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Deadline extended to March 8, 2010!
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A Scientific Presentation abstract submitted for review by the ASSH Annual Meeting Program Committee(s) is a report of a basic or clinical investigation, designed to answer a research question relevant to the practice of hand surgery. Your abstract is required to include the following sections: Hypothesis, Methods, Results, and Summary Points to be considered by the Program Committee. The HYPOTHESIS should be stated clearly at the outset and is constructed so as to alert the reader to the specific question being asked. The HYPOTHESIS should be no longer than one or two sentences. The METHODS section is a summary of the experimental techniques and methodology utilized and should include a discussion of the statistical analysis. The RESULTS section outlines the basic data (and the statistical analysis thereof) collected by the experiment. The SUMMARY section should consist of a series of point-form statements that outline succinctly the main experimental findings and their relevance.
PRESENTATION STYLE
A Scientific Presentation may be given as a traditional podium presentation or as a poster in the Societies’ scientific displays section of the Combined Annual Meeting’s exhibit hall. Abstract submitters will be notified at the time of their acceptance which type of presentation their abstract has been accepted for. During the abstract submission process you will be asked if you would like your abstract to be considered as a “Paper or Poster” or as “Paper-Only” (a separate abstract activity should be used for Poster-Only). Those marked “Paper or Poster” will FIRST be considered as a paper; only those that are not accepted as a Paper will be then considered as a poster. If you mark you preference as Paper-Only your abstract will not be considered for poster presentation. PLEASE do not duplicate your abstract in both the Scientific Session and the Poster section. If you are a Resident or Fellow you may submit your abstract to both the Scientific Session category and to the Residents & Fellows Conference abstract category. However, you will only be accepted into one program if submitting into both categories.
LENGTH OF PRESENTATION
The ASSH paper presentations will use the following format: paper author will present for 5 minutes which will be followed by a 1 minute discussion led by the session moderator.
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Download the Call for Scientific Session (Paper/Poster) Abstracts for policies and procedures.
- Your abstract is required to include the following sections: Hypothesis, Methods, Results, and Summary Points and is limited to a maximum of 400 words (not including section headers).
- A maximum of TWO images may accompany your abstract (includes any graphics, tables or charts). All images must be “print-ready” with a minimum 300 DPI / 1 MG at the time of submission. If accepted, the abstract and images will be reproduced in an abstract book which will be copied in black and white.
- A total of five authors (including the primary/presenting author) may be listed.
- Submission must include Level of Evidence (1-5)
- If an abstract is accepted as a Paper Presentation by the ASSH Program Committee a manuscript must be submitted in advance of the annual meeting for use by the discusser. This manuscript will not be published. If a manuscript is not received by the August 1, 2010 deadline ALL authors of the paper risk exclusion from participating as a presenter at the following Annual Meeting. This requirement is for ASSH papers only.
- IMPORTANT: please note, if your abstract is accepted as a poster you will be required to use official ASSH poster design template. All expenses related to poster design, printing and shipping will be the responsibility of the presenter. More details will be provided at the time of abstract acceptance.