Abstract submissions for BSEcho 2022 and the prize of Investigator of the Year 2022 are now open.
Clinicians and researchers from all backgrounds are invited to submit abstracts that describe:
- Research projects
- Interesting audit processes
- Novel working practice or
- Innovative service improvement programmes
Bursary applications are now closed.
Submission guidelines
- Submissions are open until Sunday 31 July 2022 at 11.59 pm
- Authors
- The lead or supervising author is required to be a member of the British Society of Echocardiography
- Your abstract must list at least one author in order to be submitted. There is no limit to the number of abstracts an author may submit. If an abstract is accepted, the presenter must be one of the co-authors listed
- Do not list authors by initials only
- Data
- Abstracts that appear to be replicate versions of a single study will be rejected
- Abstracts containing identical or nearly identical data submitted from the same institution and/or individuals will be rejected
- Format
- Abstracts must contain original material neither published nor presented elsewhere. Abstracts that indicate 'work in progress' or 'the results will be announced/discussed in the presentation' cannot be accepted as the reviewing committee needs full information to grade the submission
- Submitted abstracts should not be published or under submission in any other journals and/or online publications or presented at any international congresses
- Where applicable, abstracts should follow international trials guidelines for reporting
- All submissions will be scored and shortlisted by an expert panel for originality, overall quality, significance and level of interest
- The applicants for the highest graded abstracts will be invited to provide a short presentation in person at BSEcho 2022
- The applicants for all abstracts of sufficient quality will be invited to provide a physical poster for display at BSEcho 2022 as well as an ePoster and a short audio description for publication on the hybrid conference platform
- Abstracts deemed to be of insufficient quality will be rejected and the applicants will not be invited to participate in the conference
- All applicants must be available to participate in the BSEcho 2022 conference on Saturday 15 October 2022 in London
- More information about participation requirements will be provided to successful applicants
- Successful applicants will be able to benefit from a discounted fee, more details of which will be provided to successful applicants
- Successful abstracts will be published in a conference supplement to the Society’s peer-reviewed journal, Echo Research and Practice
- The winner of the Investigator of the Year prize will be announced on Saturday 15 October 2022