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When formulating the idea for your abstract, consider the following:
- While it is acceptable to build on the work of others, try to ensure that your abstract reflects new ideas or ways of thinking.
- Challenging
and provocative ideas are more likely to incite discussion – try to
develop your work in a way that will allow you to include exciting and
challenging ideas in your presentation to rouse discussion.
- The
ICUH is an interdisciplinary, international conference. As such, in
addition to presenting your ideas to peers from your own discipline and
geographic region, you will be presenting to individuals from
completely different content and geographic backgrounds. To maximize
interest in your work, try to make sure that your work is relevant to
an interdisciplinary and international audience.
- Most
research is not perfect and that is okay. However, it is important for
you to acknowledge the limitations of your research so that it is clear
where other research may help to fill in the gaps left by your work.
When doing so, try to express your limitations in a way that does not
leave your work open to significant criticism; instead, simply
acknowledge the relevant weaknesses in an open and meaningful way.
Keep the main purposes of abstract submission in mind:
- Abstracts
provide information to reviewers that are necessary to decide if your
work is more appropriate for a poster or oral presentation.
- Abstracts
provide both reviewers and conference delegates with an overview of the
subject matter that will be discussed in your presentation, thereby
providing a brief introduction to your subject.
- Abstracts
give conference delegates a preview of what will be discussed in each
session, thereby helping them select which sessions to attend.
Make sure that your abstract caters to the type of information you are providing:
- If you are presenting empirically-based research, be sure to provide the following information in the Methods and Results:
- Descriptive information relating to the demographics of your sample participants
- Rate of inclusion in your sample (i.e. how many of the people who you asked to participate in your study actually participated?)
- Method of selection (i.e. how did you select participants?)
- Report any qualitative or quantitative findings
The format for empirically-based (scientific/research) abstracts include the following headers: Background – why you undertook the study and the objective; Methods – who, what and how did you study; Results – what are your main results; Conclusions – key findings, implications
- If you are presenting research that is Issue or program oriented
- Provide an overview of the issue or program
- Provide lessons learned and next steps for implementation or future research
The format for issue/program-based abstracts includes the following headers: Issues – a summary of the issue(s) addresses by the abstract; Description – a description of the research, project, experience, service and/or advocacy; Lessons learned – conclusions and implications of the project; Next steps – possible next steps for implementation or further research.
When writing your abstract, make sure that you:
- Clearly state the main objectives of your work
- Clearly state the main findings or issues that you have identified
- Clearly state the implications of your findings – in addition to indicating what you will discuss, it is important to indicate why this discussion is important
- Make sure you convey your ideas concisely
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