Call for Abstracts

Poster presentations are a means of communicating new ideas and services with your colleagues. Subject matter may consist of administrative projects, clinical projects, case studies, and new procedure outlines. Twenty poster presentations will be selected by a peer review panel. The goal is to encourage networking and enhance member involvement in our educational program.

Viewing of posters will take place from 5:00 pm on Friday, October 18, 2019 until October 19, 2019 Saturday morning. Posters are required to be 24" H x 48" W and may be purchased at the following link for around $30.00 (plus applicable shipping/taxes): http://www.makesigns.com/SciPosters_Home.aspx. (Please make posters LANDSCAPE style, these have to fit on boards and can fit 4 if all are done landscape style. Please call the LANA Office if you are unsure or have any concerns about the specifications, see image below for poster layout)

All topics and abstracts should be submitted before or on Thursday, August 1, 2019. If you submit an abstract, you will receive a confirmation of receipt from the LANA Office. Please make sure to include the email address where you would like the confirmation to be sent. Absolutely no additional abstracts, or requests to submit or resubmit them, will be accepted after 11:59 pm on Thursday, August 1, 2019. 

Selected participants will have until Friday, August 9, 2019 to confirm their attendance and presentation. If you do not call or email Brenna Crockett at the LANA Office (225-408-4430 | office@lanacrna.org) on or before Friday, August 9, 2019 to confirm your participation, the LANA Office will contact alternate presenters to fill the vacancy.

Please arrange to bring your Poster to The Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel on Friday, October 18, 2019 by 4:00 PM. If you cannot bring your poster in person, please arrange with someone to bring it for you. If you need to drop off your poster, please arrange to bring to the LANA Office at 2151 Quail Run Dr., Suite B, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. The deadline to drop off will be Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 by 4:00 pm. Please call the LANA Office (225.408.4430) if you need driving directions.

Abstracts should be informative and contain the following elements:

a)   Short specific title
b)   A one sentence statement of the study's objectives.
c)   Brief statements of the methods, if pertinent.
d)   A summary of the results obtained.
e)   A statement of the conclusions. It is NOT satisfactory to state, “The results will be discussed.”

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Please print your poster to the size specified below: 

Please print your poster to the size specified below: 
General Information

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* 1. Title of Presentation:

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* 2. Author (Last Name, First Name):

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* 3. Author's Institution:

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* 4. Author's Email Address:

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* 5. Objective:

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* 6. Background and Purpose:

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* 7. Methods:

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* 8. Results:

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* 9. Discussions/Conclusions:

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* 10. Keywords:

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