Advanced Notification - Call for Oral abstract/ Poster Abstract
Closing date for receipt of abstracts / posters – Friday 23 May 2008


The Organising Committee of the 2008 Clinical Nurse Leaders: Passionate about Practice Conference warmly invites submissions in the form of an abstract / poster from all those wishing to share any innovations in practice, their own learning’s, improvement initiatives or research-based or evidence-based practice activities, at the Brisbane Convention Centre on the 23rd and 24th June 2008.    

Seminar Aims
To provide a forum where front line nurses and midwives can present and share experiences regarding nursing and midwifery led improvements in clinical practice and subsequent improvements in patient outcomes. This is your opportunity to present the positive changes that have led to improvements in safety and practice in your clinical field. The focus of this conference is for nurses who are leading improvements in all specialities of nursing in all settings of practice. 

Audience
The conference organisers aim to attract clinical practising nurses and midwives; nurses and midwives at operational/service delivery levels; nursing students, both undergraduate and pre-enrolment, new nursing graduates; clinical nurse and midwifery leaders from across Australia. The conference organisers aim to attract nurses from diverse practice settings; such as acute, sub acute, primary and community, aged and residential, midwifery, remote and rural, specialist and generalist.

Call for Papers
This is your opportunity to present the positive changes that have led to improvements in practice in your clinical area.

Themes

Innovations in Practice
This theme gives nurses an opportunity to highlight the work being done around fresh, sustainable innovations in practice. How nurses have generated creative ideas based on evidence, and taken the idea to an innovation and then applied it to practice.

Partnerships in Practice
There are many forms of partnerships in the health care setting. Themes revolving around team dynamics; connectedness in partnerships, e.g. primary and community; links across the continuum; links between health professionals and technicians, working in dynamic teams with new models of care will be welcomed.

Technology Supporting Future Directions in Practice
Nurses base their knowledge around clinical information and evidence and apply this to their practice. Data, outcome and performance measures will shape the thinking and modelling of health care into the future to continually improve patient outcomes. Efficient health care models rely on ‘point-of-delivery’ data input, sharing of information to reduce duplication leading to improved efficiencies and to maximise patient outcomes. Papers including progressive innovations in technology and research into new ideas in technology which improves practice and standards of patient care across all practice settings will be welcomed.

Abstract format
Presentation can be in the form of oral presentations or poster presentations. Both paper and Poster presentations will be judged during the two days of the conference with prizes awarded at the end of both days.

Oral presentation in a formal concurrent session
Oral presentations are 20 minutes (15 mins. Presentation) and include five minutes for discussion.

Poster presentation
Posters will be on permanent display during the conference and authors will be allocated a time during the day to discuss their work with delegates (at lunch on Day 1).

Who should submit?
This invitation extends to public and private health sector nurses with a particular focus on clinical leadership in all practice settings.

Summary of Deadlines

23 May close of abstracts
27 May – Notification of abstract acceptance and presentation type
30 May – Confirmation to present by authors
01 June – All presenters must be registered to attend the conference
01 June – Final program released
18 June – All Presentations emailed to the conference organisers

Abstract format
Your abstract should contain the following:
- Abstract Title: Arial 12 font bold, left aligned, sentence case.  No full stop at the end.  Leave one blank line before listing authors.
- Abstract Authors and institution(s) - Arial 10 font bold, left aligned.  List all authors (first name, last name) and organisations, Underline    name of presenting author.
- Abstracts text - Arial 10 font, left aligned, maximum 300 words.  Abstract should state briefly and clearly the purpose,   methods, results   and conclusions of the work.

How to Submit
Online submission is the only method for submission of abstracts.

All general abstract requirements and instructions for the submission can be viewed online. If you experience technical difficulties with online submission please email your query to: michelle@iamevents.com.au

As abstracts will be reproduced in the Conference Handbook exactly as submitted, please check your abstract carefully BEFORE submission.

Confirmation of receipt of Abstracts
Immediately following successful submission, you will receive a confirmation of receipt to the email address that you have supplied. Alterations to the submitted abstract can be made by contacting the conference organiser.

Acceptance Notification
Notification of the outcome of the abstract submissions will be sent via email by 16 May.

Audio Visual
The following audio visual equipment will be supplied –

• Windows based notebook (Laptop) computers
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Data projector
• Lectern with microphone
• Laser pointer

Any additional requirements must be notified when submitting your abstract. Speakers will be required to send in the presentation prior to the conference.

If you have prepared your presentation using a Macintosh Operating system (Apple), please have converted to work with Microsoft Power Point.

The presentations are due by Wednesday June 18 2008. If however the file size is too large to email (greater than 5MB) please advise by us via email and bring the presentation on either a USB memory device or CD containing the full presentation and deliver it to the registration area no later than 8.00am on the morning of the conference.

Registration
All presenters must have registered to attend the Conference by 1 June 2008 and are responsible for their own travel and accommodation. 

Enquiries
Enquiries regarding abstract submission should be forwarded to: michelle@iamevents.com.au or phone 07 3834 3333

Preparation Of Your Abstract 

1. Papers may be submitted if previously presented.

2. The title should be as brief as possible but long enough to indicate clearly the nature of the abstract. Font should be Arial 12 font bold, left aligned, sentence case. No full stop at the end. Leave one blank line before listing authors.

3. Authors and institution(s) arial 10 font bold, left aligned. List all authors (first name, last name) and organisations/unit. Underline name of presenting author. When necessary you may use figures in superscript to distinguish between different institutions. Leave one blank line

4. Abstracts text, arial 10 font, left aligned, maximum 300 words. Abstract should state briefly and clearly the purpose, methods, results and conclusions of the work.

Introduction: Purpose of abstract
Problem: Clearly define the problem you are trying to fix.
Action: What did you do?
Learnings: What was the result and what did you learn