Abstract Submission Guidelines

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FOR THE SPINE SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA - ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
(There are no free paper sessions for the SRS course)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION HAS NOW CLOSED

Submitted abstracts must represent original work that has not been previously published. Abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentation by the Review Committee unless the author indicates a specific preference for poster presentation. Authors should indicate if their work is eligible for one or other prize (see prize categories below).

Oral Presentations will be for 6 minutes.
(Due to the SRS course addition to the 2014 meeting, the program will not have as many free paper sessions so we have reduced the talk time to fit in as many presentaions as possible).

Posters should be printed A0 portrait format (118.9cm high x 84.1cm wide)

Instructions to submit an abstract

Abstracts should be submitted using the abstract sample as a guide for layout. Click here to download the sample.
Must be 500 words or less, inclusive of title, author(s) names, and institutional affiliation(s)
Abstracts must fit onto a single A4 page with margins of 2.54cm on all four sides
Use 11pt Arial font
Please do not use abbreviations unless defined in the abstract.
Care should be taken to ensure high quality English expression and grammar.
All submissions should be in Microsoft Word
Abstract title should be in BLOCK CAPITALS
Authors’ names should be on the next line
In case of more than one author please place an asterix before the name of the presenting author
Do not include degrees or titles
Authors’ organizations/institutions should appear on the next line and should include the suburb/city, state and country of the organizations/institutions.
Authors should note the word count at the end of the abstract
Results may include a simple table or graph in black and white if they are clearly intelligible.

Abstracts must conform to the following layout.

Title

This should be succinct and descriptive of the study.

Introduction

Give a brief reason for the study. Provide a clear statement of the aims of the study.

Methods

Give a short description of the study population or specimen preparation, data collection and processing.

Results

These may be presented in the form of text or a simple graph or table. Do not repeat information in text if provided in a table or graph. Important statistical results (such as confidence intervals, p values or correlation coefficients ) should be included.

Conclusions

Make simple statements that are supported by the evidence shown in your results.

All abstracts will be reviewed by the SSA Scientific Review Committee within two weeks of the closing date.

Some abstracts will need to be amended and you may be asked by the Review Committee to submit these changes. It is the intention of the Review Committee to use the amendment process to assist authors to improve the value of their abstract.

All presenters must register for a minimum of one day of the conference by the Early Bird Deadline for registration (7 March 2014) or the presentation will be withdrawn from the program

Disclosures

Authors must state any and all financial relationships that they or any of their collaborators have with commercial sponsors of the study presented. The sources of all funds used to conduct the study must be declared.

Awards

1. Spinal Research Award