2010 ACEP Research Forum
September 28-29 — Las Vegas, NV
Abstracts Due April 30, 2010
Submit an abstract online
Abstract Submission Information
The American College of Emergency Physicians’ 2010 Research Forum is dedicated to the presentation of original research related to emergency medicine by investigators in clinical and basic science.
Abstract Submission Requirements
Abstracts must meet the submission criteria detailed below.
- Abstracts should represent original research that has not been published or presented at a national scientific meeting.* Case reports or subject reviews are not considered original research. Abstracts presented at an international or regional meeting are accepted.
- Abstracts will be submitted online. Instructions will be available on ACEP’s Web site beginning in March, 2010. Abstracts must be received by 5:00 pm Central Time, Friday, April 30, 2010.
- Abstracts must include the following subsections, consistent in style with those appearing in Annals of Emergency Medicine: title, study objectives, methods (include design, setting, type of participants), results, and conclusion. The abstract should be written in complete sentences using grammatically correct English. Spell out all abbreviations on first usage. Abstracts are limited to 3000 characters not including spaces. Accepted abstracts will be published as received; no copy editing will be performed.
- Illustrations are discouraged; however, small tables may be accepted. Figures and photos must be black and white with at least 300 dpi. Authors should not be identified in any way on the page containing the abstract.
Abstract Review Process
Abstracts will be peer reviewed for presentation at the 2010 Research Forum. Abstracts will be accepted that are judged scientifically valid and that yield important information which will ultimately affect patient care. Abstracts submitted or the resultant manuscripts must not appear in a referenced journal before publication of the meeting abstracts in the September 2010 issue of Annals and must not have been presented at a national meeting.
Abstracts will be reviewed for oral or poster presentation. Oral presentations will be allowed 10 minutes followed by discussion. Poster presentations will be grouped by topic and will be scheduled during the program.
The Research Committee will review abstracts blinded to authors. Notification letters will be mailed on or before July 1, 2010. We regret that we cannot give notification information by telephone.
Awards
The Emergency Medicine Foundation will present an award to the outstanding established researcher and a special award to an outstanding young investigator.
An annual Excellence in Research Award (Best Paper) will be presented to an investigator based on the abstract, presentation, discussion, and subsequent publication of research manuscript.
An annual Best Presentation by a Young Investigator Award will also be chosen. Investigators at the assistant professor level or below with fewer than five years of faculty appointment may request that their abstracts be considered for review in the young investigator category.
The ACEP Research Committee will also present awards for best medical student paper and best resident paper.
The Best Medical Student Paper Award will be given to a medical student who is the primary investigator of an outstanding abstract presentation.
The Best Resident Paper Award will be given to a resident who is the primary investigator of an outstanding abstract presentation.
All four awards will be presented at the 2011 ACEP Research Forum.
*Presentation at the ACEP Scientific Assembly by EMF grant recipients does not constitute previous presentation at a national meeting
