Abstract guidelines

All Gerry Murphy Prize applicants are required to make a presentation at an AFPHM Regional Committee event in November each year.

The regional presentations will be assessed using the criteria for the AFPHM Oral Presentation Assessment, which forms part of the AFPHM training program requirement and can be applied towards the trainee's assessment.

Regional presentation

Contact AFPHM regional representative or afphm@racp.edu.au for event details.

Presenters will have a maximum of 10 minutes to make their presentation, with a further 5 minutes for questions.

Format requirements

Abstracts are to be text only and a maximum of 250 words, excluding headers.

The abstract should be structured with the following headings:

• Author(s) names
• Author(s) addresses
• Background
• Objectives
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion/conclusion

References should not be included.

Use standard abbreviations only within the body of the abstract. When using abbreviations spell out the name in full at the first mention and follow with the abbreviation in parenthesis. Abbreviations may be used in the title, provided the name in full is outlined in the body of the abstract. Capitalise the first letter of trade names.

Care should be taken to ensure high quality English expression and grammar.

Final competition

The selected regional representatives will be contacted by the RACP Foundation and advised of entitlements and presentation requirements for RACP Congress.

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