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Massage Therapy Foundation Student Case Report Contest

The Massage Therapy Foundation is delighted to invite you to participate in our Student Case Report Contest. This contest fosters an opportunity for students to develop research skills by conducting their own research case report in which they will summarize their results in the format of a professional research paper. Top-rated reports will receive recognition in the way of publication opportunities and cash rewards. This educational event also provides research acclaim for the host schools. Please see the Foundation’s Mission and Goals at www.massagetherapyfoundation.org.

Reports must be submitted online through www.massagetherapyfoundation.org by March 1, 2012

Students must report on independent clinical interventions on one client with guidance from a Case Report Supervisor and/or a Clinic Supervisor. This includes doing a literature review on the presenting condition or client goal; creating and implementing a treatment plan in accordance with the literature, the needs of the client, and the students’ expertise; writing up the results; discussing the implications of the outcomes; and offering suggestions for future study. Because a case report is on one client only we will not accept a case series on multiple clients. Submissions of this type will not be scored by the reviewers.

SCHOOL AND SUPERVISOR ROLES
Participating massage therapy programs and their student supervisors play a crucial role in the success of this contest. In order for the student to successfully participate, the school must commit to:

• Provide a supervised clinical component as part of the school’s program, in compliance with local jurisdictional requirements.
• Provide a case report supervisor for each student entering the competition; this person may or may not be the student’s clinical supervisor.
• Promote the competition within the school.
• Create an in-house process for selecting the best three case reports produced by the school’s students. Each school can submit a maximum of three case reports to the Foundation’s case report contest review committee. The student authors of the reports must give the school permission to submit their work to the Foundation contest.

Faculty members assisting students participating in the scholarly contest may be involved in one of two roles, or may fulfill both simultaneously:

1. Clinical Supervisor (CS): This role involves collaborative management of the case with the student in accordance with generally accepted standards of practice. This function, being a standard component of the student’s clinical
education, is related yet distinct from the case report contest. If the CS is not performing the role of case report supervisor, he or she must verify to the CRS that the student’s report is an accurate reflection of the student’s clinical experience with the client.
2. Case Report Supervisor (CRS): This role involves acting as a guide and resource as the student researches and writes the case report. Note that the report must be the student’s work, and that in providing support and direction the CRS should not unduly influence the work. The CRS must sign off on the final report, attesting to its being the work of the student and an accurate representation of the student’s activities in meeting the contest’s requirements.

Logistics of the case report
• Students must conduct a minimum of five (5) massage therapy sessions with the participating client.
• It is highly recommended that massage therapy be the only new intervention in the client’s treatment plan.
• Patient confidentiality and the security of health information must be maintained. No personal identification of the student or client may be included in the report.

Student Case Report Contest Awards

Grand Prize “Gold” Award
♦ $2,500.00 cash prize for the gold award winner contingent upon the winner undergoing the peer review process for the International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (IJTMB) or another peer reviewed scholarly journal by the appropriate deadline.*
♦ Up to $1,000.00 stipend each for the student winner and the faculty Case Report Supervisor to travel to the 2012 AMTA National Convention and present the findings.
♦ Invitation to submit a poster for the 2012 AMTA National Convention Poster Session.
♦ Local and national press releases announcing the award.
♦ Two personal keepsake gold plaques, one for the winning student and one for the school.

Second Place “Silver” Award
♦ $2,000.00 cash prize for the silver award winner contingent upon the winner undergoing the peer review process for the International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (IJTMB) or another peer reviewed scholarly journal by the appropriate deadline.*
♦ Invitation to submit a poster for the 2012 AMTA National Convention Poster Session.
♦ Local and national press releases announcing the award.
♦ Two personal keepsake silver plaques, one for the winning student and one for the school.

Third Place “Bronze” Award
♦ $1,500.00 cash prize for the bronze award winner contingent upon the winner undergoing the peer review process for the International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (IJTMB) or another peer reviewed scholarly journal by the appropriate deadline.*
♦ Invitation to submit a poster for the 2012 AMTA National Convention Poster Session.
♦ Local and national press releases announcing the award.
♦ Two personal keepsake bronze plaques, one for the winning student and one for the school.

Honorable Mention/s
♦ Links to the school website from the Foundation website, if the school has posted the case report.
♦ Local and national press releases announcing the award.
♦ Two personal keepsake certificates, one for the winning student and one for the school.

* Awards will be announced by June 2012. Student winners will have until February 28th, 2013 to complete the peer review process with a scholarly journal

For questions regarding the Student Case Report Contest please contact Alison Pittas at apittas@massagetherapyfoundation.org or 847-905-1667. and redeem their cash prize. Please note that

Massage Therapy Foundation Research Grants Program

The Massage Therapy Foundation advances the knowledge and practice of massage therapy by supporting scientific research, education, and community service.

