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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.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.