The New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS) invites Students, Interns, Residents, and Fellows to participate in the 2024 NYSOMS Student & Intern/Resident/Fellow Experimental Research & Case Study Scientific Poster Competition. The competition will take place on Friday, May 9, 2025, during the annual Regional Osteopathic Convention at the Sonesta White Plains Downtown Hotel in White Plains, NY. 

Notable Competition Details:

• Eligible to participate:
• Interns, residents, and fellows who are training in New York and graduated from a COCA accredited college of osteopathic medicine.
• Interns, residents, and fellows (MD/DO/MBBS) that are being sponsored by an active NYSOMS member or are in a training program with ACGME osteopathic recognition.
• • Osteopathic Medicine Students that attend a COCA accredited college of osteopathic medicine.
• Submissions
• Research of the type acceptable to the AOA OMED Poster Competition.
• Acceptable research subjects:
• Explanatory Clinical Research
• Educational 
• Other research subjects
• Case Studies that are complete, well-documented and researched will be acceptable from interns, residents, and fellows ONLY.
• The work presented must be the work of the Student/Intern/Resident/Fellow who submits it.
• Research must have been done while the participant was a student or in postgraduate training.
• Research submitted should be original to this competition and has not been published.
• Submissions that have been shown at local hospitals and/or regional/national conference are accepted.
• A panel of judges appointed by NYSOMS will evaluate the posters using predetermined objective criteria and scoring forms. The judges' decision will be final.
• NOT Accepted:
• PURE LITERATURE REVIEWS will NOT be accepted.
• Multiple entries by a submitting author will NOT be accepted.

For all rules, regulations, and application instructions, please refer to the Policies & Procedures manual below. 

Submissions MUST be emailed before the DEADLINE: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 11:59 pm (ET) to NYSOMS - [email protected]  or will NOT be accepted.

Please contact me with any questions you have. 

Multiple entries are not allowed by a submitting author and only one price may be awarded per Intern, Resident, Fellow and Medical Student. 

The ROC-NY poster competition committee will determine if the submission will be accepted for presentation at the poster competition. Due to space constraints, we may need to limit the number of posters accepted into the competition.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact [email protected] or call (212) 261-1784