SimTecT 2007 Healthcare - Papers

Call for Abstracts

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Abstract Submission Requirements

Use the template provided for all abstracts irrespective of presentation format.

Abstracts must conform to the following requirements:

• Indicate preferred presentation format (Oral, Poster,Workshop, Ask the experts: research or Ask the experts: training)
• Please select a sub-theme from the list which best describes the content of the presentation. Indicate this sub-theme in the space provided on the template
• Provide authors’ names (asterisk the presenting author). Include presenting author’s contact details including institution, address, email, telephone and fax
• Structure the abstract with the headings:
• Title (up to 20 words)
• Aims
• Background
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusions
• References (optional)
• Limit the abstract to a maximum of 250 words

Modify your abstract here.

Registration

All presenting authors must register and pay for their attendance at the Meeting.

Abstract Selection

The Organising Committee will review abstracts suitable for presentation, based on content quality and relevance to the themes of the meeting. Given the limited number of oral presentation places available, the Committee may determine that some abstracts are better suited to poster rather than oral presentation. Authors will be advised in writing of acceptance or non-acceptance of abstracts by Friday 25th June 2007.

Abstracts will be published in the Conference Handbook.

1. Oral Presentations

Authors wishing to present results of original research or report on educational or other projects are invited to submit in this section. Ten (10) minutes will be allocated for oral presentations with five (5) minutes for questions. Papers should be presented using PowerPoint projection.

Presenters in the “Oral presentation” category should bring their PowerPoint presentations to the conference and give them to the AV people to load on the computers as soon as possible.

Overheads will not be permitted.

2. Posters

Posters should be 1m x 1m in dimension on laminated cardboard. Authors must attend their posters during the allocated time to answer questions. The poster should include author and co-authors’ names, a short title, the name of the institution where the work was carried out, and the following sections:

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusions and Recommendations.

3. Workshops

A limited number of 90-minute sessions were available for presenters who wished to present small group educational sessions or conduct workshops.

4. Ask the experts: research I am trying to do

The main aim of this session is to assist researchers wishing to conduct research in one aspect of simulation. Members of the audience should benefit from shared ideas. Participants are invited to submit abstracts under this category to present work in progress for discussion among the audience and expert facilitators. The standard submission template should be used, including aims, background and proposed methods, but it is not expected that results or conclusions will be included.

5. Ask the experts: training

The main aim of this session is to develop training solutions for identified training needs for specific groups. Participants are invited to submit abstracts under this category to present work in progress for discussion among the audience and expert facilitators. The standard submission template should be used, including aims, background and proposed methods, but it is not expected that results or conclusions will be included.

1. Policy and resource issues
   • Workforce issues
   • Impact of simulation on length of training
   • Cost of simulation and simulation resources
   • Establishing simulation facilities, business plans and staff development
2. Education and Training Methods
• Core skills and knowledge
• Non-technical skills, teamwork, culture and professional skills
• Patient safety centred curricula
• Debriefing
• Standardised patients
• Multi-professional learning
• Course design and evaluation
• Integrating simulation in broader curricula and workplace learning
• Ethics of learning in the workplace and simulated environment
• Field simulation
3. Competency and certification
• Competency and performance assessment in the simulated environment
• Certification, Continuing Professional Development
• Re-entry to work
• Critical incident review, remediation and performance issues
4. Clinical Applications of simulation
• Mental Health
• Rehabilitation
• Anxiety disorders
• Pain treatment
• Training and Education
5. Safe working environment
• Standards and testing for new devices
• Simulated re-enactment and case review
• Workplace culture and teamwork
• Mission rehearsal for new and infrequently deployed procedures
6. When people meet systems
• Human Factors and Patient Safety research in synthetic environments
• Computer modelling of health delivery processes
• Quality improvement methodology
• Safe systems design
7. Innovation and new technologies
• Evaluating new technology
• Medical robotics in clinical services
• Telemedicine
• E-Learning

Papers

Authors of Accepted abstracts may also submit a paper. Abstracts will be published in the Conference Handbook.

For further information on Abstracts or Papers, please contact the Conference Convenor, .

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Updated: 1 May 2007