Webinar

ISNCC Webinar - Preparing a Winning Abstract

Participants in this webinar will have the opportunity to discuss practical tips for writing a successful conference abstract. The webinar will cover topics including: choosing a topic for presentation; essential features of a good abstract; responding to abstract review criteria; understanding the peer review process.

SPEAKER: Professor Patsy Yates
INSTITUTION: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queensland University of Technology
DATE: December 8, 2011
TIME: 1pm GMT (please use the time zone converter to calculate your time zone: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Discuss various the purposes for conference abstracts
• Identify the key components of a well written conference abstract
• Outline the rationale and elements for a peer review process in selecting conference abstracts
• Describe criteria used by peer review panels for selecting an abstract for presentation

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Patsy is Professor and Head of School Nominee with the School of Nursing and the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at Queensland University of Technology. Recognised internationally as a leading nurse researcher and educator in cancer and palliative care, Patsy has delivered more than 150 conference presentations in Australia and internationally, including over 30 invited presentations at international conferences in the past 10 years.



Thank you to registrants of the 2010 ISNCC webinar program. The program included the following exciting lectures:

June 2010

• Presentation Topic: Workforce/Workplace Issues and Strategies for Success
• Presenter: Sean Clarke, Canada

July 2010

• Presentation Topic: Long Term Breast Cancer Survivorship Care--Who will provide it and What are the needs
• Presenter: Lillie Shockney, USA

August 2010

• Presentation Topic: Patient safety issues, including safe handling of hazardous drugs, infections
• Presenter: Marty Polovich, USA

September 2010

• Presentation Topic: Treatment updates--new treatments and their nursing implications--including target treatments, new chemoregimens/drugs, new radiotherapies
• Presenter: Lena Sharp, Sweden

October 2010

• Presentation Topic: Psychosocial and communication issues
• Presenter: Sally Thorne, Canada

November 2010

• Presentation Topic: Nutritional issues in cancer
• Presenter: Jane Hopkinson, United Kingdom

December 2010

• Presentation Topic: Women's health issues in cancer specifically sexuality, intimacy, and other issues
• Presenter: Amanda Hordern, Australia

Audio recordings and powerpoint slides of these webinars are available in the members-only section of the ISNCC website.

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