Submission of Abstracts

Submit abstracts (by email) to: Professor Gary H Mills (ARS Honorary Secretary) g.h.mills@sheffield.ac.uk

Verbal and Poster Presentations

Abstracts for presentations should be submitted by email to the Honorary Secretary j.hardman@nottingham.ac.uk. All abstracts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format (*.doc). Images should be embedded within MS Word documents. The ARS does not accept presentations of work that has previously been published or presented, except for consideration for the President's Award for Undergraduate Research. Please state in your email whether you have a preference for the meeting session to which you wish your abstract to be allocated.

Authors who are not members of the ARS must be marked in the author-list with an asterisk. Where none of the authors is a member of the Society, the abstract should be accompanied by a letter or email from a sponsoring member, stating that he/she has read the abstract, agrees to sponsor the paper and will be present during its presentation.

Abstracts should fit a single A4 sheet with 12 point Times New Roman font, 2.5 cm margins and single line spacing. Paragraphs should be left-justified and have zero-point spacing before and after. Abstracts should be formatted as follows [indicates directions for authors]:

Abstract title [bold font; capitalise only the first word and any proper nouns] All authors' initials and last names [e.g. SE Jones]. Indicate any non-members using an asterisk [e.g. JK Kline*]. The address(es) where the work was carried out [Multiple addresses should be associated with authors' names using superscripted numbers].
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The text of the abstract. This should not contain headings, but should follow the general progression through background, methods, results, conclusions. Use a blank line to separate paragraphs.
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Table/figure. One table or figure is permitted. The table/figure should be incorporated into the document. If a figure is used, ensure that a figure caption is provided within the abstract document. Use size 12 Times New Roman font inside the figure (e.g. axis labels).
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References. These are listed and cited as specified by the British Journal of Anaesthesia, except that the articles' titles should be omitted. There is no restriction on the number of references cited. References should be separated by a semicolon and should all be contained within a single paragraph.
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Acknowledgement of funding sources. It is not appropriate to thank contributors to the study here; please limit this section only to listing funding sources.
Please see this example abstract that illustrates the required formatting (in this example, the text "blank line" should be replaced by a blank line).
Please note: Abstracts will not be accepted unless they are formatted correctly. Include in your submission email 2 - 4 keywords taken from the National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).

Please include the following statements in your email of submission: I confirm that all authors listed support the submission of this abstract to the ARS. I confirm that this work has not been published or presented previously. (and, if appropriate) I confirm that this study received ethics committee approval or was conducted under the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act (1986) (include licence numbers) or equivalent.

Guidance for Poster Presentations

Posters should be of A0 size, presented in the portrait (vertical) format and preferably professionally printed onto a single sheet and laminated. Posters should seek to present greater detail than in the abstract and should not simply reproduce its text. There is greater opportunity to use figures in posters and to go into greater background detail. In general, posters should contain no more than 750 words, including title, authors & references. The ARS does not lay down a strict format for poster content but in general, a progression through title, authors, institution, methods, results, conclusions, acknowledgements, references works well.

Guidance for Oral Presentations

Oral presentations should be 8 minutes duration, a further 8 minutes allowed for questions.