SMSNA Annual Meeting - Abstract Submissions
Deadline to submit: August 5, 2011 Extended to August 31, 2011 12:00 Noon (Central Time)

SMSNA is offering 10 prizes of $1,000 each for the best Basic Science Abstracts and 2 prizes of $1,000 each for the best Clinical Abstracts in the field of Male or Female sexual dysfunction.

Submission Information:
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  1. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!
  2. If you do not already have a submission account and are not a member of SMS, or if you simply desire to use a new submission account, click the link above to "Register a new Account".
  3. Once signed in, from the main account page, you will need to either click the name of an already existing abstract presenting author you have submitted an abstract for, or click the link to submit an abstract from a new presenter not listed in order to proceed with submitting an abstract.
  4. Important: The ACCME has implemented a new regulation for abstract submissions. In addition to the presenter, it is now required that all authors must disclose any affiliations or conflicts by completing a “Speaker and Planner Disclosure Form” in order for the abstract to be eligible for consideration as part of this year’s program. Given the new requirement, individuals submitting an abstract must now include all abstract author email addresses. After the abstract is successfully submitted, an email will go out to each author requesting their disclosure for the abstract. Please ensure all authors are aware of this requirement. An abstract will not be considered unless the completed disclosure form is received from each author.
  • You will need to indicate the following information available during the submission process:
    1. The title of the Abstract with a maximum length of 200 Characters, which includes spaces.
    2. The topic to be chosen from a list of topics.
    3. You will need to enter the body text of your abstract directly into the provided text box. A maximum character count of 1825 characters, which includes spaces, is allowed.
    4. If you are uploading an optional figure/illustration image that would be appended to the end of your abstract text, the maximum character count is 1500, which includes spaces.
      • The maximum dimensions of your figure/illustration image is a width of 430 pixels and a height of 300 pixels.
      • Images that are found to have larger dimensions than allowed will automatically be resized to comply with those specifications.
      • Allowed image formats to upload are as follows: jpeg, jpg, gif, bmp; however, images are converted to jpeg during the submission process for consistent use with the webpages and embedding into the abstract document.
    5. Be cautious of using special symbols or characters when entering your data.
    6. The name, address, phone and email of the Presenting author.
    7. The Educational Background and Current Position of the Presenting Author.
    8. The name(s) and email of all authors who are not presenting.
  • The text of the abstract should include the abstract title in all caps and bold-faced, the names of the authors and their affiliation, city, and state, followed by the body of the abstract.
    • When preparing your abstract prior to making your submission please follow these guidelines:
    • All text and any graphics must fit onto a single 8 1/2 x 11 page.
    • Set all margins at 2 inches.
    • Line spacing should be single space.
    • The font should be 11pt. Times New Roman.
    • Author forenames/surnames should be explicit.
    • The abstract should arrive either as one paragraph, or in four sections;
      Introduction, Patients (or Materials) and Methods, Results and Conclusion.
    • Abstracts should be structured as:

      Title<paragraph return>
      Author name(s) and Affiliation<paragraph return>
      Address(es)<paragraph return>
      Abstract text<paragraph return>

    If the abstract text is to contain subsection headings, these should be structured as:

      Title<paragraph return>
      Author name(s) and Affiliation<paragraph return>
      Address(es)<paragraph return><paragraph return>
      Introduction<paragraph return>
      Patients (or Materials) and Methods<paragraph return>
      Results<paragraph return>
      Conclusion<paragraph return>

    Any tables should be simple and in image format complying within the specifications listed above. When creating your table, keep in mind that carriage returns should not be used within cells.

    It is strongly recommended that figures should not be supplied.

    If figures are necessary, they should be of high quality ready for print reproduction, and lettering/symbols/lines should be clear and distinct as they will be reduced to one column width for publication, and there will not be sufficient time to revise them. All figures should be Black and White only, and should be at least 300 dpi.

    If you need to resize your image to comply with the above, be sure to crop any excess whitespace from your image before resizing.

    Take care not to use I (cap i) or l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ß (German eszett) for (beta).

    If references are essential, they should be within the text, in the form: (Smith et al. Eur J Anaesth 1998; 15: 100-1).