POSTER PRESENTATION:
Around 30 abstracts will be selected for presentation in the form of a poster. They will be marked by a panel of judges on the day.
Specific details regarding the poster presentations will be sent out by email to successful applicants. Submission of an abstract implies ability and availability to present the poster on the day.Prizes will be awarded to the winning posters.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- All submitted abstracts should include the following:
- Title
- Name of author(s)
- Institution/hospital where work was conducted or current institution/hospital
- Email address of the communicating author (mandatory)
- The text of the abstract should be no more than 250 words (excluding title, name of authors, institution and email address). It must summarise your original work. The abstract should fall into one of the following categories related to paediatrics:
- Research
- Case Report
- Pre-clinical Critical Discussion
- Abstracts should include the following:
- Background
- Experimental design/method/description of case
- A summary of results, presented in sufficient detail to support the conclusion
- Conclusion
- Abstracts should be submitted ONLY in a Microsoft Word Document format (.doc or .docx)
- No HTML, or other web formats will be accepted
- Please do not use subtitles within the abstract
- Tables or images should not be used
Formatting instructions:
- Font: Arial
- Font size: 12
- Title:
- Use a mix of upper and lower case letters
- The entire title should be in BOLD
- Authors
- If there is more than one author, please indicate the presenter with an asterisk (*)
- List the authors with last name first, comma, and first name or initial
- Separate the names with a semicolon
- E.g., Laura F Clark, Craig A Williams and Mathew Winterton should be written as: *Clark, Laura F.; Williams, Craig A.; Winterton, Mathew.
Scoring and acceptance criteria:
Your abstract will be reviewed by clinicians and consultants, basic scientists and invited patrons. They will review the work based on the following criteria:
- Quality of work
- Originality and novelty
- Ground-breaking or cutting edge research; potential significance of the work/audit to patient care and management, or clinical practice
- Clarity of writing and presentation
- Completed or nearly completed research/study/audit
All abstracts will be scored against the above criteria and a pre-prepared marking system.
Deadline:
The deadline for abstract submissions is at 5pm on 4th November 2016. All individuals who submit their abstracts will be notified of the decision within 1 week as to whether their submission has been successful. It is essential that all those presenting posters purchase a ticket and attend the conference.
Abstracts should be sent to:gupaediatricssociety@gmail.com and marked clearly as ‘GUPS Conference Abstract Submission’ in email subject.
