Any health care professional can submit a paper abstract for podium presentation. Both research and audit papers are equally welcome. As in previous years the papers have to be:
The paper can have been presented at other meetings.
Please submit paper abstracts by these two steps:
1. copy and complete this standard abstract format:
Title:
Authors:
E-mail:
Institution:
Conflicts of Interest:
Funding source:
(for the next 8 sections the word count should be under 250 words)
Background context:
Aim / Purpose:
Study design / Setting:
Patient Sample:
Outcome Measures:
Methods:
Results:
Discussion:
Conclusions:
3. All accepted papers will have the abstract published in the final meeting programme.
4. Notification of acceptance
We will notify by e-mail.
Each free paper is a 5 minute oral podium presentation. To keep to time and make all fair microphones are cut at 30 seconds over so please rehearse and stick to your allocated time.
Immediately after 2 minutes for questions.
If time is available, each case presentation is a 4 minute oral presentation and 1 minute for questions
There is a First and Second free paper prize. To be eligible to enter you must be a trainee, medical student or other health care professional or trainee, ie. not a consultant. To be awarded the eligible person must be the person presenting. Announcement and award during the closing remarks of the meeting.