Your abstract can be on any type of project including:
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case studies
- audits
- quality improvements
- research
Topics can include:
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poisoning
- adverse drug reactions
- drug interactions
- pharmacology education
- polypharmacy
- e-prescribing
- prescribing rationale
- pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics
- drug development
- biomarker studies
Preparing an abstract
Title
- The title should be as brief as possible but long enough to show the nature of the study
- Use sentence case for your title
Abstract
- Your abstract must be under 4,000 characters including spaces
- You can use one table or graphic in your abstract if it is relevant to the research
- Your abstract should include headers in the prescribed format
Headings for research abstracts, quality improvement projects and audit:
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Introduction
- Method
- Results
- Conclusion
Case reports
- Introduction
- Case description
- Discussion
- Conclusion
Education abstracts
- Backgrounds and aims
- Summary of work and outcomes
- Discussion
- Conclusion
Bibliography
- Use the Vancouver system for referencing.
- Enclose numbers in square brackets within the abstract text. For example [1], [2], [3].
Keywords
- State three appropriate keywords that relate to your abstract content.