• Be clear and concise.
• Check the abstract carefully, or better still, ask a friend who doesn’t know the work to check it for spelling, grammar, readability and clarity.
The title of your abstract should be succinct yet clearly describe the content of the work. Use sentence case (i.e. the first letter of the sentence is capitalised, with the rest being lower case except for proper nouns and acronyms). Do not use any abbreviations in the abstract title. The titles of accepted abstracts will be published in the final conference programme and on the conference website. You should adhere to the original title and content of the abstract when presenting.
ABSTRACT CONTENT
1. Your abstract should not exceed 250 words.
2. Abstracts may be reduced in size for printing, so all lettering, symbols, tables, graphs and lines should be clear and distinct.
3. Do not include author names in the title or body of your abstract because a “blind” reviewing process may be used – you can enter the names online during the submission process.
4. Abstracts must be submitted in English.
GENERAL STYLE GUIDELINES
1. Abstracts should be structured under appropriate headings for the nature of the work, e.g.:
a. Purpose/Background/Objectives
b. Methods
c. Results
d. Conclusions
2. Use standard abbreviations only and place any unusual abbreviation in parentheses after the full word the first time it appears.
3. Use generic names of drugs.
4. If reference is made to proprietary products or equipment, the manufacturer's name and location should be included in parentheses.
5. Referencing and citations in Vancouver format are allowed – see further details below. References should be numbered in the order in which the citations appear in the text.
6. Please check your abstract carefully as it will not be edited.
References should be listed in the separate box provided in the abstract submission system.
• The reference list is not included in the word count but the citation numbers within the abstract are.
• Only sources referred to in the text should be included.
PRESENTATION TYPE
There is a choice of two presentation formats – oral or poster. Please indicate your choice of presentation format. The conference programme committee will make the final decision on presentation format.
EMAIL ADDRESS
Please supply a contact email address for publication in the book of abstracts.
BIOGRAPHY
Please supply a brief biography for the principal and second author/presenter.
AUTHORS
Please provide first name, last name and affiliation of all authors associated with the abstract. Omit degrees, titles or appointments.
AFFILIATIONS
IMPORTANT: When adding details of authors, please ensure you add an affiliation for each individual author and click ‘Save’. Format of Affiliations (where work was carried out): Institution Name, City, Country
Upon completing your author data entry, please double check that each author has an affiliation saved against their record before finally submitting your abstract. Please ensure that each author has the correct applicant type against their name ie. author or presenter.