Call for abstracts - breaking news

You now have the opportunity of submitting a "breaking news" abstract for presentation at the conference. The purpose of this innovation is to create an opportunity for researchers who had not completed their data collection by 05 November 2012, but have by 21 January 2013.

Accepted breaking news abstract presenters will normally be offered the opportunity to present a poster, but may in exceptional circumstances be offered the opportunity to present an oral paper or a ViPer. It is not possible to submit a late breaking symposia or workshop.

Please use the link below to submit a late breaking abstract:

https://www.rcn.org.uk/_myrcn/onlinesubmission/index.php

Closing date for late breaking abstracts is 21 January 2013

The purpose of the abstract is twofold:

To enable the Scientific Committee to make an informed decision on the suitability of the proposed presentation for the conference programme
To provide participants attending the conference with written information on the presentation.

The RCN Research Society has published Research Ethics: RCN guidance for nurses (PDF, 885KB) and is committed to promoting ethical research and ethical research practice. It is assumed that those submitting an abstract have ensured that all relevant ethical standards have been met. In addition, it assumed that the owner(s) of the intellectual property of any research submitted for presentation have granted their express permission for the research to be submitted for presentation.

Patient and public involvement

The RCN Research Society is committed to furthering public and patient involvement in research and authors will be required to declare the nature of public involvement in their research: this information will be published in the final conference programme. Public involvement here refers specifically to the active involvement of patients, service users or informal (unpaid) carers, in identifying research focus, research design and/or undertaking any aspect of the research process, including, of course, research dissemination.

Mode of presentation

A range of concurrent oral and poster presentation formats are supported at the conference. Authors are invited to identify their preferred mode of presentation. NB Authors may be offered a mode of presentation which differs from their preferred choice. The Scientific Committee's decision is final and the RCN regrets it is not able to enter into negotiation with authors once the conference programme has been finalized.

Poster presentation
Visual Presentations with Expert Review (ViPER*)
Concurrent session
Symposium
Workshop

Poster presentation

Poster presentations are visual displays of material to be presented and constitute an interactive medium

Visual Presentations with Expert Review (ViPER)*

Introduced for the first time into the RCN International Nursing Research Conference in 2009, a Viper is a mode of visual and oral presentation which provides increased opportunity for active engagement in discussion. The method includes the presentation of a poster and brief (5 minute) oral presentation from the presenter followed by a 5 minute commentary by an expert in the field. This is followed by 15 minutes of facilitated group discussion . Anyone submitting to present a Viper must identify a topic expert who has agreed to take the role of expert reviewer. Debbie Carrick-Sen, co-chair of the RCN Research Society Northern region, has very kindly produced some guidelines (PDF, 57K) on how to get the most out of a ViPER.

* Moore, M. et al (2001), "A novel approach to research presentations for networks: an evaluation of Visual Presentation with Expert Review (ViPER)", Primary Health Care Research and Development, Vol. 2, pp 205-207.

Concurrent session

Concurrent session papers are presented orally. Each presenter is allocated a maximum of 20 minutes for presentation followed by 5 minutes for discussion.

Symposium

A symposium is a presentation of between three and five papers with a shared focus. The duration of a symposium is normally 60 or 90 minutes. Authors wishing to submit papers as a symposium must nominate a symposium leader to complete a SINGLE abstract. The abstract must include an outline of the symposium proposed, itemise the individual papers and their authors, explicitly demonstrate how the papers will link together, and identify who will chair the symposium. Each paper detailed within the symposium abstract must include an outline of the symposium proposed; itemise the individual papers and their authors; explicitly demonstrate how the papers will link together; identify who will chair the symposium. (Please note the chair need not necessarily be the symposium leader or a presenter). Each paper detailed in the symposium abstract must meet criterion 1-14 of the ‘criteria for abstract selection’. For a symposium, the word limit is 300 for each of the individual papers to be included in the symposium (excluding references, authors details and principal authors’ CV). The symposium leader must enclose a curriculum vitae (1000 words maximum) which demonstrates their competence to lead the symposium. Symposia abstracts are therefore not reviewed blind.

Workshop

Workshops are interactive sessions of 60 or 90 minutes duration where the leader works with delegates to develop their knowledge and understanding within a specific field. A workshop is presented by an expert within the field and may be pitched at a novice, intermediate or advanced level. Anyone wishing to lead a workshop must submit an abstract (1000 words maximum), make explicit the workshop’s focus, and the nature of participation. They must indicate the level at which the workshop will be pitched and include a curriculum vitae (1000 words maximum) which demonstrates their competence to deliver their proposed workshop. Workshop abstracts are therefore not reviewed blind.

Other details

Increase your chance of having your abstract for a poster presentation or concurrent session accepted by downloading the following checklist (MS Word, 215KB).

Deadline for late breaking abstract submission

Deadline for submission of abstracts is 21 January 2013.

Registration for the conference is a requirement for ALL presenters and a pre-requisite to an abstract being reproduced within the conference programme.

Statistics (accurate as 01 December 2012)

364 abstracts were submitted for scientific review, of which 334 were concurrent/poster/ViPER submissions, 19 symposia and 11 workshops. The outcome of the scientific review process is as follows: