Guidelines for Abstract Submissions
Guidelines for the Submission of Abstracts
Submission Deadline: 3:00 pm Central Time, Thursday, February 28, 2019
- SEMPA 360 is a forum for the presentation of novel research findings. Only reports of original emergency medicine research may be submitted. Abstracts cannot be presented at a national or international meeting prior to the first day of the SEMPA 360.
- If identical abstracts are accepted at two meetings (in violation of the above stipulation) then one must be withdrawn and SEMPA staff must be notified. If acceptance of a previously presented abstract is discovered prior to presentation, it will be withdrawn and acceptance of future abstracts will be jeopardized. If dual presentation of identical abstracts is discovered after the presentation, the authors will not be allowed to participate in future Research Forums.
- Submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment by the author(s) to attend the Research Forum, if it is accepted. Abstracts will not be displayed without the author(s) present.
- At least one of the authors must be a PA and SEMPA member.
- Abstract decision letters will be sent via email to the corresponding authors no later than March 15. Please ensure that the email provided is accurate, as all correspondence will be sent via email. Please do not contact SEMPA prior to March 15 to inquire about abstract acceptance decisions.
- All decisions are final. SEMPA will not consider requests for appeals nor can SEMPA provide specific feedback to authors.
- The SEMPA system is an all-at-once submission process. Please check that you have all the author's names and titles spelled as they would like to see them in print. Be sure that your abstract text is spell checked and grammatically correct before inserting into the submission form. You will not be able to edit after submission. Abstracts will be published as submitted.
- Abstracts are limited to 2,000 characters, including spaces. This does not include the title or authors' names and affiliations.
Abstracts must be organized in a structured format as follows:
