CAEP 2009 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

CAEP Administration

CJEM 2008;10(5):428

Abstract Submission CAEP Annual Scientific Assembly June 6-10, 2009

CAEP invites all researchers to submit original clinical, basic or population health research for presentation at the CAEP 2009 Scientific Assembly in Calgary, Alta., June 6-10, 2009. The Organizing Committee has worked hard to ensure the research presentations have a high profile at this meeting. Abstracts should represent original research that has

• not been published or presented at a national (Canadian) scientific meeting, and
• not been previously published in a paper or online journal or book.

All abstracts must be submitted electronically for receipt on or before Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, 23:59 MST.

Instructions for preparing abstracts

Please follow instructions; failure to do so will result in abstract disqualification. Abstracts may be submitted in English or French. The abstract must

• be typed single space, clear and legible.
• be submitted electronically after Nov. 1, 2008, as follows: Go to www.caep.ca. Click on "Call for CAEP Abstracts" and follow the instructions. Fill in all mandatory boxes. Do not leave empty fields.
• contain the following headings, underlined and in order: Introduction, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
• provide the institutional affiliation, city and province of the primary author only. The text of the abstract should be left-justified, with a maximum length of 300 words. Abbreviations should be kept to a minimum, and defined when first used. NOTE: No graphs or tables in any format will be accepted.

Abstract review process

All abstracts will be peer reviewed by at least 3 CAEP abstract reviewers using a standardized evaluation form. The Research Committee reviewers will be blinded to the authors' name(s) and institutional affiliation(s). Reviewers will not review abstracts from within their own province. Strict conflict of interest declarations will be provided to each reviewer. Abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentation. Oral presenters will be permitted 10 minutes for their presentation, with 5 minutes for discussion. Posters will be available for viewing in a central location at the Calgary Telus Centre. Notification of acceptance will be transmitted via email no later than Mar. 1, 2009. Consequently, all contact information must be correct at submission. We regret we cannot give notification via telephone.

Complete presentation schedules will be posted on the CAEP website (www.caep.ca). Publication of the original abstract in CJEM will be completed once the abstracts are accepted.

Resident abstract competition

CAEP's Research Committee will provide travel funding to 10 residents whose abstract submissions are selected by the Research Committee for this award. Residents must be registered in Canadian accredited (CFPC or RCPSC) EM programs or have graduated within the previous year (i.e., July 2008). Residents must be the primary investigator and responsible for the project development, the presenter of the abstract (oral) and the first named author. Fellows (Pediatric Emergency Medicine and others) do not qualify for consideration in this competition unless the research was completed during their EM residency.