SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:

RULES FOR ENTRANTS OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

1. Registered and student technologist who are members of the SDSRT are eligible for the Scientific Award Competition during the annual meeting.

     a.  Membership must be paid by JANUARY 1 of the current year to be eligible for competition.
     b.  All others will be disqualified

2.  All papers submitted must:

     a.  Be related to procedures done in the applicant’s department or related to new procedures of interest to the general membership.
     b.  Be original, in so far as, they have never been entered into any competition or read at a State or National meeting.
     c.  Include an outline and bibliography page that clearly identifies reference cited in the manuscript.
     d.  Include a list of all visual and audiovisual aids that will be necessary in its presentation.
     e.  Not contain any marks of identification such as pictures, references to doctors, film or x-ray companies, or hospitals that can in any way present a clue as to the origin of the author or the author’s department or training program.

3.  Three copies of the manuscript must be:

     a.  Submitted to the chairperson of the Scientific Awards before February 1 of the current year.  Please keep the original copy, as no copies will be returned.
     b.  Presented in an orderly and logical sequence with a cover page that includes only the title of the paper.
     c.  Double spaced and typed in standard manuscript style on one side of high quality white paper with consecutively numbered pages.
     d.  Accompanied with one title page that includes:  Title, Author, Address, place of employment or training and the date completed.

4.  All scientific papers must achieve at least 50 points on content before being accepted for oral presentation.

5.  Initial judging of the scientific papers will be performed by a three member committee appointed by the scientific award chairperson.  The evaluation committee will have no prior knowledge of the author or place of employment or training and must not be affiliated with any training program within the state.

6.  Four student papers and three technologist papers will be selected for presentation at the annual state meeting.

7.  Authors selected for award competition are required to “READ” their papers at the annual state convention and must notify the scientific award chairperson of any audiovisual materials needed for presentation.  Reading time shall not be less than 10 minutes, nor longer than 20 minutes.  The time limits include showing of films, slides, and/or other demonstrations.

8.  All entrants will be sent a letter of congratulations or regrets by the chairperson of the scientific awards committee.  Entrants will be notified at least two weeks before the annual meeting.

9.  Presentation of Scientific papers at the annual meeting will be evaluated by two independent judges with the following awards:

     a.  Registered Technologist & Students:

                           First Place ……….$100

                           Second Place……..$50

10. The first place student winner will have his or her name engraved on the Ethel J. Sullivan award plaque, which will be displayed in his or her department for the current year.