Call for Posters 2015


October 1, 2014


Are you working on a project that others could learn from? Please consider sharing the outcomes with your colleagues at the poster session during the ICHP/MSHP Spring Meeting on March 20-21, 2015. This is a great opportunity to share innovative ideas with others and learn about trends in Illinois health-system pharmacies. All ICHP members are eligible to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the Spring Meeting.

Please review to the Poster and Platform Presentation Guidelines for complete details.

Members, please log in and then click here to submit your abstract.

Poster categories

Original Research Presentation: To be considered for acceptance, papers must describe original research in pharmacotherapeutics, clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, practice innovations in organized health-care settings, administrative practice or cost analysis of pharmaceutical services. Papers must neither have been published in abstract or complete form or have been presented elsewhere prior to presentation at the Spring Meeting.

Platform Presentations
Abstracts submitted in the Original Research category will be eligible for a platform presentation, as decided by the ICHP Educational Affairs Division Poster Review Committee.  The two abstracts with the highest scores, submitted in the original research category with results and conclusions at the time for abstract submission, will be invited to participate in the platform presentation session at the Spring Meeting.  Each presentation will be 15 minutes in length.

Original research that does not yet have results and conclusions available may be submitted as research-in-progress. Those abstracts submitted as research-in-progress must have results and conclusions available for poster presentation at the Spring Meeting.

Encore Presentation: Research may have been presented elsewhere or published in abstract or complete form only prior to presentation at the Spring Meeting. To be considered for acceptance, papers must describe research in pharmacotherapeutics, clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, practice innovations in organized health-care settings, administrative practice or cost analysis of pharmaceutical services. Posters or papers presented before January 1, 2014 are not eligible. Full results and conclusions must have been presented/published previously to qualify as an encore presentation. Those projects previously presented/published without results and conclusions should be submitted as an original poster.

Student Presentation: Only original material will be considered. Any material that has already been presented should be entered as an encore presentation. The person primarily responsible for the work must be a current student enrolled in an Illinois School of Pharmacy.

Original research that does not yet have results and conclusions available may be submitted as research-in-progress. Those abstracts submitted as research-in-progress must have results and conclusions available for poster presentation at the Spring Meeting.

Eligibility Criteria

All Illinois health-system pharmacy practitioners, including pharmacists, residents, technicians, and students are invited to submit projects for consideration. The submitting author must be a current ICHP member. If a student is listed as the submitting author for an original presentation, the poster will be eligible for the student award.

At least one author on each abstract is expected to be present at the poster during the poster exhibit session at the Spring Meeting. They must be registered for the Spring Meeting.

Posters will be judged at the Spring Meeting, March 20-21, 2015, during which time the winners will be announced.

Submissions of Posters

Members wishing to submit a poster must submit their information online using the Poster Submission form. Abstracts must be submitted online no later than the deadline date of January 6, 2015. For further information, contact Trish Wegner at TrishW@ichpnet.org.

Body of Abstract

Do not exceed 250 words. Do not include tables and figures. Organize abstracts in the research category under the following headings: Purpose, Methods, Summary of Results, and Conclusions. Presentations submitted as research-in-progress can omit the headings of Summary of Results and Conclusions.

Review of Submissions

All submissions from eligible authors received by the designated deadline will be reviewed anonymously by the Educational Affairs Division Poster Review Committee for their acceptability for presentation. Submissions will be reviewed for their originality and applicability to health-system pharmacy and scored on relevance/originality, objectives, methods, results and conclusions/implications. The abstract scoring sheet is available here. Clinical case reports are encouraged. However, literature reviews are not acceptable.

In order for an original or encore submission to be accepted for poster presentation, a minimum score of 5 on the abstract scoring sheet is required.  Original research submitted as research in progress requires a minimum score of only 3, as results and conclusions/implications will not be scored.  Two blinded reviewers must score the abstracts at the minimum required score in order for it to be accepted for poster presentation at the Spring Meeting.  In the case of a split decision between the 2 blinded reviewers, a 3rd impartial judge (blinded to the initial 2 scores and that there was a split decision on the review) will review and score the abstract and the abstract will be accepted if the minimum required score is given.

The two abstracts with the highest scores, submitted in the original research category with results and conclusions at the time for abstract submission, will be invited to participate in the platform presentation session at the Spring Meeting.  Each presentation will be 15 minutes in length.  These presenters will receive a platform presentation award (see Awards section below).  If a presenter opts out of the platform session, they will still be eligible for a poster award.  The next highest score will be invited to participate in the platform session if a presenter opts out of the platform session.  There will be a total of two platform presenters. Those accepted for a platform presentation will be asked to provide additional information for ACPE accreditation purposes.

The five abstracts with the next highest scores in the original category (research complete and research in-progress combined) will be eligible for the “Original” poster awards.  The abstracts with the top five scores in the encore and student categories will be eligible for the “Encore” and “Student” poster awards, respectively.  A project presented during the platform session is not eligible for a poster award and vice versa.

Although all posters received by the deadline will be reviewed on their merits, in some instances, due to space limitations, only a limited number of posters will be accepted for presentation at the meeting.  For this reason, authors of poster submissions are encouraged to submit their entries early since, under these circumstances, posters will be accepted for presentation on a “first come, first served” basis.

All submitting authors will be notified of the acceptance of their poster as either a platform presentation or a poster presentation via e-mail.  Authors will also be notified if they will be eligible for any of the poster awards.  Authors whose posters are rejected will be provided with a detailed explanation of the committee’s reason(s) for their decision.

Awards

Best Platform Presentation – recognition plaque and pharmacy department will receive one free ICHP state-wide full meeting registration of their choice

Best Original Poster – recognition plaque and pharmacy department will receive 50% off one ICHP state-wide full meeting registration of their choice

Best Encore Poster – recognition plaque

Best Student Poster – recognition plaque and ICHP student chapter will receive one free ICHP state-wide full student meeting registration of choice

Posters/platform presentations will be judged at the ICHP Spring Meeting, during which time the winners will be announced.

Deadlines

Submission deadline is January 6, 2015. Authors will be notified of acceptance of their poster via email by February, 2015.


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