Abstract Guidelines

The scientific committee for this conference has been established from a broad range of international experts who are leading in the field of Integrated Care. They are accepting paper submissions on research, policy, practice or education and specifically related to the Conference Themes and the 9 Pillars of Integrated Care until Friday, 15 November.

The abstract should be structured with appropriate headings as identified for each format of paper whether Oral Papers and Posters, Workshop, Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting and Networking Sessions as outlined below. Authors are at risk of being rejected if they do not follow the instructions or their presentation is poor, so please take careful consideration of the guidelines and structure of the submission. Special consideration is given to abstracts that clearly identify active involvement of patients and communities in their work, so please be specific about how they have been included where relevant. All abstracts should be relevant to the conference themes and the 9 Pillars of Integrated Care.

Each abstract should include a short introduction/background summary that is understandable to the readers who might not be familiar with the context. This also supports the coordinator to assign the review to the appropriate reviewers. This text will also be used in marketing to describe your presentation so please be mindful that it is understandable and attractive to potential listeners! If references are included, they should follow International Journal in Integrated Care (IJIC) reference style (Vancouver)

Following the reviewing process, accepted abstracts will appear in the programme as a formal Workshop (90 or 60-minutes), SIG Meeting (60-minutes), Networking Session (90 or 60- minutes) Oral presentation (15-minutes), or Poster (presenter available for scheduled poster walks or oral poster session), as deemed appropriate by the Programme Committee.

Oral Papers and Posters

As a summary, we want to know the following information about your research, policy, practice or educational work. Please use the headings Background, Approach, Results and Implications.

Background: Short introduction/background summary that is understandable to the readers who do might not be familiar with the context: Why did you do it? Please explain the problem and the context. (keep this succinct, it will be used for marketing purposes so needs to be just one sentence)
Approach: What did you do? Please explain the initiative or intervention. Who did you involve and engage with? Please explain who was involved in the design, implementation and monitoring of the initiative. We are especially interested in Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) and co-design approaches. Be specific. This information is essential.
Results: What results did you get? What impact did you have?
Implications: I What is the learning for the audience? What are the next steps?

Oral Presentations: Additional Information

Presenters will have a maximum of 15 minutes to formally present their paper (maximum 10 slides) to include time for questions.
Questions will be taken immediately after the presentation unless otherwise agreed with the chairperson to take questions as a group.
Presenters should submit their photo and biography and finalise the presentation title and speaker details to the conference organising team by deadlines via the abstract tool – please follow briefing instructions carefully.
The conference programme is subject to change and some presentations may be moved as the conference develops.

Poster Presentations: Additional Information

Presenters are responsible for the design of their poster.
Presenters will need to submit their poster in pdf-format in advance.
Posters will be available to view for the entire duration of the conference.
There will be dedicated timings for poster walks that will be included in the Conference Programme so that delegates can meet the poster presenters in real time.
Some poster presenters will be selected to give a 5-minute oral presentation of their poster during a dedicated lunch time session.

Workshops and Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings

Please note that Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are existing groups supported by IFIC, so if you are not part of one of these SIGs you should submit your abstract as a workshop. Please use the headings Background, Audience , Approach and Outcomes.

Background: Short introduction/background summary that is understandable to the readers who might not be familiar with the context: Why did you do it? Please explain the problem and the context. (Keep this succinct, it will be used for marketing purposes so needs to be just one sentence)
Audience: Who is it for? Please explain who you would like to engage with.
Approach What are you going to do? Please explain the structure of the session. Please remember that workshops’ objective is to be interactive and engage with the audience - At least ½ of the time should be based on the interaction with the audience.
- Example for a 60 min. workshop: 15 min. introduction + 15 min. of presentation of different case studies or contexts + 20 min. of group work + 10 min. of feedback + 5 min. closing
Outcomes: How are you going to summarize the take home messages?

Workshops: Additional Information

Workshops are allocated 90 minutes or 60 minutes depending on score and availability of rooms in the venue to accommodate workshop sessions.
Rooms will be organised in roundtables where possible.
You may choose your own format within the time allowed. We recommend limiting your presentation time to allow lots of time for interactivity and discussion. Remember only fully-fledged workshop submissions including a programme outline with timings and speaker details will be accepted in the submission process.
The Scientific Coordinator will work with you in advance to ensure your workshop is appropriately organised to maximise the engagement and learning experience for the delegates.

Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings: Additional Information

IFIC supports a host of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) which have been set up by IFIC members to allow the collaboration and development of specific topics within the Integrated Care field. These groups are led by experts in their respective specialist areas and give like-minded individuals the opportunity to make valuable contacts and gain insight and additional knowledge.

The overall aim for SIGs is to promote the development, adaptation or translation of scientific approaches for the specific purposes of integrated care, and/or promote a specific topic within the integrated care field. Note: If you are not a SIG lead or member or a SIG you should submit a workshop!

SIG leaders may submit a request for a 60-minute slot to host a SIG meeting. Please only use this option if you have a well thought out plan for using the time for your SIG.
You may include the option of a zoom link to your network so that other SIG members may join the meeting remotely without being a registered delegate of the conference.

Innovations in Integrated Care Networking Sessions

To provide a space for our delegates to share integrated care research or practice they are doing currently involved in that is innovative with limited evidence at this stage, we would like to introduce more opportunities for delegates to meet and innovation in integrated care. This is an opportunity to make long-term connections. We would like to receive proposals for Innovations in Integrated Care Networking sessions that will support this. These sessions will be a structured conversational process for knowledge sharing in which groups of people discuss a topic at several small tables like those in a café. These events will be located at various points around the conference venue throughout the conference. Tables, flip charts and other tools will be provided.

As a summary, we want to know the following information about your research, policy, practice or educational work:

Short introduction/background summary that is understandable to the readers who do might not be familiar with the context: Why did you do it? Please explain the problem and the context. (keep this succinct, it will be used for marketing purposes so needs to be just one sentence)
Who is it for? Please explain what community or people you are targeting.
Who are you involving and engaging with (suggest the present tense as these will be only starting or ongoing)? Please explain who is involved in the design, implementation and monitoring of the initiative. We are especially interested in Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) and co-design approaches. Be specific. This information is essential.
What are you doing or propose to do? Please explain the initiative or intervention. If this is not yet clear and you want to make this point of discussion, make this point.
What is the question you want to ask international colleagues or problem you want their help to solve?

Conference Themes and Tracks

Supplementary questions

Presenter information

The person submitting the abstract should be, where possible, the proposed Presenting Author
There is a limit of two abstract submissions per Presenting Author.
If the Presenting Author changes after the abstract submission process, please note that there is a limit of two presentations per person at the conference. This includes facilitating a workshop or presenting a poster. For example, you may present 2 oral papers, or 1 workshop and 1 oral paper, or 1 poster and 1 oral paper. You may wish to join other sessions as panellists or workshop supporting presenters if you are available, but we will not be able to reschedule the programme to facilitate this involvement.
The Abstract Submission Deadline is Thursday 31 October 2024.
The reviewing process will be completed by 31 December 2024 and successful abstracts will be notified early January 2024.
All accepted abstracts must have at least one presenter registered before being accepted to the program.

Normas para Submissão de Resumos - em português

Pautas para el envío de resúmenes – en español

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