chantal Cox-George, University of Bristol
The winning poster and presenation was ‘Ethical practice: What money cannot buy’ by Ellie Humphry and Joanna Dobbin, University of Nottingham (pictured above with Dr Rhona Knight, Chair of the IME Education Committee, and Dr Wing May Kong, IME Chair)
Their presentation examined issues of bargaining within the reality medical television arena, focusing on a case study from ‘Embarrassing Bodies’ in which a 19 year old undergoes a labiaplasty.
Spoken word and video presentations finalists:
1. Shobitha Puvaneswaralingam, Dundee. Video – ‘Trust me, I am a doctor’
2. Georgina McGuire, Bristol. Poem – ‘Paint My Canvas’
3. Matt Rinaldi, Imperial. Poem – ‘Hat Stand’
4. Bronwen Warner, Bristol. Poem – ‘Multiple Sclerosis’
5. Fatima M. Addulazizi, Leicester. Narrative – ‘Unwanted’
6. Alexander Beadel, Mark Chan and Clio Kennedy-Hutchison, King’s College London. Video – ‘The First Patient’
The winner of the Mark Brennan Prize for spoken/video presentation was Matt Rinaldi chosen by the votes of all the participants.
Visual Art:
1. Nicola Cooper-Moss, Keele. ‘Amniocentesis’
2. Rory Hutchinson, Imperial. ‘Homeless’
3. Libby Wilson, Bristol. ‘Taking History’
4. Fergus Hamilton, Sheffield. ‘Rage Comic’
5. Rebecca Carey, Imperial. ‘Age Gap’
6. Egho Ireo, Bristol. ‘Scrapbook’
The above work was on display during the conference. The entries were judged by Dr. Deborah Kirklin who awarded the MDU Mark Brennan Prize jointly to Rory Hutchinson and Libby Wilson
Finalists:
Sarah Ahmed ‘Diagnoses Naughty’. Read the Commentary here.
Egho Ireo ‘Multiple Myeloma’ 
Egho Ireo ‘A Concise Guide to Resilience’ Scrapbook
James Carr ‘To Operate or Not to Operate?’ 
Spoken word/Video Presentation:
Georgina McGuire: Poem: ‘Paint My Canvas’.
Bronwen Warner: Poem: ‘Multiple Sclerosis’.
Fatima Abdulazizi: ‘Unwanted’.
Shobitha Puvaneswaralingam: Video.
Matt Rinaldi – Winner of Mark Brennan Prize. Poem: Hat Stand.
Visual Art Presentation:
Rory Hutchinson (Joint Winner of MDU Mark Brennan Prize). ‘Homeless’. See the commentary here.
Nicola Cooper-Ross: ‘Amniocentesis’. Read the commentary here.
Libby Wilson (Joint Winner of MDU Mark Brennan Prize). ‘Taking History’. Read the Commentary here. 
Rebecca Carey ‘Age Gap’. Read the Commentary here
Fergus Hamilton ‘Rage Comic’.
All students who submitted work were invited to give permission for it to be posted on our website (either directly or by linkage). Only those who give express permission have been included.
Gordon Stirrrat, 23rd February 2012.