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Paper Presentation Submission Guidelines

Only online abstracts will be accepted. Please submit your abstract according to the format described below.

NB: As paper presentation abstracts accepted for presentation at the conference will be published in the journal of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, you must follow the format below.

Speakers who submit abstracts in an incorrect format will be asked to resubmit their abstract according to the guidelines and therefore may risk their abstract missing the review period.

Please download the Paper Presentation Abstract Submission Template

Title and Author

You will be asked to provide the following details:

Title: Use a maximum of 20 words in sentence case
Authors: List a maximum of eight names
Institution: One primary affiliation should be listed for each author in the format: “Institution, City, Country”

Abstract Format

Using the following structured abstract format, with no more than 400 words you must submit your abstracts in a separate word file using the template provided. Abstracts that do not comply with the submission guidelines (e.g. incorrect font, incorrect formatting, more than 400 words) will not be considered.

Objective: State the main study questions and identify any hypotheses being tested.

Design: State the study type, e.g. Randomised controlled trial, Systematic review, Cost-benefit analysis, or Retrospective cohort study

Method: Describe the participants (report age as mean (SD) in years and months; sex as ‘n=’ (not %); relevant classification/s; recruitment method), instrumentation and measures (use SI units, except for blood pressure use mmHg, convert imperial units to metric), procedure and statistical analyses used

Results: Identify the main study outcomes including results of any statistical tests (show standard deviations as (SD), not ±; do not use percentages for sample sizes below 50; abbreviate probability with a lower case italicized p). Please note that it is not sufficient just to state that ‘results will be presented’

Conclusion: State conclusions as clinical implications and future research directions

References: If necessary, a maximum of 3 references will be accepted, but will be included in your word count

Figures and Tables: Are not permitted and will be removed

Additional Information: Additional information such as acknowledgements, disclosures and funding sources are not required and will be removed
 

Author Notification

You will be notified of acceptance of your submission by in late August giving adequate time for travel arrangements to be made. All presenters for paper, electronic poster, workshops and breakfast sessions must pay for conference registration, co-ordinate their own accommodation and travel arrangements and where applicable organise their own travel visas. Upon receiving notification of acceptance, authors are required to notify the Conference Office of their intent to participate/present at the conference. Authors who fail to notify the Conference Office by the specified date may have their presentations withdrawn from the program at the discretion of the committee.

Terms and Conditions

By submitting an abstract you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions:

• This abstract been NOT presented at a previous AusACPDM conference 
• This abstract NOT been printed in a previous journal supplement for a conference 
• This abstract has been proofed by the lead author and research team 
• The research team agrees to the abstract being printed in the DMCN conference supplement 
• The research team agree to the abstract being viewable via the AusACPDM website

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