2008 Abstract Competition

We are pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the 2008 ACP New Mexico Chapter Scientific Meeting October 16-18, 2008, which will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1000 Woodward Place NE, Albuquerque, NM. The deadline for the Call for Abstracts is August 25, 2008.

This is an ACP Associates' and Medical Students' competition. First author and presenter must be an ACP Associate or Medical Student with current membership status. Limit of one (1) entry per first author. Please use the online abstract form for all submissions.

Abstracts will be accepted into one of two categories: Clinical Vignette (reports of one or more cases that illustrate a rare disease entity or an unusual clinical presentation of an established disease) or Research (clinical and/or laboratory research, delineating a new investigation into mechanisms of disease or consisting of a detailed review of a clinical problem).

The body of the Clinical Vignette Abstract should be organized as follows:

  • Title and Author information
  • Introduction
  • Case description
  • Discussion

Refer to the Guidelines on How to Write a Clinical Vignette Abstract for more information.

The body of the Research Abstract should be organized as follows:

  • Title and Author information
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusions

Refer to the Guidelines on How to Write a Research Abstract for more information.

Abstracts submitted by Associates may be selected for oral or poster presentation. Abstracts submitted by Medical Students may be selected for poster presentation only.

Each abstract will be ranked by scientific merit, originality, presentation and clinical application. The abstract selection is competitive and not all abstracts submitted will be selected for presentation.

We highly encourage you to submit early to ensure your abstract is received. You will receive an e-mail notification once your abstract has been successfully submitted. Please use your most used e-mail address when submitting the abstract. All communication regarding the abstract competition will be sent electronically.

Deadline for entries is August 25, 2008. Please contact Helbert Rondon, MD at hrondon@hotmail.com or 505-326-6521 if you have questions about the abstract competition.

Thank you.

Michael Kaufman, MD, FACP
Governor, ACP New Mexico Chapter

Page updated: 08-05-08

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Michael H. Kaufman, MD, FACP, Governor, New Mexico Chapter

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