Annual Meeting
Call for Submission of Abstracts for Poster Session Presentations
at the 47th Annual Conference on Legal Medicine
to be held at the Caribe Royal All Suites Resort & Convention Center
Orlando, FL - March 2 - March 4, 2007
in conjunction with
the 2007 International Congress on Medical Law
February 26 - March 1, 2007
A Request for Submission of Papers for "Poster Presentation"
The American College of Legal Medicine encourages you to participate in our annual program by submitting a paper for "Poster Presentations". Poster Presentations involve:
- Selecting a scholarly topic or area of Legal Medicine that interests you
- Researching the legal opinions, medical literature or case studies
- Preparing PowerPoint slides, tables, graphs, or other exhibits which educate and inform the attendee about the topic
- Discussing your work with other experts in law and medicine in a friendly, collegial way
The Program Committee hopes that this format will:
- Encourage more presenters to submit abstracts
- Permit papers which might have avoided selection due to time constraints to be presented
- Broaden the scope of presented topics
- Increase the opportunity for conference attendees to interact personally with other faculty members and presenters
- And...provide more time for discussion and questions
The American College of Legal Medicine invites members of the College, non-members and medical and law students who receive sponsorship from a College member, to submit an abstract of a paper for possible presentation as a "Poster Paper" at the 47th Annual Conference on Legal Medicine to be held March 2 - March 4, 2007 at the Caribe Royal All Suites Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, FL. This is your opportunity to report an interesting case or prepare a scholarly analysis of a medical, legal, or ethical issue that is of particular interest to you. Then, you get to discuss your opinions and conclusions with the brightest minds in legal medicine over breakfast.
David M. Benjamin, Ph.D., FCLM
Poster Session Chair
Instructions for Authors
Abstracts should be typed, double-spaced on 8 ½" x 11" paper and should be limited to two pages. Non-members of the College are required to have their abstract sponsored by a College member, and the sponsor’s name should be stated in the cover letter accompanying the abstract. At the top of the abstract, indicate the author’s name, professional degrees, affiliation, and address. Authors will be expected to prepare a "Poster Presentation" consisting of approximately 8-10 pages of outlined or bulleted statements (extensive narratives are discouraged). Presentations should be printed in 14 pt. type or larger, or using "Power Point" or other computerized presentation program. The presentation format should be: Approved abstract, Introduction (Background or History), Major Points, Graphs, Tables, Supporting Literature or Case Law, Brief Discussion, Conclusions, and References.
Submit abstracts to:
Abstracts/ACLM Executive Office
1111 N. Plaza Drive
Suite 550
Schaumburg, IL 60173
telephone 847-969-0283
e-mail: info@aclm.org.
All papers become the property of the ACLM. Accepted papers will be published in the conference syllabus. Presented papers can be expanded into longer manuscripts and submitted to the Journal of Legal Medicine for consideration.
The Deadline for Abstract submission is January 15, 2007. Non-members must include a statement in the cover letter indicating a College member, whom they have contacted, who has agreed to serve as a "sponsor". For those individuals who have questions about their submissions, or non-members who require a referral to a College member in their vicinity who could serve as a sponsor, please contact Dr. Benjamin by phone at 617-969-1393 or e-mail at MEDLAW@DOCTORBENJAMIN.COM. You will be notified about the Program Committee’s decision on your paper in January 2007.
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