Poster Display Entry Form 2024-2025

Please fill out the following information to submit an abstract for consideration to display a poster during the upcoming OPPA Annual Psychiatric Update to be held on March 1-2, 2025 at the Hilton Polaris in Columbus.

In 2025, all abstracts meeting the specified requirements will be accepted and scored by judges. If an abstract ranks in the top 20 of all submissions, the submitting author(s) will be asked to create a poster to be displayed at the OPPA meeting. At least one author will be expected to register, attend the meeting, and display their poster. Authors are encouraged to be available during break times to showcase and discuss their poster with meeting attendees. Please note that posters will be for display purposes only and will not be judged on-site.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submission areas may include research reports, research-in-progress, case reports, and posters that have already been presented elsewhere within the past year.
Submitting author(s) must be an OPPA member. Medical students must be members of the American Psychiatric Association.
All abstracts must be received by 11:59 pm on Dec. 31, 2024 for consideration for inclusion in the 2025 Poster Display. 
Incomplete submissions will not be considered.
The week of Jan. 15, 2025, primary author(s), will be notified of the scoring of the abstracts
General Disclosure Policy
All authors and participants (including planners, co-chairpersons and discussants) must complete (at the time of abstract submission) a Disclosure of Financial Interests form through the OPPA’s online submission site. A link to the Disclosure Form will be provided by email upon completion of the submission form.
Each author and participant must make every effort to ensure meaningful disclosure of limitations on data (e.g. ongoing research, interim analysis, preliminary data, or unsupported opinion).

POSTER INFORMATION

Poster Title
Please provide the abstract below in 500 words or less.
 

PRIMARY CONTACT INFORMATION

Please provide the following information for the primary contact:
Name
Title
Degree(s)
Institution Name
Address
City State Zip
Telephone
Email

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Please provide the following information for all authors:
(if there are less authors than space provided, please enter N/A in the fields)
Name
Institution Name
Email
Name
Institution Name
Email
Name
Institution Name
Email
Name
Institution Name
Email
Name
Institution Name
Email
Name
Institution Name
Email
Name
Institution Name
Email
Name
Institution Name
Email

Presenters:

Please provide the names of the authors who will be attend the meeting if the abstract is accepted for on-site display. At least one author will be expected to register, attend the meeting, and display their poster. Author(s) must be members of the OPPA/APA.
(if there are less authors than space provided, please enter N/A in the fields)
Name
Email
Name
Email
Name
Email
Name
Email

THE REVIEW PROCESS

Abstract submissions will be reviewed for acceptance and scored by the judges, based on the following criteria: educational value, quality of writing, topic diversity, type of research (cohort vs. case-controlled vs. quality improvement, vs. literature review); and relevance to theme of meeting. Note: Original research will score higher than literature review.
Top 20 highest-scoring abstracts will be displayed as a poster on-site at the OPPA Annual Meeting (as well as on the OPPA website as a PDF).
Authors of abstracts that do not score in the top 20 are encouraged to create a poster PDF for display on the OPPA website.
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