SPPCP Renee Holder Literature Award Application

Are you interested in nominating a colleague for this award? Please click here to fill out the nomination form.

 

Requirements

  • Deadline for application submission is January 31
  • At least one of the authors must be a pharmacist member of the Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists (SPPCP) both at the time of application and at time of award acceptance.
  • The SPPCP member must submit the application. Indicate which authors are SPPCP member(s) in the citation with an asterisk (*).
  • The SPPCP member is responsible for informing co-author(s) of the award application.
  • The article submitted must have been published in a PubMed-indexed (or comparable database: CINAHL, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, or EMBASE), peer-reviewed biomedical journal between January 1 – December 31 of the application year.  Both print and electronic articles are eligible for consideration.  
  • Articles that were submitted as advance electronic publications (e.g., epub ahead of print) will not be considered for print submission in subsequent years.  

Scoring

The Research Committee of the SPPCP encourages members to submit awards for all types of published manuscripts (e.g., randomized, controlled prospective trials, case studies, retrospective reviews, etc) that the member feels meets the criteria below.

  • Originality: Is the information presented novel? Will it move hospice, palliative care, or pain management practice forward?
  • Impact & Quality: Does the submitted article address a significant need/problem/issue related to medication use or the role of the pharmacist in hospice, palliative care, or pain management practice? Impact factor of journal? 
  • Innovation: Does the submitted article challenge paradigms, introduce new technology or practice methods, or advance safe and effective medication use?
  • Dissemination & Rigor: Was the article published in a peer-reviewed journal? Were results presented at a local, state or national meeting (poster/podium, etc)? Was target audience pharmacists or interdisciplinary team?

 

Selection Process
The SPPCP Research Committee will review and score all applications received by the application submission deadline. The recipient of the award will be notified after the review is completed. Announcement of the recipient will be made in the SPPCP Newsletter. The Literature Award will be formally presented at a SPPCP Networking Event.

 

Application Instructions

Please provide a brief description for each of the following categories in support of your submitted article (maximum 100 words per section). You must submit a PDF copy of the article, as published, via email in addition to filling out the form below. Note: Submissions by members of the Research Committee and/or Board of Trustees, and those affiliated with the author(s) organizations, will be required to abstain from both the application scoring and the final award decision process.

Points will be equally distributed across the 4 categories

 

** Please submit a full-text PDF of the article via email here along with completing the form below.**

Name: *
Email address: *
Telephone: *
Organization/Affiliation: *
Complete Citation for Submitted Article (provide PMID/DOI if available): *
Originality (100 word maximum): *
Impact & Quality (100 word maximum): *
Innovation (100 word maximum): *
Dissemination & Rigor (100 word maximum): *