Call for Abstracts 

Deadlines	Closing date for submissions of papers EXTENDED	Wednesday 1st February 2012
	Acceptance will be notified by	Wednesday 7th Febuary 2012 note submissions received prior to the original closing date of 18th January will still be advised by the 1st of Febuary 2012
Overall theme description
Abstracts are invited to showcase recent, current or planned rural health research topics.
General requirements for the submission of abstracts
Abstracts  will be taken for oral presentations, to be presented during a series of concurrent sessions based on research. Submissions should present results of recent research, or discuss research in progress in some way. Size and presentation Abstracts for presentations must be presented in the following format and are to be no longer than 300 words:  Title and author(s) surname(s) to be in capital letters, bold and the name of the presenting author should be underlined e.g. ALLEN Richard and ERIS Josette, Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW 2510. Do not include titles or degrees Font: Arial 12 point, single spacing, do not indent paragraphs Check spelling and grammar Abstracts of papers will be published in the Conference handbook and should contain no errors Standard scientific abbreviations should be included in parenthesis after the first use of the full word Please include Background Aim Methods Results Conclusion Abstract content Please present sufficient data to support conclusions within the abstract – it is not acceptable to use statements such as “data will be presented” or “results will be discussed”.
Submission To submit your abstract please email a pdf version to wendy@conference.co.nz no later than Wednesday the 1st of February 2012.