| Senior Care Pharmacy ’08 - ASCP's 39th Annual Meeting and Exhibition November 19-22 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center New Orleans, LA Call for Proposals: Posters and Papers Submission deadline - 5/30/08 Notification deadline - 7/7//08 Posters The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists is seeking poster submissions that provide innovative ways to approach challenges to senior care pharmacists in a variety of long-term care settings. Poster presentations will be held on Thursday, November 20 and Friday, November 21, 2008, during ASCP exhibit hours. They provide the presenting authors a forum to display their work and talk informally with attendees. Poster presenters are required to remain with their poster for the full three hours of the display. Contributed Papers The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists is seeking contributed paper presentations that will provide innovative ways to approach challenges pharmacists face in a variety of alternate site and long-term care settings. Authors of accepted contributed papers will be allotted approximately 15 minutes for presentation and questions (10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for questions and answers). A PowerPoint presentation is required. Submission Areas
Submission Instructions
Guidelines for Posters or Contributed Papers Titles Capitalize all words in the title except articles, short prepositions (<4 letters), and conjunctions. (see example abstract) Abstracts The online submission form will prompt you to download your abstract file. Prepare your abstract as described here and save it as a word or text document before you start the online submission. All abstracts must be <250 words and submitted in the proper format. Do not include the title or authors in the abstract. Begin each paragraph of the abstract with the headings described below. Research and Evaluative Studies Submissions should include the following: Purpose: The first paragraph concisely states the specific objectives or purpose of the study in one or two sentences. Methods: The second paragraph provides detailed information about the methods or procedures that were used to conduct the study. Results: The third paragraph presents a broad summary of the results, including specific data and statistics where possible. Conclusions: The fourth paragraph concisely states the principal outcomes of the study in one or two sentences. Descriptive Reports (posters only) Submissions should include the following: Purpose: The first paragraph concisely states the purpose or objective of the program or service in one or two sentences. Include the problem or situation which prompted the program or service to be implemented. Methods: The second paragraph provides information about the methods or procedures that were used to implement the program or service. Outcomes: The third paragraph concisely states the principal outcome(s) of the program or service and how it was received in one or two sentences. Sample Abstract of a Research Report Similarities and Differences in the Medication Profiles of an Elderly Ambulatory Care Patient Population With Gastroenterologic and Rheumatologic Disorders Kay L. Brooks, Janice L. Feinberg, and Thomas R. Clark Purpose: The frequency of multiple medication use in an elderly outpatient population with gastroenterologic and rheumatologic disease was determined through a retrospective review of pharmacy records. Methods: The study population was comprised of 60 men (age range 30-80 years) with gastroenterologic disorders and 50 men (age range 33-75 years) with rheumatologic disorders who visited a Veterans Administration Hospital. The medications prescribed for these patients were classified according to pharmacotherapeutic categories in American Hospital Formulary Service, Drug Information 1990. Results: During a one-year period, 573 medications were prescribed for the gastroenterologic patients and 452 medications were prescribed for the rheumatologic patients (average, 9 medications per patient). The three classes of medications prescribed most frequently for gastroenterologic patients (in descending order of frequency) were gastrointestinal agents, central nervous system agents, and cardiovascular agents. For rheumatologic patients, the classes were the same but the order was central nervous system agents, cardiovascular agents, and gastrointestinal agents. Medication in these three categories represented 53.6% of total medications for gastroenterologic patients and 59% of total medications for rheumatologic patients. Conclusions: Although the number of medications increased as the number of physician visits increased, no relationship was found between the number of diagnosed disorders and the number of prescribed medications. The number of actual drug interactions found was minimal. Incomplete or improperly formatted submissions will not be accepted. Copyright Release Posters and contributed papers are received with the understanding that they have not been published. Encore presentations are received with the understanding that they have been published only in abstract form. Author Affiliation/Financial or In-Kind Support ASCP is committed to provide attendees with posters that are of high quality and balanced content. Authors are asked to disclose affiliation and financial or in-kind support on the submission and poster itself. For example, in-kind support is defined as any administrative assistance, statistical support, or materials donated to assist research. Pharmaceutical industry initiated poster content will be presented separately at the meeting on Friday, November 21, 2008. Pharmaceutical industry employees may be co-authors if they participated in the research, but may not be the sole presenter at the poster. The Consultant Pharmacist Style Guide Failure to follow these guidelines may jeopardize publication of the abstract in the journal. All abstracts will be edited to conform to journal style. Abbreviations: Except for specific abbreviations, spell out words on first reference, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Avoid awkward constructions that place the second abbreviation close to the first reference. All acronyms MUST be spelled out on first reference, including the names of clinical trials. Scientific or medical abbreviations must be spelled out (e.g. "every day" instead of "QD" and "as needed" instead of "PRN"). Bulleted lists: Capitalize first word of each item; don't use semicolons or commas at the end of each bullet, or end the second to last bullet with "and"; use a period if each bullet is a full sentence. Citations and References: For the citation for The Consultant Pharmacist at the end of the abstract in peer-reviewed articles. Be careful to note the spacing (or lack of spacing): Consult Pharm 1997;12:148–52. For other references: Jones GA, Smith LE, Webster RT et al. Interaction of phenytoin with nutrients. Clin Pharm 1986;5:118-23. Hogan RC. Pesonality testing instruments. In: Dunnette M, Webster RT, eds. Handbook of industrial psychology. Palo Alto, CA: Psychology Press; 1995. For up to three authors, all are named; more than three, list three and then et al., as in the example above. Note: no comma and a single period for “et al.”
If the element introduced by the colon consists of more than one sentence each referring to the statement before the colon, or if it is a formal statement, a quotation, or a speech in dialogue, it should be capitalized. Otherwise, it will begin with a lower case letter. See Chicago for detailed style guidelines. Commas: Always placed inside quotes, including single quotes inside double quotes. Hyphens: In non-scientific material, use “to” to separate numbers in a range, such as “10 to 20 days.” In scientific material, use an en-dash: 1–2 mg (for abbreviations), and 10.5%–11.5% (for symbols). |
