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Now that Surgo is linked to a Creative Commons license AND articles are regarded ascitable publications, we want to give students the opportunity to share their researchprojects with the world. In each issue we want to publish five student visual abstracts. What is a visual abstract? A visual abstract is a novel way of presenting research. It is a small graphic that gives abrief overview of the research question, methods and conclusions of the project. Inessence it is an eye catching summary of the research you have carried out. Below is anexample published by the BMJ(1):What do I need to submit? The first five visual abstracts that aresubmitted to surgo_uofg@yahoo.comby 10th February will receive £20.Thereafter, the five best visualabstracts that are submitted (asjudged by Prof. Cindy Chew) will beselected and displayed in eachsubsequent future issue. The authorsof these visual abstracts will alsoreceive £20 each. To wrap up this academic year ofSurgo, Prof. Matthew Walters haskindly offered to judge and decide onthe best visual abstract submittedover the course of the next twoissues. The winner will receive £100prize money. Your written abstract (introduction, methods, results, conclusion (250 words))Your visual abstract The name of one project supervisor The date of submission to the competition Good luck!