Poster Selection Criteria and Requirements

Authors will be notified by e-mail of the acceptance of their poster by mid-March. Acceptance will be based on the following criteria:

All abstracts must meet the following requirements:
1. Primary authors must be a member of the AOA in order to be an Optometry's Meeting® Poster Presenter.
2. The complete abstract must be submitted online by February 5, 2010.
3. A primary author may only submit 3 posters total, any posters exceeding this amount will not be considered.
4. 1. The abstract must follow the format example explicitly, (see links below) or disqualification will occur.
    - Scientific Abstract Example.
    - Case Study Abstract Example.
5. The abstract submission form must be filled out completely; otherwise the entry will be disqualified.
6. The abstract must be no more than 350 words (not including title and authors), all abstracts over this word count will be disqualified.
7. The information conveyed must be of sufficient general interest to the optometric community.
8. The abstract must be clear, concise, and well-written in anticipation of publication.
9. The abstract must contain sufficient detail for evaluation.
Scientific abstracts must meet the following additional requirements:
1. The abstract must be based on original and previously unpublished research.
2. The abstract must describe a scientific investigation of the idea or product being studied.
3. The abstract must demonstrate a clear and soundly tested hypothesis.
4. The conclusions in the abstract must appear to be justified by the results presented.
5. The abstract must contain evidence of a significant, new result and the significance must be clear from the abstract.
6. The abstract must contain more than just preliminary results.
Case report abstracts must meet the following additional requirements:
1. The case report must highlight timely or essential information, not just a review of information already in the literature.
2. The case report must be unique-if two similar case reports are submitted, a choice may be made between the two to maximize diversity in the poster program.
3. The case report must demonstrate complete follow-through of patient care.
4. The clinical significance of the case report must be clear from the abstract.
Informational abstracts must meet the following additional requirements:
1. The topic must be deemed appropriate for presentation at Optometry's Meeting®.
2. Topics appropriate for informational posters include, but are not limited to, information about AOA programs or sections.
3. Informational posters may not contain product or service advertisements.