Print and digital resources provider McGraw-Hill Medical, part of McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced that it has received high honours from the British Medical Association at the 2008 BMA Medical Book Competition awards ceremony. Six McGraw-Hill Medical titles and three medical books from McGraw-Hill Australia were 'Highly Commended' by the BMA, publisher of the renowned British Medical Journal (BMJ).
All Highly Commended titles were automatically short-listed for their category First Prizes, which were presented by Sir Charles George, Chairman of the BMA Board of Science, and honoured guest Richard Dawkins. McGraw-Hill's nine short-listed titles spanned eight different subject areas, including Anaesthesia for which McGraw-Hill has a particularly strong record of success. In 2006, they collected the category's top prize for Principles of Critical Care, 3rd Edition, and again in 2007 for Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications. This year the Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management was 'Highly Commended'.
The BMA Medical Book competition is conducted annually by the BMA's Board of Science and administered by the BMA Library. It aims to encourage and reward excellence in medical publishing and patient information. All entries are reviewed by physicians and educators who are asked to consider accuracy, currency, originality, book production quality, and whether the title meets the needs of its audience. In 2008, the competition received 640 book submissions in 26 categories. 63 titles were Highly Commended and 23 first place prizes were awarded in total.
