Abstracts for oral or poster presentations relating to any of the following conference sub-themes are invited:

1. Contemporary health issues and emerging challenges
• Acute care nursing practice
• Cancer, palliative care and end-of-life care
• Infectious disease management
• Health promotion and disease prevention
• Complementary and alternative medicine
2. Innovative practice
• Evidence-based nursing and healthcare practice and knowledge translation
3. Aged care, chronic illness care, and social care
• Innovative health and social care
• Chronic illness management and rehabilitative care
• Healthy ageing and aged care
4. Transformational leadership and reforms in healthcare system
• Healthcare policy and leadership
• Transcultural practice

 

CRITERIA FOR ABSTRACT SELECTION

The Scientific Subcommittee will use the following criteria for selection of abstracts:

1. Authors submitting abstracts are requested to submit your abstract by filling in abstract submission form & email.
2. The abstract must be relevant to one of the conference sub-themes. Authors are asked to indicate which of the four sub-themes is most appropriate for their presentation.
3. The material in the abstract should be of original work with the focus of the abstract clearly stated in the title.
4. The preferred method of presentation (oral or poster) should be indicated.
5. The abstract should be written in English and not more than 300 words.
6. If the abstract is for reporting research, whether the research is in progress or completed must be clearly stated. The text must be arranged as follows: (a) Purpose of the study/project, (b) Methods, (c) Results and Discussions, and (d) Conclusions.
7. All abstracts will be reviewed by the conference Scientific Subcommittee. Its decisions about acceptance of an abstract and mode of presentation are final.

Receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged through email. All authors will be notified of the decision of the Scientific Subcommittee on or before 15 December 2015. The authors of successful abstracts will be required to register for the conference.

 

BEST PRESENTATION AWARDS

Award certificates and prizes will be given for the best oral and poster presentations at the conference. There will be three to four awards in each of the following categories:

1. Best Student Poster Presentation Awards
2. Best Student Oral Presentation Awards
3. Best Poster Presentation Awards
4. Best Oral Presentation Awards

 

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