ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED

FORMAT

You will need to submit your abstract in one of the following formats: 

• Descriptive Studies - Oral Presentation or Poster is for abstracts describing a methodology or educational program, to be presented as oral or poster.
• Research Studies – Oral or Poster Presentations is for abstracts describing experimental or observational studies, to be presented as oral or poster.
• Workshop is for interactive workshops where the participants should enjoy a great learning experience. Interactivity for the participant is highly important.
• Roundtable is for roundtable sessions you would organise. SESAM roundtable Sessions are interactive group sessions that create opportunities for in-depth learning through discussion with facilitators and attendees in an active information exchange. Keep in mind that you must make this in agreement with the panel members.
• Expert Panel is a session gathering different experts and discussing together a specific theme in simulation in healthcare. Interaction with the audience is strongly recommended.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

General guidelines

Failure to observe these guidelines may result in disqualification.

• Abstracts must be submitted in English.
• The correct topic from the list below must be selected to ensure correct scoring. The content of the abstract must be topic-related.
  1. Patient Safety/Quality Improvement
  2. Assessment Using Simulation
  3. Curriculum Development
  4. Faculty Development
  5. Debriefing
  6. Interprofessional / Team Education
  7. New Technologies and Innovation
  8. Centre Administration and Program Evaluation
  9. Technical Operations
  10.  Others
• Abbreviations may be used after defining them first.
• Trade names cannot be mentioned in the title. However, trade names in brackets will be accepted in the body of the text.
• Research and Descriptive Studies abstracts can only be submitted for the SESAM Paris 2017 Meeting if it has not previously been published or presented. You will be asked to confirm this during the submission process.
• It is the intent of SESAM to provide high-quality sessions focused on educational content that is free from commercial influence or bias. Thus the submitting author of an abstract is requested to declare any potential conflicts of interest for all authors during the submission process.
• The submitting author must certify that all co-authors have agreed for the abstract to be submitted. You will need to confirm this during the submission process.
• Ensure your abstract does not contain spelling, grammatical or scientific errors. The abstract will be reproduced exactly as submitted and no proofreading will be undertaken.

Formatting guidelines

Scientific abstracts - Descriptive Studies and Research Studies

• An abstract can only be submitted for the SESAM Paris 2017 Meeting if it has not previously been published or presented. You will be asked to confirm this during the submission process.
• Abstracts must meet international ethical standards. An ethical statement will be requested during the submission process.
• For Descriptive Studies: the abstract should be organized into three sections: Introduction & Aims, Description and Discussion.
• For Research Studies: the abstract should be organized into three sections: Introduction & Aims, Methods and Results & Discussion.
• Abstracts are limited to 400 words in total.
• One figure/table can be included. The image must be either a JPG or GIF. It must be larger than 50x50px and between 45KB and 500KB in size. Tables are recommended to be submitted as Word files.

Workshops, Roundtables and Expert Panels

The abstracts submitted should clearly indicate the objective of the session and be organized as following:

• Workshops: introduction & aims, learning objectives, session description (planned activities), educational methods, expected impact, target audience, maximum number of participants and equipment requests.
• Roundtables and Expert panels: introduction & aims, session description (planned activities), expected impact, target audience, maximum number of participants and equipment requests.

Equipment requests will be fulfilled if possible. Facilitators/Moderators should make their own arrangements for their proposed activities.

AFTER SUBMISSION

• The reviewers will evaluate the scientific abstracts (Research and Descriptive Studies) according to the quality of the content, quality of the writing and the educational value. Specifically they will assess if the abstract:
  • Has an informative title and is structured as recommended, with correct spelling/grammar and coherent writing
  • Has educational value
  • Provides context
  • Clearly stated hypothesis or questions
  • Concisely describes the methodology/educational program (Descriptive Studies) or concisely described study design (Research Studies)
  • Discusses the interest and impact of the proposed study, and argues the novelty of the methodology/educational program (Descriptive Studies) or presents results clearly supporting the hypothesis and discusses them based on the presented data
  • Is an important contribution to theory or knowledge
  • Is a novel or innovative contribution
  • Is relevant to conference aims and for conference delegates
• Depending on the evaluation of the abstract and on the relevance of the work the scientific committee may propose another format for presentation during the meeting. If this is the case, the authors will be notified in the acceptance email. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that emails from the SESAM admin team can reach them. Full presentation guidelines will be included in the acceptance email.
• The reviewers will also evaluate the Workshops, Roundtables and Expert panels according to the planned activities and their viability on the available timeline, dynamics and interactivity, relevance for the target audience, novelty or innovative contribution. Depending on the evaluation, authors may be invited to improve/adjust the proposed session.
• The submitting author will be notified of the decision at the beginning of April, by email, to the same email address provided in their online SESAM profile.
• If you need to withdraw your abstract, a written statement reflecting the reasons for this decision must be sent to sesam@worldspan.co.uk no later than 14 April 2017.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Submissions accepted from: 1 February 2017
• Submission deadline: 3 March 2017
• Notifications to submitters: Beginning of April 2017
• Earlybird registration deadline: 5 May 2017

If you experience any problems submitting your abstract, or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the SESAM Admin Team by email to sesam@worldspan.co.uk or by telephoning +44 (0)1745 828400.