Abstract Submissions Guidelines
1. Abstracts must be submitted online.
2. A maximum of three (3) abstract submissions will be accepted by a primary author (i.e., author may be a secondary author on additional abstract submissions).
3. Abstracts are to be written in English, in clear concise language, and to be no more than 250 words, using standard abbreviations and key words. Please DO NOT type in all capitals.
4. Include author(s) post-nominal initials, credentials, designations, and other affiliations in the biographic sketch section of the submission process.
5. The primary presenter/first author of an abstract submission that is accepted must attend the conference and required to register and pay registration fee
Oral Paper Guidelines
Oral paper presentations must be 15 minutes in length followed by 5 minutes for discussion. Oral papers are limited to two (2) presenters per paper during the presentation.
Poster Guidelines
Posters must be designed to fit standard size poster board. Posters will be displayed throughout the conference. Author(s)/presenter names, degrees, organizational affiliations, city, province/state and country must be listed as briefly as possible. Scientific abstracts should specify study/program objectives, methods, results and conclusions. Abstracts describing projects currently in progress and lacking data analysis will not be accepted. Literature review papers will not be considered.
Abstract Review and Selection Criteria
All submissions will be evaluated by an Abstract Review Committee and accepted based upon the following criteria:
1. Relevance and significance of topic to hospice palliative care
2. applicability of innovative/leading or best practice solutions to current issues in hospice palliative care
3. Based on evidence and/or innovative hospice palliative care research
4. Presentation of practical tools for application in community-based hospice palliative care
5. abstract is well written/clearly