College of Nursing

Annual Research Conference

The conference will be held October 5, 2009 at the WSC Varsity Theater.

The theme is “Bedside to Researcher to Bedside: Closing the Practice-Research Gap”

General Informaiton

Submission Deadline

September 1, 2009 at 5:00pm MST.

Abstract Selection and Notification

The Program Committee will meet in September 2009 to review and select abstracts, and to finalize the conference program and schedule. The Program Committee will assign the time of each presentation selected for the conference.

The Program Committee reserves the right to accept abstracts as a podium or poster presentation.

If your abstract is accepted for presentation, you will be notified by e-mail in September 2009. If the study has more than one author, the contact person is asked to share the information with the other author(s).

Call for Abstracts

The Brigham Young University College of Nursing invites you to submit an abstract to be considered for presentation at the 31st Annual Research Conference, to be held on October 5, 2009 at the WSC - Varsity Theater. Abstracts of completed nursing research or papers on methodology, educational strategies, ethical issues, utilization of nursing research or practical issues will be considered.

Abstract Preparation

Abstracts should be single spaced with 1" margins, and limited to 400 words. a. Abstracts must include:

• Title, author
• Purpose
• Research question
• Methodology
• Findings
• Conclusions and implications

b. Abstract Topics: Nursing research on methodology, educational strategies, use of nursing research, ethical issues, practical issues

Abstract Submission

Mail Abstracts to:
Denise Gibbons Davis
Research and Graduate Secretary Brigham Young University College of Nursing
400 SWKT Provo, UT 84602

E-mail Abstracts as an attachment in Word format to: denise_gibbons@byu.edu