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Call for Abstracts
Contribute to the excellence of the Annual Conference by submitting abstracts of your work. Share the results of your research and/or documentary of creative or novel clinical advances with AAHFN.
Submission site opens: November 1, 2010 The abstract submission site is now closed
Submission site closes: January 31, 2011 at 12.00 Noon ET
Abstract Categories
Research
Research abstracts must report completed heart failure studies.
Clinical Innovations
Clinical abstracts should be a summary or documentary of creative or novel clinical advances in the care and/or management of patients with heart failure.
Oral Abstract Competition - Travel Awards
AAHFN will grant a limited number of travel awards to the top research abstracts that are entered into the Oral Abstract Competition.
Awardees will be selected from the pool of eligible applicants based upon the abstract’s degree of excellence as determined by the AAHFN Research Committee and the author’s oral presentation during the Oral Abstract Competition. Finalists will be chosen by the Research Committee to compete in the Oral Abstract Competition.
To apply for these awards, please check the appropriate area in the questionnaire portion of the submission site.
Note: Award recipients from the 2006 - 2010 Annual Meetings are not eligible for the 2011 Oral Abstract Competition. Finalist from the 2006 - 2010 Annual Meetings, who did not win an award, are eligible to apply for the 2011 Oral Abstract Competition.
AAHFN Abstract Process
AAHFN makes submitting your abstract easy. Simply type or copy/paste your abstract online and submit it through the online submission site. Please note: there are no paper submissions. The 2011 submission site will be opening on November 1st.
Submitting an abstract to the AAHFN 2011 7th Annual Conference means that it will be peer reviewed and may be accepted for either an oral or poster presentation. Additionally:
- Accepted abstracts will be published in Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, the official journal of AAHFN.
- Authors may submit an unlimited number of abstracts.
- AAHFN welcomes abstracts previously submitted to other national or international meetings.
Abstract Submission Information
Character Limit: There is a limit of 3375 characters for the text of your submission. The character count includes spaces. You will be advised of your character count usage throughout the submission process as you save and move to the next step.
Abstract Notifications
By March 2011, notifications will be sent via email to lead authors.
AAHFN 2011 Request a Mentor Program
The AAHFN Request a Mentor Program will run through January 3, 2011.
The purpose of the program is to support clinicians or researchers who would like assistance with the 2011 AAHFN Call for Abstracts writing and submission process.
Please note that in order to be eligible for the Mentor Program, you must have completed a research
project / study or clinical innovation project with data available to write your abstract.
Click here to download a copy of the AAHFN Mentor / Mentee Guidelines.
Participants in the Mentor Program will:
- Discuss the critical elements and format of an abstract with their Mentor.
- Receive feedback and suggestions on their abstract before submission.
Please be advised that your request for a mentor will be processed as quickly as possible.
Please allow 2-3 business days for processing.