Call for Abstracts

GENERAL RULES

1. Participants may be first author on a maximum of two (2) abstracts.
2. Submitted abstracts must correspond to original research. We will not accept work already published, series of cases or literature reviews.
3. Abstracts can be sent in Spanish, English or Portuguese. Accepted works will be presented in the language used when uploading the abstract.
4. Participants may be co-authors of multiple abstracts.
5. Participants must disclose the potential conflict of interest both personal and from co-authors.
6. Program reviewers reserve the right to reclassify abstracts in the category of the most appropriate subspecialty.
7. Abstracts can be sent exclusively through the website: paaocancun2019.com
8. Abstracts are reviewed as they are sent, deadline is January 15, 2019. Incomplete abstracts will not be reviewed or accepted.
9. The first author will be notified of acceptance in February, and the first author must be registered to the congress before April 26, 2019. If the registration is not received the submission will be automatically withdrawn from the program.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

1. All abstracts must be submitted in one category of subspecialty.
2. The title should be limited to 120 characters or less; it must be conclusive rather than descriptive.
3. Each author must be added separately to ensure the correct listing.
4. All abstracts must be limited to 400 words or less. References, tables, graphs or illustrations are not allowed in the abstract.
5. The summary must contain:
   1. The objectives of the research
   2. Population studied and methods used
   3. Essential results, including the most relevant data and statistical analysis
   4. Conclusion
6. An email address of the first author must be included.
7. Presentation type of preference must be stated: free paper or electronic poster.
8. The Scientific Committee may determine if a summary is more suitable for poster than to free paper.

FREE PAPER

Free paper sessions will consist of 11 oral presentations of 6 minutes each with 2 minutes for discussion. Presentations will be grouped by subspecialty or topic.

ELECTRONIC POSTER

1. Posters will displayed on terminals installed in a specific area for this purpose and in the application for phone and tablet.
2. Electronic poster presentations are limited to 8 slides that include: one for title, one for declaration of interests, one for purpose, one for methods, three for results and one for conclusions.
3. A selection of accepted posters will be scheduled as a brief oral presentation of 6 minutes with the same number of slides. They will be grouped in a special session.
4. The deadline to submit an accepted electronic poster will be March 29, 2019.
5. Accepted electronic posters should be in Power Point 16:9.

VIDEOS

Videos of 5 minutes maximum length will be accepted. They will be displayed on terminals arranged for this purpose and in the application for phone and tablet.

1. Videos will be judged on their written submitted abstracts;
2. The deadline to submit an accepted video March 29, 2019.
3. Accepted videos should be in one of the following formats: .mpeg, .mov, .mp4, .flv, or .wmv.