University College Cork - The MacConaill Prize

General Description

The late Professor Michael A. MacConaill made outstanding contributions to knowledge of the functional anatomy of the locomoter system. His family has established an award at University College Cork to honor his memory. The MacConaill Prize is valued at €150. The prize is only avalibale for registered Medical students that have passed the Second University Prizes Examination in Clinical Anatomy. Only the scores on the first attempt of the examination will be counted. The prize will be awarded to the candidate that shows the most originality in their answers on the Clinical Anatomy portion of the Second University Prizes Examination. The Professor of Anatomy will make this decision. This cash prize will be awarded annually.

Requirements

To receive this prize a student must be registered as a Second Year Medical Student. The student must also pass the entire Second University Prizes Examination on the first attempt without compensation. To be eligible the student will also have to have marks in modules FM1001, FM1002, FM1003, FM2001, and FM2002 that aggregate to put the student in the top 10% of their class.