2012 Programme Overview
41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care
Abstract submission deadline 25th March 2012
Submission is now closed.
Recognising our theme of ‘Celebrating Difference’, we have revised the programme and format for submissions for this year’s ASM.
Conferences are a great opportunity to bring people together to share ‘breaking news’ in primary care teaching and research – letting people know about what we’ve been doing. But they also offer time and space for stimulating new conversations and new thoughts. Our intention is to encourage a ‘Festival of Dangerous Ideas’ at this year’s Conference. We remain committed to the highest standards of academic practice; underpinned by a commitment to scholarship - discovery, application, integration and teaching (Boyer 2000). We want to encourage debate and discussion: both within the meeting but which also continues and extends beyond it.
- Critical conversations that challenge ourselves, and others, to consider whether we need to do things differently – be that policy, practice, teaching or research
- Creative conversations: ‘blue sky’ thinking that generates the new ideas which supports innovation and change
- Shared conversations that tell others about what we do - be they fellow academics, front-line staff, or the public. To demonstrate to an external audience why our work, and our discipline of academic primary care, matters
We wish to encourage the exchange of new ideas whether nascent or realised, wise or whacky: what is important is that they are interesting and have the potential to change the way we think and work. They could be ideas for research, education*, health care practice or policy.
(*Education abstracts: we wish to encourage the submission of educational abstracts whether they are descriptions or evaluations of ideas or innovations or more rigorous educational research.)
We also encourage you to think about how you present your ideas and work: both within the abstract and, if your abstract is accepted, at the ASM. We have extended the word count for abstracts to reflect the changes for this year.
This year’s programme includes both submitted and invited presentations, including:
(Click on the heading to read more about each session)
Submitted Presentations: including
Oral presentations in parallel sessions and posters
Ideas and Innovation *NEW!
Workshops
Panels of linked presentations
Dangerous Ideas Soapbox *NEW!
Invited keynote speakers (plenary sessions)
Special Interest Group meetings
SAPC and RCGP joint conference submissions
If you wish you may also submit your abstract to the RCGP conference www.rcgp.org.uk, If you are submitting your work to both when submitting your abstract on-line to SAPC please indicate that you are also submitting your work to RCGP. This is for scheduling purposes only and will not affect the peer review of your work. It will be reviewed by both the SAPC and RCGP peer review systems if you submit to both conferences.
Conditions of abstract submission
- Work submitted must not have been published at the time of submission. The programme committee reserve the right to exclude work that has been published at the time of submission.
- Registering to attend - if the presentation is accepted for oral or poster presentation one of the authors must register to attend the conference and present the work or withdraw the abstract.
- Programme allocation – the presenting author must be available to present their work when allocated by the Scientific Committee to sessions on Wednesday 3rd October or Thursday 4th October individual requests for days cannot be considered.
Abstract review process and criteria
All abstracts will be reviewed by experienced academics in primary care. Each abstract will receive marks from two reviewers. If there is a discrepancy in the scores a third review will be carried out by a member of the programme committee. Click here for more details about the review process
Appeals
In the event of an appeal the abstract will be reviewed by the chair of the peer review committee and the chair of the programme committee. Their decision will be final.
Notification
The presenting or submitting author will be notified of the status of abstracts after peer review by email by the end of May.
SAPC ASM 2012
Programme committee chair: Christian Mallen, Keele
Peer review committee chair: Chris Salisbury, Bristol
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