Guidelines for preparation of abstracts
1. Abstracts may be submitted via the online Submission Service only.
2. Abstracts received by fax will not be considered: should you have any problems with online submission, please contact the Organising Secretariat bhrm@downtowneurope.be.
3. Abstracts must be written in English.
4. The presenting author of an accepted abstract will be registered to the BHRM by Boehringer Ingelheim and must attend the congress.
5. Abbreviations are allowed but must be clearly defined the first time they appear in your text (but, do not define in the title).
6. You should structure your abstract under the following headings:
- Obectives
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusions
7. Please make sure to state your correct e-mail address. After having submitted your abstract, you will receive a confirmation by e-mail with the reference number of your abstract (submission ID) for correspondence and questions that might arise.
The selection phase
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the BHRM Committee, which will assign a score to each one of them considering: information presented in a logical sequence, correlation with the topic, clinical side but also human aspects, ...
The 5 selected abstracts will be presented during a session at the BHRM 2020 on 22 October 2020. The audience will vote for the best abstract and presentation.
Typing Instructions
The abstract must be submitted in Word.
- Use typeface “Times New Roman”, font size 12
- Do not repeat names of authors and institution in your text
- Do not include degrees or titles
- The rest of the text should contain no more than 400 words
- Do not leave blank lines
- Single space all typing
- Use generic names of drugs
- Write numbers as numerals rather than words
- Avoid references
Important: As the grading and selection process is blinded, the title and body text must not contain identifying features, ie information such as:
- Names (authors or other)
- Names of institute (hospitals, medical schools, clinics…)
- Cities
