 |
Call
for Papers, Posters, and Abstracts for the
2003 Education Forum
The
Research and Review Committee encourages all APAP faculty members
to consider submitting posters or papers for presentation at the 2003
Education Forum, October 22-26, in Phoenix, Arizona. The following
topics will be considered:
- Any
aspect of physician assistant education
- The
professional role of the PA
- The
delivery of health care in connection with physician assistants
- Health
care issues
- General
interest or topics of practical use to the PA profession
Original work can be presented at the APAP
Education Forum in one of two ways:
- As a 10-minute presentation; or
- As a poster display. Poster displays
accepted for this meeting will also be invited for display at the
AAPA conference in May 2004.
Empirical
studies reporting original research, review articles evaluating material
previously published, and theoretical or speculative articles to advance
theory on education or the profession are all acceptable for submission.
Additionally, brief reports and discussions of quantitative research
methods may be submitted.
The
time allowed for paper presentations will be 10 minutes, with 5 additional
minutes for questions and discussion. The deadline for submission
of papers and posters is August
8, 2003. First authors will be notified
of reviewers’ decisions by September 8.
To Submit a Poster Proposal…
Format for Posters
- Separate title page with the author identified
by name, title, and address.
- Three-hundred word abstract for review.
To Submit a Proposal to Present Your Original
Work (10 minutes)…
Your
proposal to present your original work can be made in the form of
a paper or an abstract. The requested submission format for each is
listed below:
Format for Papers
- Papers
must include a title page with the author identified by name, title,
and address.
- Sections
of the paper should be identified according to the type of paper
submitted:
|
(a)
|
For reports of empirical studies, the paper
should have the following identified sections: (i) statement
of the problem and introduction; (ii) method of investigation;
(iii) results; and (iv) discussion and conclusions. |
| (b) |
For review articles, the paper should have
the following identified sections: (i) definition and clarification
of the problem; (ii) summary of previous investigations;
(iii) identification of relations, contradictions, and consistencies
in the literature; and (iv) suggestions for the next stages
in solving the problem. |
| (c) |
For theoretical articles, sections may
follow (b) above or have another logical and coherent structure. |
- Papers
must be letter quality. Ten or 12 characters per inch of type is
acceptable. Margins should be 1.5" on the left and 1"
on the top, right, and bottom.
- Single
space text; double space between paragraphs.
- List
all references.
- An
abstract must be included (300 word limit) utilizing the section
suggestions listed above in requirement #2.
Format
for Abstracts
- Separate
title page with the author identified by name, title, and address
- One
typed page following the identified sections suggested in requirement
#2 for papers (listed above)
- Same
print specifications as for paper
Criteria
for Selection
For
papers, posters, and abstracts, criteria will include:
- Relevance
to PA education or practice
- Scientific
quality of scholarly rigor
- Clarity
of thought
- Technical
composition/style
- Organization
of material to be presented
Only
electronic submissions are accepted. Preferred method of submission
is by e-mail attachment; however, submissions will be accepted on
floppy, Zip drive, or CD-ROM digital media. Please indicate when submitting
whether the proposal is for a poster display or formal presentation.
All submissions should be sent no later than
August
8, 2003, to:
Richard
W. Dehn, MPA, PA-C
Co-chair, APAP Research Institute
University of Iowa PA Program
5167 Westlawn
Iowa City, IA 52242-1100
Phone: 319/335-8925
E-mail:
richard-dehn@uiowa.edu
|