Untitled - Malaysian Orthopaedic Association

9 th Asia Pacific Spine Society Congress
9 th APOA Paediatric Section Congress
5 th APOA Infection Section Scientific Meeting
2013 Musculoskeletal
Infection Best Paper Award
2013 APOA-Pfizer Best Scientific Paper Award for Orthopaedic Infection
An Award of US$10,000 is available for the Best Musculoskeletal Infection Papers
• This is open to all surgeons and scientists with an interest in musculoskeletal infection.
• Applicants must submit in a format of a paper ready for publication.
• The paper can be either clinical or basic science that is relevant to the infection of the musculoskeletal system.
• Papers must be received by the closing date to be considered for the award.
• It is a requirement that at least one of the authors present the work as a presentation at the APOA 2013 conference.
• The winners of the prize will be announced at the APOA 2013 conference.
• Judges will be blinded and selected from International Experts in the field.
• The number of prizes per year will be one to a maximum of three and if the quality of the papers is not good enough in any
year, no prize will be awarded.
Sponsorship
The award is fully funded by Pfizer.
Panel of Judges
A panel of judges will be selected by the Education Committee of the APOA. The panel of Judges decision will be final. Judges
will be blinded.
Closing Date
15 th June 2013
We require ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION of your abstract via our online submission system.
Any graphic or table must fit within the margins and format outlined below.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
No limit is imposed on the number of abstracts submitted by individuals.
Abstracts are to be submitted in English only.
Abstracts must be accompanied by payment of registration fees. If the abstract is subsequently not accept for presentation, and
the author wishes to cancel his participation, the registration fee will be refunded to the author.
Scheduling details and guidelines for the final preparation of accepted presentations will be included with the notification of
acceptance.
The final selection will be the responsibility of the Scientific Committee.
All online submissions must include:
• Financial Disclosure is required for EACH author.
• You must have the last name and email address for every co-author on the abstract.
• If all disclosures are not submitted, the abstract will not be considered for review.
CONTENT
References
Length
Format
QUESTIONS
: An English language abstract must be in the terminology familiar to specialists. The text should be succinct and
substantive. The abstract must include: (a) Purpose / Aim: (b) Methods: (c) Results: (d) Conclusion: (e) Significance:
: omit any reference to authorship and/or institution within the body of the abstract.
: No longer than 400 words.
: Abstracts should be submitted using the Abstract Template provided. The template is a Microsoft Word
document. Please make sure to save your file as *.doc format, we will be unable to accept the *.docx format.
Please make sure the file does not exceed 1mb in filesize. More details in instructions below.
: For your convenience, the conference secretariat will be glad to assist you with any questions that might arise
regarding your online submission. Email: secretariat@apoa2013.org
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