10^th International
Family Nursing Conference

10th IFNC invites submission of abstracts from nurses, academics, and other health care
professionals who care for families in all areas of clinical practice, administration/politics,
research, and education. Presentations will be accepted in four categories:
1. Podium Session presentation of 60 or 90 minutes
2. Podium Poster presentation
3. Poster presentation featuring completed research or clinical practice
4. Oral presentations featuring completed research or clinical practice

When submitting your abstracts, please indicate in the space provided on the form the
areas you recommend for the scheduling of your presentation

・Family Nursing Research
・Family Nursing Education
・Family Nursing in Child & Maternal Health Care
・Family Nursing in Acute Illness
・Family Nursing in Chronic Illness
・Family Nursing in Critical Care
・Family Nursing in End-of-life Care
・Family Nursing in Care-giving
・Family Nursing & Mental Health / Domestic Violence
・Family Nursing in Community Health Care
・Family Health Promotion & Policy
・Family Nursing & Technology
・Knowledge Transfer/Translation in Family Nursing
・Others

Abstract submission accepted from August 1st, 2010 to December 5th, 2010

Podium Session presentation of 60 or 90 minutes
Podium Session is an oral presentation and includes 3-5 speakers or group who present a related
topic in family nursing with each abstract submitted individually. The podium must have a
title and a name of the moderator. A brief description, 100words of the content of the podium
session must be included

Podium Poster presentations (Talking Poster)
Podium Poster includes 3-5 papers that relate to a specific topic with each paper submitted as an
individual abstract. Authors of accepted poster abstracts must be present at their poster during
assigned session at the conference to allow for dialogue with participants.
The podium poster presentation must have a title and a name of the moderator. A brief
description of the content of the podium posters must be included.

Poster presentations featuring completed research, theory, clinical practice or policy
(Talking Poster)
Poster presentations offer a display presentation of research outcomes, theory development,
clinical practices, and/or projects/policies. Posters are grouped by areas, and displayed during
the conference. Authors of accepted poster abstracts must be present at their poster during the
assigned session at the conference to allow for dialogue with participants

Oral presentations featuring completed research, theory, clinical practice or policy
Speakers present their oral presentations related to research outcomes, theory development,
clinical practices, and/or projects/policies. Speakers are grouped in a session by areas, and
present at the assigned concurrent session with slides (eg. Power point presentation). . Oral
presentation will be 20 minutes including 5 minutes questions and discussions.

Abstracts must be submitted in English.
Abstract title and list of authors is automatically generated through registration of the
   abstract; please do not include this information in the abstract text.
The title should be in lower-case letters, the first letter of each word can be in upper-case if
   preferred. For example: "The Title Can Be Like This" or "The title can be like this"
Abstract text - limited to 250 words (Figures or tables should not be included in the
   abstract)
   Please note a reference list is not to be included in the abstract
Abstracts submitted via fax or e-mail will not be accepted.
Presenting authors of abstracts must be registered participants. Registration must be
   received by the Secretariat by December 5, 2010 to ensure inclusion of the abstract in the
   meeting publications and in order to be scheduled for presentation.

Instruction - Step by Step
We recommend using word-processing software (for example, Microsoft Word) for editing your
abstract and counting the number of words. It is advisable to develop your abstract and then cut
and paste it into the online abstract. Typing your text directly into the field is not recommended
for the following reasons:
a: You will not be able to see the abstract after pressing the Submit button
b: You will not have a copy
c: You cannot check the number of words
・Abstracts should clearly state:
・ Background and aims
・Methods
・Results
・Conclusions
・Abstract category? abstracts must be allocated to a specific category for the Scientific
  Program. You will need to select the category most suited to your abstract. To preview
  the categories, please click here.

Approval of abstracts
When your abstract is received, the Scientific Program Committee will notify you as soon as
possible by e-mail. Further notification of the Scientific Program Committee's decision to accept
or reject your abstract will be sent to you no later than 1 February, 2011.