Authors Corner
Instructions of submitting manuscripts
All
manuscripts must be submitted in English. Also, do not use I, We,
or Our when describing the researchers. The fact that the
research was conducted by the authors is implicit.
Instructions of submitting abstract
Abstract
—
concise
summary of your study in the following format (not to exceed 175
words):
Introduction:
need for the study.
Hypothesis/Problem:
what was tested (experimental studies only) If qualitative,
statement of problem addressed.
Aim
– what is the objective of the study
Methods:
summary of methods used with subsections as appropriate (type of
subjects, number of subjects, study design, statistical tests). If
the work is qualitative, the types of instruments used and the scope
and type of work must be described. If a disaster is involved, the
dates, type of event, location, scope, magnitude, and numbers of
casualties and deaths must be summarized in tabular form for
indexing.
Results:
summary of principal findings.
Conclusion:
implications of findings.
Instructions of submitting articles
Paper, Margins, and Type Style
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manuscripts
should be submitted on plain white paper, letter size up to A4,
8.27” by 11.69” (210 mm by 297 mm). Do not right justify the
margins.
Use standard type styles. Do not use bold, italicized, superscript,
or subscript characters, and make no extraneous marks on the printed
manuscript page. Double space all text. The text should not to
exceed 2750 words, abstract and references included. The
organization of the article:
Title of
the paper
First
names, middle initials, last names, and highest academic degrees of
all authors:
underline
the name of the author with whom any correspondence should be
directed.
Institutions of the authors
Introduction
—
provide
justification for the effort with appropriate references annotated.
If quantitative, the concluding
sentence should define the hypothesis. If qualitative, the problem
being addressed should be stated clearly.
Methods
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descriptive
to a degree that other investigators would be able to reproduce the
study. Statistical methods used must be annotated. Approval by an
Institutional Review Committee must be included when appropriate.
Results
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results
must be written in text and may be accompanied by tables and
figures. The text must explain all data included in tables and
figures, but should not be unnecessarily redundant. All direct
results from the study must appear in this section. No discussion of
the results may be included.
Discussion -
the discussion should provide an
interpretation of the results in terms of meaning and application.
Results should not be repeated. Computations or extrapolations that
may help explain the results may be provided.
Limitations of the study should be defined and suggestions for
future research should be included. References that support or
negate explanations provided are appropriate.
Conclusion
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the findings in terms of implications
for the practice of prehospital, emergency, and/or disaster
(humanitarian) medicine should be summarized in a few sentences.
References
-
references
must
be cited in the sequential order in which they appear in the text.
All references should be parenthetically cited by full-sized Arabic
numbers in the text, tables, and legends for illustrations. Titles
of journals referenced must be annotated using standard
Index Medicus
abbreviations and must be underscored. Unpublished data or personal
communications should be indicated in parentheses directly following
the reference and should include the dates of such correspondence
(Personal Communication, Safar P, October 1989). The following
format for references must be used:
Journals - White SJ, Hamilton WA, Veronesi JF: Comparison of field techniques used to pressure infuse intravenous fluids. Prehosp Disast Med 1991;6:429–434.
Books
- Schwartz
GR, Safar P, Stone JH, et al (eds), Principles and
Practice of Emergency Medicine. 2d ed.
Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co., 1985, pp 1198–1202.
Chapters
- Lindberg R: Pathology of Head Injuries.
In: Cowley RA, Trump BF (eds), Pathophysiology of Shock.
Baltimore:Williams and Wilkins, 1982, pp 588–592.
Website
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International Crisis Group: Impact of the
Bali bombings. In: Indonesia Briefing, Jakarta/Brussels.
Available at
www.crisisweb.org/projects/asia/indonesia/reports/A400804_24102002.pdf.
Accessed 09 June 2003.
Tables
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tables
must be numbered as referenced in the text and each typed on a
separate page, placed at the end of the manuscript. Do not include
tables in the body of the text.
Figures
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illustrative
materials must
be of professional quality, should be submitted as large as
possible, up to 8.27” by 11.69” (A4 210 mm by 297 mm), and
be at least 300 dpi resolution. Color illustrations must be
discussed with the editor. All graphs and charts must be saved in a
JPG format and are to include a legend.
Permissions - illustrations or tables from other publications must be accompanied by written permission from the author and publishers of the document in which they originally appeared.
Instructions of submitting
In
order to prepare your poster for the
CMCECTSDMMC
2012
conference, please follow the requirements below:
Maximum allowed size of poster: A0 – portrait
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Maximum height: 1.2 m
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Maximum width:
0.85
m |
We advise you to use a minimum amount of text at your poster and to use color figures to present the results. Also, we advise you to set-up the poster such that it can be read at a distance of about 2 m, this means a height of letters (small case) of approximately 8 mm.