The winning students and their papers for 2011 were:

First place: Ms. Nour Saad from the University of Detroit Mercy PA Program, Detroit, Michigan, for "Voluntary Active Euthanasia of the Terminally Ill."

Second place: Ms. Marisa Parker from UC Davis School of Medicine Family Nurse Practitioner & Physician Assistant Program, Sacramento, California, for "HIV Screening: Missed Opportunities."

Third place: Ms. Katie Dickey from Missouri State University Physician Assistant Program, Springfield, Missouri, for "Childhood and Adolescent Obesity/Overweight."