CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE WAS 23 AUGUST 2021
Abstract submissions are welcome for the following categories for presentation
- Oral presentation*
- Oral* or Poster**
- Emerging Investigators Oral Presentation*
- Poster**
* Not all abstracts for these categories will be accepted as oral presentations. The best abstracts will be selected for oral presentations and others as posters.
**Those who submit a poster may be invited to give a short and sharp virtual presentation on their poster in the speed poster session.
FORMATTING YOUR ABSTRACT
Abstracts should be formatted as follows:
- Paper Title
- Full Author List
- List of Author affiliations and country
- The abstract, without subheadings, should be in the following form: Aims, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
- Overall word count, excluding tables as well as titles and affiliations must not exceed 400 words.
- Descriptive text including tables can be added in as a supporting document alongside your abstract.
- Cite references in numeric order in parentheses according to first mention in the text.
- Any conflicts of interest need to be declared. An abstract is not to be used as advertising any specific product or service.
PRIZES
APEG will be awarding a best speed poster prize for the best scored poster presented at the closing of the conference. This will be determined by a committee and invited speakers who will judge the speed poster talks during the program.
APEG EMERGING INVESTIGATOR AWARD
This award is presented at the APEG Annual Scientific Meeting to the best scientific presentation by an APEG member within 5 years (or equivalent full time*) of completing their specialist qualifications (eg: FRACP, PhD, MD etc, whichever is earliest). APEG members with established research track records, as evidenced by high impact publications and/or success in post-doctoral research grant funding in Paediatric Endocrinology would not normally be considered appropriate candidates for this award. Previous recipients of the award are also not eligible.
The award is made on the advice of a judging committee, which consists of at least 3 people appointed by APEG Council. Candidates are assessed according to their project’s scientific merit and originality, the contribution of the EI to the study, the clarity of their presentation and their response to questions from the audience.
To allow a clear and open assessment of the EIs contribution to the study, at the time of submission of abstracts, applicants wishing to be considered for the EI Award must outline in detail their contribution to:
- The study design (including literature review)
- The ethics submission
- The data collection, with detail provided on which components of the study the EI has contributed to. eg subject recruitment, lab animal care, intervention development/validation/delivery, percentage of data entry and cleaning undertaken, creation of a new database, or new fields in an existing database.
- The statistical analysis
- The interpretation of findings
- Abstract tables and images: When an image or graph of another’s work is included, this should be acknowledged in the abstract submission and presentation
The submission form (word document) is available HERE. This form should be countersigned by the applicant’s study supervisor and/ or Head of Department and submitted within 4 days of the close of abstract submission.
Weighting will be given to candidates where the presented work is part of their higher degree (including MMed, MD, PhD, other).
APEG Council reserves the right to make the final decision re the suitability of any applicant for this award.
*justification of the equivalent full time period may be requested at the time of submission of the abstract, to allow reviewers to determine whether an application is eligible for this category of presentation.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS HAS CLOSED