Submit abstracts online at http://accp.confex.com/accp/2016vp/cfp.cgi.
All investigators in the field of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics, ACCP members and nonmembers alike, are invited to submit abstracts of papers to be considered for presentation at the 2016 ACCP Virtual Poster Symposium (May 18–19, 2016).
Posters will be on display May 18–19 for asynchronous viewing and comment. In addition, two interactive sessions will be scheduled on May 18 and May 19, when authors will be available for real-time online question-and-answer sessions alongside their virtual posters. The technology required for presenters and participants is minimal—a broadband Internet connection, a current browser, and Skype (free software).
PLEASE NOTE: To provide authors more guidance on abstract content and expectations, more distinction between categories for submissions, and more objective abstract reviews, we are implementing several revisions to the abstract submission and review process. Abstract category requirements have changed, the structured abstract requirements are new, and the criteria for evaluating abstracts in each category have been updated to be consistent and more objective. See the online Call for Abstracts for details.
All papers accepted for poster presentation, except for “Encore” presentations, will have abstracts published online in Pharmacotherapy and be automatically entered in the Best Poster Award competitions. Abstracts may be submitted in one of the following categories:
ORIGINAL RESEARCH: Abstracts must summarize hypothesis-driven research findings. Basic, clinical, translational, dissemination/implementation, and educational research are examples of acceptable research. Topics should appeal to a clinical pharmacy audience and may include research in drug metabolism, education/pedagogy, health services, medication safety, patient/population outcomes, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacogenomics, pharmacology, or pharmacotherapy. Abstracts reporting in vitro or animal research are welcome. Abstracts will be evaluated according to the merits of the research questions/hypotheses, originality, study design, methods, data analysis/statistics, impact, and readability/organization. All papers accepted will be assigned to a virtual poster format.
CLINICAL PHARMACY FORUM: Abstracts must describe the development, delivery, justification, or documentation of innovative clinical pharmacy services. Abstracts are encouraged that address components of the ACCP Standards of Practice for Clinical Pharmacists and/or describe efforts to develop, advance, or position clinical pharmacists to optimize patient care.
Abstracts may be descriptive and need not contain an evaluative component. Abstracts will be evaluated according to originality of the service or program, adequacy of justification/documentation, transferability to other practice settings, and impact on patients’ medication-related outcomes. Abstracts must not have been published in abstract form or presented elsewhere before the ACCP Virtual Poster Symposium (May 18–19, 2016). All papers accepted will be assigned to a virtual poster format.
STUDENT, RESIDENT, or FELLOW RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS: Submission and evaluation criteria are those of an “Original Research” presentation except that the research effort is ongoing. Descriptions of planned research efforts without preliminary data should not be submitted. Submission of partly completed data is acceptable. Abstracts should provide an assessment of likelihood of project completion by the date of presentation. The presenting author must be a student, resident, or fellow. All papers accepted will be assigned to a virtual poster format.
Submission Deadline
The deadline to submit abstracts in the Original Research, Clinical Pharmacy Forum, and Student, Resident, and Fellow Research-in-Progress categories is Sunday, January 17, 2016, 11:59 p.m. (PST). Authors will be notified by e-mail of the acceptance of their papers by Thursday, March 31, 2016. See complete submission instructions and guidelines at http://accp.confex.com/accp/2016vp/cfp.cgi.