2009 Australian Hand Surgery Society Annual Scientific Meeting

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Call for Presentation Abstracts

Scientific papers are invited for oral presentations. Authors should submit abstracts written in English to the Conference Secretariat as early as possible, but not later than 1700 EST on Friday 06 February 2009.

Thursday Afternoon Conference will include a session on Non-Hand Surgery Interests, i.e. Hobbies, volunteer activities, sports etc. All delegates are invited to submit an abstract on their personal interests.

All abstracts submitted are subject to review by the Scientific Program Committee.
Once abstracts have been accepted for presentation no changes will be accepted to their
content.

Taylored Images is Interactive. This enables you to view & amend your existing data on the current conference database. The procedure streamlines your abstract submission and registration process offering ease, efficiency & 24 hour access. The Interactive System is “live”; allowing new & existing conference delegates to register, submit abstracts, book accommodation and much more. Interactive increases accuracy & supplies you with an automatic summary & confirmation of your abstract and registration instantly upon submission.

All abstracts submitted are subject to review by the Scientific Program Committee. Once abstracts have been accepted for presentation, no changes will be accepted to their content.

Abstract Format - General Guidelines

The abstract should provide sufficient information to allow the reader to assess fully the aims, methods, results and implications of the work undertaken. The abstract should include the following sections:

• Introduction – the purpose of the study and a brief overview of relevant literature/current state of research in the field
• Methods – a short explanation of data collection and processing
• Results – presented in the form of text, graphics or tables
• Discussion – major findings and conclusions from the work including implications for further research.

It is important that methods and results are clearly defined in the abstract; therefore, general statements such as “results will be presented” are not acceptable.

Layout

• Abstracts must be written within a 160 mm x 245 mm rectangular space on an A4 page (210 mm x 297 mm)
• Portrait orientation
• Margins are all to be 20mm
• Text should be single spaced
• Font should be ARIAL typeface and 12 point character size

Title and Author

At the beginning of the abstract please include within the rectangular space described previously and each on a new line:

• The title (upper case)
• The name(s) of the author(s) – please omit university degrees and titles
• The name of the presenter to be underlined
• Affiliation(s), city and country – please omit street address and postcode
• Leave one line before commencing the body of the text

Section Headings & Paragraphs

• The title of each section is to be in uppercase bold and left justified
• Leave a 6-space indentation at the beginning of each new paragraph
• Graphs, tables and references may be used throughout the abstract but must remain within the defined one-page limit

Instructions to Authors Concerning Submission Methods

(ABSTRACTS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY)

Please ensure you adhere strictly to the abstract formatting guidelines. These guidelines must be followed in order for your abstract to proceed for review.

1. Click on "Submit Abstract" button in the abstract submission panel to the right and follow the prompts
2. It is essential all photographs and diagrams are embedded within the document, prior to uploading the abstract
3. On submission, you will be issued a unique abstract access key which will allow you to view and edit your abstract/s after submission until 1700 EST Friday 06 February 2009.