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The American Association of Swine Veterinarians announces an opportunity for veterinary students to make a scientific presentation at the AASV annual meeting in Denver, Colorado on Sunday, March 11, 2012. 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 (2011-12) student member of the AASV at the time of submission (the membership application is available here).
Abstracts and supplementary materials (Student Seminar Application and Co-Author Confirmation Form) must be received by Dr. Alex Ramirez (alex@aasv.org) by 11:59pm Central Daylight Time on Monday, September 26, 2011 (firm deadline). All material must be submitted electronically. Late abstracts will not be considered. Students should receive an email confirming the receipt of their submission. If they do not receive this confirmation email, they must contact Dr. Alex Ramirez (alex@aasv.org) by Wednesday September 28, 2011 with supporting evidence that the submission was made in time; otherwise the submission will not be considered for judging. The abstracts will be reviewed by an unbiased, professional panel consisting of a private practitioner, an academician, and an industry veterinarian. Fifteen abstracts will be selected for oral presentation in the Student Seminar at the AASV annual meeting. Students whose papers are selected will be notified by October 17, 2011 and will be expected to provide the complete paper or abstract, reformatted for publication, by November 15, 2011.
To help defray the costs of attending the AASV meeting, Pfizer Animal Health provides a $750 honorarium to the student presenter of each paper selected for oral presentation during the Student Seminar.
Veterinary students whose papers are selected for oral presentation also 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. Pfizer Animal Health funds a $5000 scholarship for the student whose paper, oral presentation and supporting information are judged best overall. Eli Lilly & Company Foundation, on behalf of Elanco Animal Health, provides $20,000 in additional funding enabling the AASV Foundation to award $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: Abstracts that are not selected for oral presentation in the Student Seminar will be considered for presentation in a poster session at the annual meeting. Pfizer and the AASV fund a stipend of $250 for each student who is selected and participates in the poster presentation (the student must personally attend the meeting to participate in the poster session). The abstracts selected for poster presentation will appear in the proceedings of the meeting (limited to one page text plus one table OR figure), and must be re-submitted in proper format for publication by November 15. In addition, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica provides financial support for the Veterinary Student Poster Competition. The presenters of the top fifteen poster abstracts compete for awards ranging from $200 to $500. For poster judging details, click here.
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.
It is permissible for a student to submit more than one abstract for consideration, but only one abstract will be allowed to qualify for oral presentation with only one honorarium/stipend provided per student. In order to maximize student participation, AASV reserves the right to limit the number of presentations per student.
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.
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)
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 11:59pm Central Daylight Time on Monday, September 26, 2011.
Students will be notified of the panel's decision by October 17, 2011.
If accepted, the final paper, re-formatted for publication in the proceedings of the meeting, will be due in the AASV office by November 15, 2011. 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 submit an abstract (re-formatted) for 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)
Click here to view a sample presentation - judged top student presentation in 2005
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) |
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| 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__________