Objectives
Awards are granted to support high quality, independent research which contributes significantly and directly to the basic knowledge of massage therapy and/or its application, including applied research which investigates massage therapy as a health/mental health treatment and/or prevention modality.

Eligibility

Research Grants are available to investigators who:

Have experience in the relevant field of research;
Are presently associated with or have secured the cooperation of a university, independent research organization, health center, or other institution qualified and willing to function as a Sponsoring Organization for the purpose of this project. A Sponsoring Organization must have sufficient facilities as well as human and informational resources available to support the proposed research project, as determined by the Massage Therapy Foundation at its sole discretion;

New investigators without prior research experience must document support from an experienced investigator willing to act as a collaborator. Collaborators should be actively involved in the development and execution of the proposed research project and should be identified as such in the staffing plan.

Research Grants will not be awarded to spouses, domestic partners, children, descendant, spouses of descendants or any other individual related to any officers or trustees of the Massage Therapy Foundation, or to members of the Research Proposal Review Committee.

Principal Investigators wishing to apply for a Research Grant must complete the application online. The application is accessible via http://www.massagetherapyfoundation.org/grants_research.html. We can no longer accept paper applications.

Grants will normally be awarded for a 12-month period; the value of the Research Grants will be between $1,000 - $30,000 and must be used in the specific time period for which they are awarded.

Any unspent funds must be returned to the Massage Therapy Foundation at the end of the grant period. Projects of more than 12 months duration must be presented in full with total multi-year budget in this proposal. If funds are awarded for the first 12 months, continuation of funding can be requested in the next annual funding cycle.

Deadlines
The application must be submitted online by midnight CST on Monday, March 1, 2012.

Massage Therapy Foundation
500 Davis Street, Suite 900
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: (847) 869-5019
Fax: (847) 864-1178
info@massagetherapyfoundation.org

Sokenbicha Essay Challenge Scholarship Contest for Students of Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Approved Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Schools

The Sokenbicha Essay Challenge is a scholarship contest for students of ACAOM approved Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine schools. The goal of the contest is to showcase the knowledge of Chinese medical practitioners with regard to botanicals and herbal medicine.

Prizes
First prize is a $4,000 scholarship and paid admission into the AAAOM Leadership Meeting and Student Conference, April 27-29, in Chicago (includes airfare and hotel). The first place winner will be recognized at the Student Conference in Chicago during the Student Caucus.

Second prize is a $1,000 scholarship. All winning essays will be printed and distributed to AAAOM conference attendees and will also be published on the Sokenbicha Web site.

Format
The essay should be 800 words max in one Microsoft Word document (the 800 words do not include the title, bibliography or footnotes). Entries must be typed and double spaced. Identifying information will be entered separately into form fields on the site to ensure blind review.

Who is eligible?
Students currently enrolled in an ACAOM approved AOM school are eligible to enter.

Essay Topic
Explain how the use of acupuncture and herbal medicine can contribute to providing mainstream American healthcare.

Judges
Judging will be completed by a panel of qualified judges. Eight members of the AAAOM SO Board will evenly divide essays and rank the top three based on the following criteria:

Comprehension

Organization

Conclusions

Creativity

Writing

Rules
Only one essay per person.

All essays are due to the Web Sokenbicha Essay Challenge Web site by February 17, 2011 at 5 p.m. PST. There is no cost to submit an essay. No late essays will be accepted.

The author’s name and identifying information should be set forth only on the form fields within the contest Web site, which include the author’s name, school, year number, address, phone number, email, school address, and school phone number. To ensure blind review, identifying information must not appear in the body of the submission itself; however, the essay title must appear in the header on each page of the essay.

Any quotations or copyrighted material used in the essay must be identified properly. Failure to identify non-original material will result in disqualification.

Essays must be written in English.

By submitting an entry, the contestant warrants that the work is original and does not violate the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity. In addition, by submitting an entry, the contestant grants permission to AAAOM, National College of Natural Medicine, Sokenbicha, and participating schools to use her or his name for publicity purposes, including, but not limited to, announcing the results of the contest.

The essay should be 800 words max (this does not include the title, bibliography or footnotes). Entries must be typed, double spaced, in one Microsoft Word document.

Sokenbicha can use, reproduce, or distribute essays for marketing purposes, but authorship will be acknowledged. The schools and AAAOM may also use, reproduce, or distribute the essays, acknowledging the author.

The decisions of the judges are final and non-reviewable.

Monies will be paid directly to the appropriate school for the winner’s tuition.

If and when more than 160 entries are submitted, AAAOM reserves the right to stop accepting entries. Please apply early and good luck!

How to Enter
The deadline is Feb.17, 2012 at 5 p.m. PST.

About Sokenbicha
Sokenbicha – Japan's leading blended tea brand – debuted in the U.S. last year. The authentically brewed teas are unsweetened, contain zero calories and combine the refreshment of water with the flavor and goodness of tea blends and natural botanicals.