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e. Fonts and symbols: i. Please use Arial, 11 point, single spaced. ii. Do not change the margins from the original template. iii. Please use only symbols from common Microsoft or Apple system fonts. iv. Do not use colors, bold font, or shading. v. Use italics to designate scientific names or foreign words (e.g. Crotalus, a priori). Do not use italics or underlining for emphasis. vi. Do not capitalize each word or all words of the abstract title f. Proprietary names: Do not use proprietary (trade) names of any product unless necessary to convey specific information. Use standard/recognized generic names. g. References: Do not include references in your abstract. It is appropriate to provide references in an eventual poster or platform presentation. 8. Authors: a. All submissions must conform to the Internal Committee of Medical Journal Editors Authorship and Contributorship requirements, available here: http://www.icmje.org/ethical_1author.html. b. Author names should be listed as last name and initials, separated by commas (e.g. Rumack BH, Goldfrank LR) c. There is no limit to the number of authors d. A maximum of 2 affiliations per author are permitted. i. Include: Institution, City, US State or Country (e.g. University of Sorghum, Smallville, NE) ii. Do not include department or division. 9. Funding support: a. All funding support must be disclosed. 10. Selection process and criteria: a. All eligible abstracts will be stripped of identifying information and undergo blinded peer review by at least three members of the ACMT research committee i. Reviewers will be required to disclose conflicts of interest and recuse themselves from review of any abstract involving a personal, professional, or financial conflict. ii. Scoring will be based on the following components: 1. The CLINICAL QUESTION is interesting and relevant to medical toxicologists. 2. The DATA SOURCE is appropriate for the clinical question. 3. The ANALYTIC METHOD is appropriate for the clinical question and data source. 4. The RESULTS and CONCLUSIONS appear to be valid and useful to medical toxicologists. 5. The PRESENTATION OF THE ABSTRACT is clear and complete. 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting Research Abstract Submission Instructions 4
. Selection will be based on overall score. c. All authors will receive a decision about acceptance by mid-‐December. 11. Platform and poster presentations a. All accepted abstracts will be presented in poster form at the meeting i. At least one listed author is required to register for the meeting and participate in the authors with posters session. 1. If problems come up, please contact ASMresearch@acmt.net to resolve them as soon as possible. b. In addition, the Research Studies with the top overall scores will be accepted for platform presentation. i. Encore presentations are be eligible for platform presentation, with the limitation that research that has been presented as a platform at a previous meeting geared primarily toward medical toxicologists will generally not be eligible for platform presentation at ACMT ASM. 12. Awards: a. The Research Committee will recognize awards (e.g. Best Platform Presentation, Best Research Presentation by a Physician-‐in-‐Training), based on presentations given at ACMT ASM. Thank you for choosing to submit your work to the 2014 ACMT Annual Scientific Meeting! 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting Research Abstract Submission Instructions 5
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