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The American Association of Swine Veterinarians announces an opportunity for up to 15 veterinary students to make an oral scientific presentation during the Student Seminar at the AASV annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Interested students are invited to submit a one-page abstract of a research paper, clinical case study, or literature review for consideration. The submitting student must be a current (2009-10) student member of the AASV at the time of submission (the membership application is available at http://ecom.aasv.org/membership).
Abstracts and supplementary materials (Student Seminar Application and Co-Author Confirmation Form) must be received by Dr. Alex Ramirez (alex@aasv.org) by midnight on Friday, September 25, 2009 (firm deadline). All material must be submitted electronically. Late abstracts will not be considered. The abstracts will be reviewed by an unbiased, professional panel consisting of a private practitioner, an academician at a school from which no students have submitted an abstract, and an industry veterinarian. Students whose papers are selected for presentation at the meeting will be notified by October 15, 2009 and will be expected to provide the complete paper or abstract for publication by November 16, 2009.
To help defray the costs of attending the AASV meeting, Alpharma Animal Health provides a $750 honorarium to the student presenter of each paper selected for the seminar.
Veterinary students whose papers are selected for presentation at the meeting will be eligible to compete for one of several veterinary student scholarships awarded through the AASV Foundation. The oral presentations will be judged to determine the amount of the scholarship awarded.
Alpharma Animal Health funds a $5000 scholarship for the student whose paper, oral presentation and supporting information are judged best overall.
The Eli Lilly & Company Foundation, on behalf of Elanco Animal Health, has provided $20,000 in additional funding enabling the AASV Foundation to provide awards of $2500 each for 2nd through 5th place, $1500 each for 6th through 10th place, and $500 each for 11th through 15th place.
Student Poster Session: Students whose papers are not selected for oral presentation in the Student Seminar will be eligible to be considered for participation in a poster session at the annual meeting. Alpharma and the AASV fund a stipend of $250 for each student who is selected and participates in the poster presentation (the student must attend the meeting to participate in the poster session in order to qualify for the stipend).
Please note, the rules for submission should be followed carefully. Abstracts will not be accepted after the deadline date. Abstracts that do not follow the instructions will be returned without review. Three categories of submissions will be accepted (Research, Clinical cases, Literature reviews). Submissions from all categories will be treated equally with respect to judging.
ABSTRACT PREPARATION
Abstracts should not exceed 1 page in length. The page should have 1" margins. The typeface should not be less than 12 pt. The body of the abstract may be single-spaced.
Each student must submit two abstracts:
1) The first abstract should have the title as the first line and the author(s) name(s) as the second line followed by a double space and the body of the abstract.
2) The second abstract should have the title and body of the abstract only. There should be absolutely no identifiers (i.e., student name, school, state, country, diagnostic lab name, farm name, etc.) on this abstract. This abstract will be used for judging.
The body of the abstract should include:
For Research Papers
For Clinical Cases
For Literature Reviews
(The literature review is meant to be a comprehensive review and a detailed summary of one specific topic)
Please note that papers having multiple authors may be submitted and presented by only one of the student authors. Distribution of any stipend or scholarship award is at the discretion of the presenting author.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
To be eligible for consideration, a complete submission will include:
ALL materials must be submitted electronically to:
Dr. Alex Ramirez
alex@aasv.org
ALL materials must be received no later than midnight on Friday, September 25, 2009.
Students will be notified of the panel's decision by October 15, 2009.
If accepted, the final, re-formatted paper for publication in the proceedings of the meeting will be due in the AASV office by November 16, 2009. The honorarium will be paid only to students who submit their papers on time. Students who wish to submit their research results to the Journal of Swine Health and Production (JSHAP) may publish an abstract in the AASV proceedings rather than the full paper (papers published in full in the proceedings are not eligible for publication in JSHAP).
Students will be expected to provide their PowerPoint presentation to organizers in advance of the annual meeting; failure to meet the specified deadline will result in the student not being eligible for scholarship awards.
For more information, contact the AASV office (phone 515-465-5255, fax 515-465-3832, email aasv@aasv.org ).
The initial judging of abstracts is accomplished by having all judges fill out the Written Abstract Evaluation form below. The judges are then asked to rank the abstracts according to these criteria in case of tie scores. The judges’ results are averaged and the abstracts with the best 15 numerical scores are chosen for oral presentation. The judges view application information only during the AASV meeting presentations, when they complete the Student Seminar Presentation Evaluation (the next two scoresheets) to determine scholarship award winners.
(for initial review and selection of abstracts to be presented during the Student Seminar at the AASV Annual Meeting)
Stage of Completion ______
Interest to Practitioners ______
Subject Contribution _____
Abstract Quality ______
Was the abstract well-written (spelling, grammar), easy to follow (organization, clarity), and with good scientific depth?
If the abstract does not rank high enough for oral presentation, should it be allowed to be presented in poster format? _____Yes _____No
(for evaluation of Student Seminar oral presentations and selection of student scholarship winners at the AASV annual meeting)
Name:_______________________________
Subject ______
Interest to Practitioners ______
Subject contribution _______
Experimental Design Consistent with Expected Outcome
Perceived Overall Effort ________
TOP TOTAL __________
| Oral presentation | Poor (0) |
Fair (1) |
Good (2) |
Excellent (3) |
| Eye contact | ||||
| Posture | ||||
| Proper use of pointer and/or PowerPoint animation | ||||
| Poise (displays confidence) | ||||
| Ability to speak freely without use of notes or text | ||||
| Personal enthusiasm about the topic | ||||
| Demonstration of a true understanding of the subject matter |
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| Displays understanding of possible applications of the topic | ||||
| Quality of presentation (background, fonts, slide layout) |
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| Quality of materials used (charts, tables, photos) |
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| Organization of the presentation | ||||
| Amount of relevant information covered | ||||
| Validity of data | ||||
| Adeptness or ability to handle Q & A orally | ||||
| BOTTOM TOTAL |
Total abstract evaluation points (for tie-breaking use only): __________
OVERALL TOTAL: Top __________ + Bottom __________= Final score__________
