2012 Abstract Submission

Call for Abstracts for the Annual Meeting in Chapel Hill, NC, April 22-25, 2012

Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to: aosrenee@gmail.com with a copy to mueller.pauls@mayo.edu and must be received by 15 November 2011.  Abstracts submitted by e-mail will be acknowledged.  The abstract should be no longer than one page.  It should begin with the complete title, the names of all co-authors, and the corresponding author’s mailing address, telephone number, FAX, and e-mail address.  This should be followed by a two to three sentence biographical sketch indicating how the author would like to be introduced.  (This will probably be your entire introduction.  Don’t be modest!).  The text should provide sufficient information for the Program Committee to determine its merits and possible interest to the membership.  The problem should be defined and the conclusions should be stated.  Phrases such as “will be presented” should be avoided or kept to a minimum.

Three learning objectives should be given after the abstract.  Each learning objective should begin with an active verb indicating what attendees should be able to do after the presentation (for example, “list,” “explain,” “discuss,” “examine,” “evaluate,” “define,” “contrast,” or “outline”; avoid noncommittal verbs such as “know,” “learn,” and “appreciate”).  The learning objectives are required for Continuing Medical Education credit.

A cover letter should state:  Whether any of the authors have a potential conflict-of-interest such as direct financial involvement in the topic being discussed, and whether there will be any mention of off-label use of drugs or other products during the presentation.

Standard audiovisual equipment will consist of a laptop computer and LCD projector. Presenters should carefully weigh, and justify, requests for additional AV equipment since this will add substantially to the cost of the meeting.  (Specifically request additional equipment.)

Each presenter will have a 20-minute time slot, which will be strictly enforced.  Presenters should rehearse and time their papers to 15 minutes, in order to permit brief discussions and to be fair to the other speakers.  Although 20 minutes might seem quite short for a paper in the humanities, our experience with this format has been overwhelmingly favorable.

Abstracts will be accepted by e-mail up until 15 November 2011.  Send with objectives and cover letter to:  aosrenee@gmail.com  with a copy to: mueller.pauls@mayo.edu.  Please make submissions in Microsoft WORD format.