All members of the profession are invited to submit clinical research abstracts to be considerd for presentation at the 2012 pre-congress Spring Meeting.
Abstracts should be on a subject of interest to the members of the organisation. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words in length and should not have been previously presented as a clinical research abstract. Abstracts should include the names of all the contributing authors, with the presenting author listed first, along with the affiliation/address of the presenting author. Abstracts should be submitted to the Education Secretary by e-mail (sarag@fitzpatrickreferrals.co.uk) as a Microsoft Word document with the presenting author's surname in the document title, no later than 30 January 2012.
Abstracts presented at the BVOA Spring Meeting by an individual, less than 12 years graduated, will be eligible for the Leslie Vaughan Prize. Undergraduates and non-BVOA members are all eligible for consideration. The Leslie Vaughan Prize was instigated to mark the contribution of Professor Vaughan to veterinary orthpaedics and to encourage and reward a young investigator for their contribution to the field of veterinary orthopaedics. Judgement of eligible abstracts will involve balloting the audience and the prize will be presented before the end of the meeting.
The Prize will include
- Acting as caretaker for the sculpture by Hamish Denny that 'embodies' the prize (to be returned the following year)
- A certificate
- Free registration and hotel accomodation for the BVOA Autumn Meeting in that year OR a cheque for £500