Download 1. Submitting an abstract

British Society for Medical Dermatology
10th Medical Dermatology Meeting 2015
Call for Abstracts
The British Society for Medical Dermatology are participating in the organisation of the
BAD/RCP Medical Dermatology Conference to be held on the Thursday 8th January 2015 at
the Royal College of Physicians, London. This year the conference will focus on Skin Care in
immunocompromised individuals, with guest partners the British Society for Skin Care in
Immunocompromised Individuals (BSSCII).
Junior/trainee doctors are invited to submit abstracts by the deadline of Monday 17th
November 2014 for consideration by the programme committee. Cases should illustrate the
interface between skin disease and internal medicine. Priority will be given to abstracts
focusing on skin care in immunocompromised individuals. Submissions should describe
individual cases or small case series; audits and large case series are not suitable. The
authors of the best three abstracts will be invited to give brief oral presentations. Other high
scoring abstracts will be allocated to poster presentations. Selected abstracts will be
published in the British Journal of Dermatology.
Abstracts should be no more than 250 words in length. Please include the following
information with your abstract:
Name(s)
Institution(s)
Address for
correspondence
Speciality
Grade
C
SpR/ST3-6

SHO/ST1-2

FY doctor

Other……………………………
email
telephone number
Judging Criteria for Abstracts
Importance of case including relevance to medical dermatology (in particular to skin care in
immunocompromised individuals)
0-3
Amount of work involved
0-3
Overall impression
0-3
Abstracts should be submitted as an attachment in Word format using the template
provided, without any patient identifiers, to [email protected]
Authors will be notified of the outcome by Friday 5th December 2014.
How to submit an abstract
1. Submitting an abstract
A. Important Information
1. Please note that not more than one paper should be submitted by the same author.
2. Abstracts are required for all papers and posters.
3. Each abstract must fit within the abstract (approximately 250 words) template box
B. Preparation of Your Abstract
1. Abstracts which do not conform to these instructions will not be considered.
2. The work to be presented must be original and unpublished, and should not have been
presented at a national or international dermatology meeting.
3. All selected abstracts will be published in a Supplement of the British Journal of
Dermatology.
4. An anonymous selection process will be used: therefore please do not use identifying
features such as names of hospitals, medical schools, clinics or cities in the title or text of
the abstract. Any author not adhering to this rule will have their paper rejected.
5. The body of the abstract should include a statement outlining the aim of the study, the
methods used, a factual summary of results and a conclusion. If the abstract is an
experimental one or a clinical trial, please state clearly the hypothesis being tested,
describe quantitatively the experimental subject and give an appropriate level of statistical
data and details of any formal statistical setting. Statements such as “results will be
discussed” are unacceptable.
6. Do not use subheadings, e.g. “methods”. Start each paragraph with an indentation of
three spaces, but do not leave a line space between paragraphs. Uncommon
abbreviations should not be used without first being expressed in full. Essential
references (not more than two) must be cited in the Vancouver style, as used in the
British Journal of Dermatology, and must be included in the body of the abstract.
7. Presented data should agree with what is stated in the abstract.
8. Declaration of financial interests: For the proper evaluation of a presentation, it is
important that any factors that may influence the objectivity of the presenter are known by
the audience. You are therefore required to reveal the source of any commercial funding
for the work described in the abstract. This information must be given within the abstract
and will therefore be published if it is accepted for presentation.
2. Amending or withdrawing a submission
You may wish to change your answers to some of the questions on the submission form, or
even to change the abstract file itself.
If you want to withdraw an abstract please contact the conference administrator via the email:
[email protected]
Title:
Abstract: (Your abstract must use 10pt Arial font and must not be longer than this box)
Do NOT enter author and affiliation information on this document.
Do NOT write outside the boxes. Any text or images outside the boxes will be
deleted.