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BEGIN A SUBMISSION:

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES

• The abstract title should be brief and should clearly indicate the content of the paper. Abbreviations must not be used in abstract titles.
• Please state authors' names and institutional affiliations in separate fields. If an author does NOT have an institutional affiliation, indicate their city, state/province, and country; omit titles, degree, institutional appointments, street names, and postal codes.
• Single space all typing with one space between paragraphs.
• Underlining or capitalization for emphasis is not permitted.
• Simple tables or graphs may be included but will count against the word limit based on image size. Please note that images may be reduced in size during online submission and only these scaled down images will be visible to reviewers and printed in the conference program booklet or other media. Please consider rewriting the abstract with fewer words if you wish to have a large sized image visible to reviewers and displayed in the conference program booklet.
• Graphs can be uploaded in color, however, please note that all images will be printed in black and white in the conference program booklet and other print publications. We recommend creating images in black and white for uploading.
• All abstracts should report original, previously unpublished work. Although abstracts may reflect work previously presented elsewhere, the work should not be published prior to the meeting dates. Work currently under peer review with an anticipated publication date after September 17, 2014, may be submitted. Because of copyright law, a submitted abstract may not be identical to a previously published abstract.
• There is no limit on the total number of abstracts submitted by each presenter. However, each presenter is limited to a maximum of 2 oral presentations and any additional accepted abstracts (beyond the 2 oral presentations) will be slotted for poster presentation. There is no limit to the number of poster presentations per individual.
• All accepted presenters will be required to register for the conference. Trainees (students, residents, fellows and post-docs) who have a clinical vignette selected for the Diagnostic Error and Clinical Reasoning Case Presentations or an abstract selected for oral presentation will be offered free registration and a small travel stipend.
• Except as noted above, presenters are responsible for all travel/staying expenses associated with oral or poster presentation.

CME COMPLIANCE and CONFLICT of INTEREST

All educational materials used in live programs and enduring formats must adhere to the following requirements:

• For oral presenters, please include a slide at the beginning of your presentation stating your learning objective(s).
• For poster presenters, please include a learning objective(s), in easily readable font, on the poster.
• Educational materials that are part of a CME activity cannot contain any advertising, trade name, or product-group message.
• Use of product brand names is not permitted.
• Use of trademarks or registered service marks for any organization without their permission (except for clinical citations) will not be permitted.
• Use of company slides is not permitted.
• Objectivity and fair balance means that recommendations or emphasis must fairly represent, and be based on, a reasonable and valid interpretation of the information available on the subject (e.g., "On balance the data support the following ..."). A balanced view of therapeutic options also means that no single product or service is over-represented in the educational activity when other equal but competing products or services are available for inclusion.
• For slide presentations and print materials, each slide or key teaching point must state the kind of trial that demonstrates the data being discussed. Slides are not required to state, for example, "Level 1 evidence" (although it is acceptable to include it), but slides are required to include a statement, for example, "Systematic review of 35 RCTs..." or "Case-controlled trial..." that supports what is being discussed and presented within each slide. This is a conventional approach in the tradition of evidence-based medicine and may be viewed at the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

• All presenters must disclose any conflicts of interest or perceived conflicts of interest.
• For oral presenters, please include a slide at the beginning of your presentation stating potential conflicts of interest or stating "No Conflicts".
• For poster presenters, please include a statement at the bottom of your poster, in easily readable font, stating potential conflicts of interest or stating "No Conflicts".
• Presenters must promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

All submitters will be notified of their acceptance status by July 14, 2014.