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Call for Abstracts - CLOSED
The 17th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine call for abstracts is now CLOSED.. We thank all authors for submitting their abstracts. The abstracts are currently being reviewed. You will be notified of the status of your abstract via e-mail on January 31, 2011
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Click Here for the Poster Presentation Guidelines
17 WCDEM invites you to submit an abstract(s) for poster or oral presentations under the following categories:
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Disaster Risk Reduction |
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International Law & Ethics |
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Recent Events |
16. |
Emergency & Prehospital Medical Services |
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Emerging Hazards |
17. |
Disaster & Emergency Nursing |
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Risk Management |
18. |
Veterinary Medicine |
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Mass-Gathering Medicine |
19. |
Emergency Dentistry |
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Migrating Populations |
20. |
Case Studies in Emergency Medicine |
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Education, Training, & Competencies |
21. |
Emergency Medicine Research |
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Civil-Military Collaboration |
22. |
Search & Rescue |
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Asymmetric Warfare |
23. |
Triage |
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Land Mines & IEDs |
24. |
Humanitarian Inventions |
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CBRNE |
25. |
Safe Medical Facilities |
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Public Health |
26. |
Politics & Funding |
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Psychosocial Issues |
27. |
Other |
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Pediatrics |
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Submission Guidelines
- All abstracts must be submitted electronically using the Congress website.
- Abstracts should not exceed 300 words (approx. 2000 characters including spaces, but excluding the title and the authors).
- The abstracts must not have been published previously. Selected papers will be published in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, which has first right of refusal.
- Photos and diagrams are not permitted.
- Abstracts will be accepted in English or Chinese. The official language of the congress is English.
- A small number of abstracts will also be accepted in French or Spanish.
- There is no fee for submitting an abstract.
- There is no limit to the number of abstracts an author may submit.
- Abstract must be submitted by the 1 December 2010 deadline. Late submissions will not be considered.
- The submission of an abstract carries with it the obligation that it will be presented at the Congress.
Abstract Review
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by an international review committee. Each abstract will be reviewed by at least two reviewers.
Abstract Notification
Notification of abstract acceptance or rejection for will be sent out on 31 January 2011.
Please note that only the corresponding author will receive correspondence concerning the abstract and is responsible for informing all co-authors of the status of the abstract.
Important Dates for Abstract Submission and Presenting Authors
Abstract Submission Deadline |
1 December 2010 - Extended to 4 January 2011 - CLOSED
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Author Notification of Acceptance |
31 January 2011
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Deadline to Confirm Presentation |
22 March 2011
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Presenting Author Registration Deadline |
30 March 2011
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