Want to make sure your abstract is accepted? The Scientific Committee will be grading the abstracts based on the following criteria:

Scientific quality (4 points; 40%)

• Fully powered, blinded RCTs (4 points)

• Systematic reviews (and meta-analysis or meta-synthesis) on topic of relevance to clinicians, stroke survivors or carers. Look for reviews that include enough studies to allow clear conclusions to be made (4 points)

• Observational studies with adjustment for potential confounders (3 points)

• High-quality qualitative studies (3 points)

• Quality improvement study with data collected before and after, clear aim (related to improvement in clinical practice), clear quality improvement methodology with clear rationale (2 points)

• High quality audits, other observational studies and good quality qualitative studies (2 points)

• Well-presented case reports describing unusual presentations (1 points)

• Case reports that are not novel and any abstract without clearly described methodology (0 points)

If a study has a particularly large sample size or is multi-centre/multi-national, study can be awarded a bonus point.

Novelty/originality of project and data (2 points; 20%)

Potential impact of the research on clinical practice and/or patient experience (3 points; 30%)

Quality of writing including not overstating findings and the conclusion answering the stated aim (1 point; 10%)

For abstracts to be scored highly, data must be provided in the results section to allow interpretation. A promise ‘of data to be provided’ will lead to abstract being considered for poster (not oral) presentation.

During the submission process, you will be asked for the below information. Please ensure you have all required items to complete your abstract submission.

• Abstract title

• Authors and affiliations

• Abstract text in the correct formal

To assist the Scientific Committee in deciding if your abstract is selected for the final conference program, please adhere to the following guidelines:

• The submitting presenter must ensure that all co-presenters have read and approved the title, summary, presenter names and affiliations.

• The abstract content must be no more than 300 words in length.

ABSTRACT TITLE

Do NOT capitalize all letters in the title of the abstract. Capitalise the first letter of all major words in the title as well as prepositions, articles and conjunctions of four letters or more.

AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS

Please list the complete first name, middle initials (optional), last name and institutional affiliation, as it should be listed in the conference publication if selected for presentation.

e.g.

John Smith(1) and Rebecca Best(2)

1  Flinders University, Sturt Road, Bedford Park, SA, 5042

2  Deakin University, Princes Highway, Warrnambool, Vic, 3280

ABSTRACT CONTENT

Maximum 300 words. For reviewing and publication purposes, we ask all submitters to use the provided abstract template.

Please create your abstract using the template and copy the content over into the submission portal. Abstract submitted in the incorrect format will not be considered by the Scientific Committee.

Should you wish to make any changes to your abstract after you have submitted it, please log onto your online dashboard. Click on the “View Submission” button then “Preview/edit abstract”.

Please note you will only be able to make changes to your abstract until the submission deadline.

Abstract submitters will be notified of the outcome via email by mid-June 2024.

The decision of abstract acceptance is at the discretion of the Scientific Committee.

The presenting author(s) must register to attend the Conference for at least the day on which they are scheduled to present and registration must be completed and paid for prior to the close of Early bird registration on 28th June 2024.

If you are not registered by the due date, your presentation may be withdrawn from the program.