Failure to observe these guidelines may result in disqualification.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

1. All abstracts must be written in English, at the level of English academic writing.
2. The abstract title should be short and clearly declare the content of the abstract.
3. The word limit is 400 (excluding title and references). Abstracts exceeding the word limit or with significant grammatical errors will be returned and must be edited before resubmission.
4. Abstracts (including the Title) must not contain information which could identify the author(s).
5. Please ensure that all the information provided through the abstract submission portal (including author names and affiliations) is complete and accurate. We strongly suggest you invite a "critical friend" to review your abstract to advise if your submission is clear and concise, and does not contain spelling, grammatical, or scientific errors.
6. The submitting author must certify that all co-authors have agreed for the abstract to be submitted. You will need to confirm this during the submission process.
7. Commercial trade names cannot be mentioned in the title although can be used in the body of the text.
8. Abbreviations may be used after defining them once.
9. Content must be concise and coherent, and follow the format headlines for that category.
10. Research-based abstracts must outline the research method (separate to the simulation activity) and the focus of the analysis. They must also indicate when the data was collected.
11. Statistics including sample size and sampling method used must be supplied where appropriate.
12. Abstracts must contain a minimum of 1 reference and a maximum of 3 references cited using the Vancouver referencing system. Number the references consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Place the references, in square brackets, inside the punctuation. Provide any references in the correct box during the submission process. The names of all authors should be given, up to a total of six authors. In case of more than 6 authors, provide the first three, followed by et al. Please see resources for referencing style (e.g. https://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/Vancouver).
13. For Research Works, one table or figure can be included and uploaded separately. The image must be either a JPG or GIF. It must be larger than 50x50px and between 45KB and 500KB in size. Tables are recommended to be submitted as Word files.
14. ASPiH is committed to promoting ethically rigorous research and ethical research practice. It is assumed that those submitting an abstract have ensured that all relevant ethical standards for research conduct and dissemination have been met. The submitting author must confirm that they have the relevant ethical approval.
15. Any abstracts presented previously at regional, national, or international meetings (or submitted/scheduled for presentation before ASPiH) may be submitted but this must be declared at the time of submission. These abstracts will not be considered for publication in the Journal Conference Supplement.
16. The scientific committee may assign accepted submissions to an alternative topic, if considered more appropriate.
17. Abstracts submitted as Research Works, may be considered for publication in a special issue of ASPiH affiliated journal, the International Journal of Healthcare Simulation (https://www.johs.org.uk/), provided it is not work in progress and has not been previously published or is currently submitted for publication elsewhere. If selected, authors will receive feedback and given opportunity to make the required corrections. Note: any updates/corrections will need to be done within a very short timeframe. Failure to carry out requested corrections in time will result in ineligibility for publication.