Application End Date: November 30

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Winners will have various internship opportunities at higher level health organizations, as well as the opportunity to closely observe national and regional level health bureaus working on policy & guideline implementations. A stethoscope and a pulse oximeter will also be provided.

3rd Annual Article Writing Competition

Yetena Weg in collaboration with the Ethiopian Medical Students’ Association (EMSA) organizes a yearly article writing competition. This year marks the third year of the article writing competition which will start in November 2022.

This year's competition will also include Oromiffa! Medical students can now also write and submit articles in the Oromiffa language. The article writing competition is open for all medical students currently enrolled in a medical school in Ethiopia. The articles needs to be written in the local language, making them accessible to the general public. Topics for the articles are mainly recommended to focus on infectious diseases, maternal and gynecology diseases, pediatric health, communicative and non-communicative diseases, and additional topics.

We are currently accepting articles in Amharic and Oromiffa. We will be adding more local languages soon.

Application End Date: November 30, 2022

Yetena Weg Mentorship

Yetena Weg in collaboration with the Ethiopian Medical Students’ Association (EMSA) organizes a yearly article writing competition. This year marks the third year of the article writing competition which will start in November 2022.

This year's competition will also include Oromiffa! Medical students can now also write and submit articles in the Oromiffa language. The article writing competition is open for all medical students currently enrolled in a medical school in Ethiopia. The articles are in the local language so that it is accessible to the general public. The topics of the articles are in areas of infectious diseases, maternal and gynecology diseases, pediatric health, communicative and non-communicative diseases and more.

You are Eligable, if you are

A Medical student

(preclinical, clinical)

Intern doctor

attending a medical school in Ethiopia

Proficient in Amharic or Oromiffa

Good knowledge on medical topics

# Criteria % Value
1 Relevance of the topics 15%
3 Content 15%
3 Flow of Ideas 10%
4 Clarity of Langauge 10%
5 Accuracy of Data 10%
6 Generalizability 10%
7 Reliable Reference use 10%
8 Previous participation 5%
9 Artistic Value 5%
10 Use of Graphical/Descriptive picture 5%

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I only submit my article on November 1?

No, you can submit your article until the end of November. November 1 marks the start of the competition thus we will start accepting articles from that date. We will not accept any articles before the 1st of November.

Can I write on any topic as long as it is a medical topic?

Yes you are free to write on any medical topic you want but we highly suggest you write on the recommended topics.

Who will be grading the articles?

The articles will be graded based on the topics by specialized doctors

What our last year winners say...

click here to listen to our Q & A session with previous winners and participants.

Topics for competition

Participants can choose to write on any topic but we highly suggest the following topics: .

  1. Lifestyle and Preventive Medicine
    (Diabetes, HTN, Obesity, Cardiovascular disease)

  2. Obstetrics/ Gynecology
    Hypertension in pregnancy, diabetes in pregnancy,
    abnormal uterine bleeding, infections, contraceptive use,

  3. Sexual and Reproductive Health

  4. Pediatrics and Child health
    (Immunization, Nutrition & malnutrition, emergency cases, asthma)

  5. Covid 19 Infection and vaccinations
    (The case for vaccination, public health efforts, COVID 19 and maternal health, COVID19 and mental health, COVID19 and its effect on health care services.)

  6. Mental health

  7. Cardiac Disease
    (Rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease)

  8. Monkeypox Infection
    (Symptoms, diagnosis and prevention)

  9. Health care policy

  10. Emergency Cases
    (Seizure, RTA, cardiac arrest)

  11. Rheumatology
    (Lupus, RA, Gout, OA,)

What Our Last Year Champions say...

“The article writing competition allowed me to explore some scope of writing in medicine which was a good experience. It also gave me the opportunity to see how much of a topic I understood and if I could give a good explanation for it in Amharic. Thank you for the opportunity”

Saba Habtu
Addis Ababa University
C1


read Saba's article

“It's very good competition and makes the hidden talent outpoured”

Ayana Ayele
Jimma University
PC1


read Ayana's article

“The article writing competition is a very good platform to help increase the communicative skills of us, the future physicians. When I was writing it I learned so much about how to make the community understand diseases.
As we know one big part of medicine is prevention and the society needs to have a good understanding of diseases to be able to prevent them. And the EMSA article writing competition is helping us be good at creating this awareness”.

Afomia Seife
Mekelle University
C1


read Afomiya's article

“It was fascinating to me to participate in such a competition. I hope I will be the best in the future. Thank you for your time and consideration”.

Tesfaye Birhanu
Gondar University
C2


read Tesfaye's article

Click Here to read 2nd Annual Article Writing Competition Winner Articles

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