Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry Annual Conference 2024

Regulations:
1. Abstracts must be in English. Abbreviations may be used only if they are defined (spelled out in full text at first mention) followed by abbreviation in brackets.
2. The abstract must not exceed 300 words including sub titles (see No 4) and formulas.
3. The abstract must not contain bibliographical references, tables, diagrams or appendices. If accepted for presentation at the conference these can be added at a later date.
4. Abstracts must be presented in five headed paragraphs in the following order:
Aims and hypothesis, Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
5. Abstracts could present either novel findings or new interpretations of existing data; Quality Improvement
projects; Education and Training projects or other types of service evaluation, audit or case reports. They should include brief details of the rationale for the research and the methods used, including, if appropriate, the statistical approach. The major findings should be stated; it will not be acceptable, for example, to state merely that the "results will be discussed"
6. The title of the abstract must be clearly coherent with the data included in the abstract and the conclusions must be warranted by information included in the results section.  Submissions are accepted on the understanding that the work has been performed with the permission of any relevant ethical or legislative body. The authors should therefore ensure the work was conducted with appropriate ethical and governance safeguards.
7. Authors are encouraged to state their hypotheses and frame their conclusions accordingly.
8. For studies of service users, patients or populations, the number of people studied should be explicitly stated in the methods section.
9. Submissions are accepted on the understanding that the work has been performed with the permission of any relevant ethical or legislative body. The authors should therefore ensure the work was conducted with appropriate ethical and governance safeguards.
10. All sources of financial sponsorship of the study should be stated at the end of the abstract.

In addition, your abstract might be eligible for the Mohsen Naguib Prize - Read more about this prize here
If you are eligible for this prize, and you would like to be considered for this prize - please indicate on the form below.

Please submit your abstract through the form below. The details you enter cannot be saved, to avoid losing your work please copy your abstract to the form from another document. 

• Submit an abstract

The submission closing date is 5pm on Monday 8 January 2024.

• Notice of this prize will be included in the Call for papers for our annual Faculty residential meeting 
• Candidates will be invited to submit an abstract. At this point they should indicate that they wish to be considered for the prize
• Papers will be considered by a committee appointed by our Executive
• Shortlisted candidates will be notified at least two weeks prior to the meeting and then asked to provide a summary of at least 700 words (with references) of their work. You should make it clear what actual contribution you've made to the research you are presenting
• Our Executive will appoint a panel to judge a presentation of no more than 20 minutes. The winner will be announced at the meeting’s final plenary session

This event will be live in London, and also livestreamed online via a platform called EventsAir. Registered participants will receive their link to watch the conference in their joining instructions. Joining instructions will be sent out a week before the conference is due to take place.

Watch our helpful EventsAir explainer video for attendees

When you join the conference online you will be able to:

• view a video of the speaker alongside any slides
• ask your questions to the speakers and chat with other delegates via the discussion forum

All registered participants will also have access to this conference recording for up to two months post event.

To successfully join the event online you will need:

• access to a reliable internet connection
• a PC, laptop, tablet or phone.

We recommend attendees use Google Chrome for their browser.

• Exhibition stand = table + 2 chairs, space for banner stand
• Refreshments and lunch for 2 stand staff each day
• Wifi access
• Access to in-person conference sessions and the on-demand content
• Logo and your weblink/your organisation details added to livestream platform
• Details on the Attendee App