Please read and familiarise yourself with the submission guidelines in particular with regards to dates and the presentation format. The link to the abstract submission form is at the bottom of the page.

Key dates:

Abstract submission close: Friday 17:00 AEST 15/10/2021

Notification of acceptance: Friday 17:00 AEST 29/10/2021

Submission of final PowerPoint Presentation: Wednesday 17:00 AEST 10/11/2021

Paper Types

The ANZSCTS Cardiothoracic Surgery Registrar Research Presentation Day 2021 is now accepting abstracts.

Submissions are open to SET Trainees, Pre-SET and Unaccredited Registrars.

The review committee will decide if abstracts are to be presented as an electronic poster or research paper presentation.

Electronic Poster presentations are 3 minutes in duration and are accompanied by short verbal presentation from the author.

Research paper presentations are 15 minutes with a verbal presentation from the author with 5 minutes for questions.

Research paper presentations are considered for the Dr Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann Cardiothoracic Young Achievers Award.

Authors are required to submit abstracts in the following disciplines:

• Cardiac Surgery

• Thoracic Surgery

• Congenital/Transplant Surgery

• Perfusion

• Anaesthesia – Cardiac

• Anaesthesia - Echocardiography

• Research – Clinical

• Research - Basic Sciences

Abstract Submission Guidelines 

Subject to approval of the abstract submission, all successful abstracts will be published online on the Presentations section of traineesmeeting.com and in Heart, Lung and Circulation.

1. Authors of research papers who wish to have their abstracts considered for inclusion in the ANZSCTS Cardiothoracic Surgery Registrar Research Presentation Day 2021 must submit their abstract electronically via this website having regard to the closing date of Friday 17 October 2021, 17:00 AEST. Abstracts submitted after the closing date and time will not be considered.

2. The title should be brief and explicit.

3. Research papers should follow the format – Purpose, Methodology, Results, Conclusion.

4. Abstracts should be in past tense.

5. Include author(s) and indicate the presenting author. Please include full given first name and family name, institution/affiliation and state/city and country.

6. Excluding title, authors and institute, the abstract must not exceed 1,750 characters and spaces (approximately 250 words). In Microsoft word, this count can be determined from the ‘Review menu’. Any references must be included in this allowance. If you exceed this limit, the excess text will NOT appear in the abstract publication.

7. Abbreviations should be used only in common terms. For uncommon terms, the abbreviation should be given in brackets after the first full use of the word.

8. Presentations (slide and video) will only have electronic PowerPoint support. Presentation instructions will be issued to all successful authors.

9. A CV with a 50 word summary is required from each author to facilitate the Chair’s introduction.

10. The timing (presentation and discussion) of all papers is at the discretion of the Review Committee.

11. Notification of the timing of presentations will appear in correspondence sent to all successful authors and published on traineesmeeting.com

12. Tables, diagrams, graphs, can be accepted by a a file upload on a single PDF file of less than 10MB.

13. Authors must be SET trainees or Pre-SET registrars.

14. Accepted abstracts will be approved for either research presentation or electronic poster presentation at the discretion of the reviewing committee

The submitting author of an abstract will ALWAYS receive email confirmation of receipt of the abstract into the submission site. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 24 hours, it may mean the abstract has not been received. In this circumstance, please email: ccole@drchriscole.com to determine why a confirmation email has not been received.

Presentations

Successful authors will be required to provide an electronic PowerPoint presentation (the default screen format is 16:9 widescreen) in advance by 17:00 AEST 10 November 2021. Email of the file directly or email of a link to the file on cloud storage is accepted. Amendments to the presentation can be made if the file is on cloud storage and the file in synchronised, but not if a file is emailed. Re-emailing of a file after 17:00 AEST 10 November 2021 will not be accepted.

Presentations are online via Zoom and will be presented from the convenors computer, not from the authors computer. This is for an uninterrupted transition between presentations. Automatic slide advancing is preferred, but voice control of the slides can be used (“next slide”).

Only PowerPoint presentations are accepted.

Electronic Poster Presentations are to be a maximum of 3 slides.

Click here for the abstract submission form

Review Committee

Dr Ben Dunne, Dr James Edelman, Dr Gareth Crouch, Dr Ajay Iyengar

Convenor

Dr Chris Cole