Conley Contest Past Winners

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The winning essays in the 2007 John Conley Ethics Essay Contest for Medical Students are:

First Prize - $5,000

On the Road: A Physician’s Response to a Call for Voluntary Service, by James Kelley, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Class of 2010

Honorable Mention - $1,000 each

Physicians in Times of Emergency: Making the Ethical Choice, by Lora Rabin Dagi, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Class of 2010

Re: flu (e-mails to Memphis), by Michael Bennett, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Class of 2010

Physicians, Epidemics, and the Duty to Treat, by Monica Hsiung Wojcik, Harvard Medical School, Class of 2011

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Past winning essays

• 2006: Distributing Drug Samples in a Free Clinic: a Personal or Policy Decision?
• 2004: "Trust Me, I'm a Doctor"
• 2003: The Dilemma of Confidentiality in Huntington Disease; Between a Rock and a Hard Place
• 2002: Beatrice's Choice
• 2001: Medical Students and Remediation of Error
• 2000: Baby Jose; Making Mortal Decisions at the Beginning of Life: The Case of Impaired and Imperiled Infants
• 1999: Should Doctors Ever Lie on Behalf of Patients?; Community Considerations: The Many Effects of Miscoding; Serving Two Masters: Medical Practice vs Administrative Ethics
• 1998: Divining and Altering the Future: Implications From the Human Genome Project