Annual Conference

TIPS FOR PREPARING AN ABSTRACT FOR SCIENTIFIC MEETING AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE

To assist you in formulating an abstract for the Scientific Meeting, please bear the following points in mind

Word count. Your abstract should be between 250 - 350 words long.

The overall aim of the study. What did you hope to achieve by undertaking this work and perhaps some thoughts on why you thought it was important for the study to be done.

The approach and design. Was your project a quantitative or qualitative study or a mixed design and what design did you choose eg. Survey, experiment, descriptive or ethnographic study?

The sample you used. What was the population that you targeted for your study (sample and sampling approach)?

The methods. How did you go about collecting the data?

The data analysis. How did you analyse your data? In an abstract you do not need to give results as such, although a brief indication would be helpful, if available at this stage.

The ethical consideration. Make sure that your study is ethical and that this is conveyed in the abstract.

Conclusions. Mention the conclusions that you have drawn from your study.

Recommendations for practice/ service/ further research/ audit/education.

Abstracts viewed as having potential but needing more work may be returned to the sender for amendment and a request for re-submission made. This is designed to ensure we uphold a high standard of practice.