| Sponsoring The Chirnside Morton Prize |
| “I want to be all that I am capable of becoming” - Catherine Mansfield The Christchurch School of Medicine was the first medical school in Australasia to have Emergency Medicine as a formal part of the undergraduate curriculum, following the appointment of Australasia's first Emergency Medicine academic in 1990. This appointment came about because of the foresight and initiative of Mr Alan Chirnside, then Director of Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department, and Professor John Morton, then Head of the Department of Surgery at the Christchurch School of Medicine. They recognised that increasing specialisation of the traditional teaching disciplines was limiting the students experience and that the new speciality of Emergency Medicine combined excellent experience with enthusiastic teaching. The Chirnside-Morton prize, named for the contribution of these two pioneers, is awarded to the 4th year medical student at the Christchurch School of Medicine with the best overall performance in Emergency Medicine. We believe this award encourages our young doctors to strive for excellence in emergency care, and we have made it our mission to ensure that this prize continues to be awarded over the next ten years. Sharing our interest in continuing this tradition, Lane Neave Lawyers have kindly provided the funding needed to continue this prize until the year 2017. Emergency Medicine saves lives, and through endeavors such as the Chirnside Morton Prize, we and Lane Neave are ensuring that our future doctors are trained to provide the best level of emergency care possible. |
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