NOTES ON SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Instructions for the preparation of abstracts

1. Selected abstracts will be printed in the format as per sample. The total number of words for the abstract would be less than 400 including title and name of author(s). (English style spelling recommended)
2. First word and all major words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and pronouns) of the title should be capitalised.
   e.g.: "Major Trauma in Elderly Patients in Hong Kong"
3. Authors should type their initials and last name, but not degrees, titles, or institutional appointments. The name(s) of the institution(s) where the work was carried out should follow the list of authors and correspondingly indexed.
   e.g.: Yeung JHH(1), Cheung NK(1)(2), Graham CA(1)(2), Rainer TH(1)(2)
   (1)Trauma and Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, (2)Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
4. Standard abbreviations should be used. Special or unusual abbreviation should be in parentheses after the term in full when it appears for the first time.

Selection Criteria

• Relevance of the objectives to the HA's core values / category
• Applicability of the programme
• Robustness of the methodology and conclusion
• Clinical and/or service enhancement
• Originality / creativity

For enquiry on submission of paper, please call Mr Steven YEUNG at 2300 6855 or Miss Ada FONG at 2300 6860.

Submission closed