JUNIOR MEMBER PANEL EXHIBIT
All papers written and presented by new members under the guidance of a senior member fall under this category. All entries registered in this category are eligible for the Myaki Issao Award. Submit your abstract online up to April 30th.
ASPIRING MEMBER PANEL EXHIBIT
All papers written and presented by aspiring members are included in this category. Submit your abstract online up to April 30th.
SENIOR MEMBER PANEL EXHIBIT
All papers written and presented by senior members are included in this category. Submit your abstract online up to April 30th.
E.H. HATTON (exclusively for SBPqO members)
This category is intended for researchers exhibiting potential and engaged in intense activity. Those interested in taking part in the Hatton Awards Competition must submit their papers in the form of a panel written and presented in English. Candidates must give a ten-minute oral presentation in English followed by an examination session presided by an examining board. The two papers selected must be presented in Miami, FL (USA), at the 87th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR, April 1-4, 2009.
Important: The printout of the abstract and the panel, as well as the oral presentation must all be in English
SCIENTIFIC FORUM
Designed for graduate students or students who have recently graduated from graduate school (aspiring and full members, up to one year after receiving a degree) in dentistry and related fields. Unpublished theses or dissertations in English will be accepted. The format of the texts must follow the instructions for authors published in the Brazilian Oral Research Journal (www.sbpqo.org.br). The complete text in Microsoft Word format must be attached to the icon “Trabalho Completo.” If you need any assistance to navigate through the Portuguese webpage, please contact Dr. Lemos, Executive Secretary, via calemosj@usp.br. Only complete papers submitted, pre-evaluated and accepted, will be presented as a panel exhibit, and six papers will be selected for thirty-minute oral presentations followed by a twenty-minute Q&A session. Submit your abstract online up to April 30th.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
The Session on Research Projects offers a discussion and exchange of ideas aimed at benefiting and contributing to research projects currently underway. Therefore, if you are developing a research project and are having difficulty with the methodology, control or other item, this activity may be of help to you. Submit your abstract online up to April 30th.
POAC (DENTAL RESEARCH FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION)
This category is intended for applied research papers presented as a panel by members of all categories who are, in effect, producing any work of social importance that will reflect on the population’s quality of life. The selected papers will receive financial support to conduct a practical application of the research in the community, and results of these papers should be presented at the SBPqO Annual Meeting in 2009. Submit your abstract online up to April 30th.
RESEARCH TEACHING
This activity is open to participants from all categories. It is designed to improve the teaching of dentistry and related areas, at different levels. Papers should be presented in the form of a panel, and should include methods, strategies, assessment, simulations, etc., all teaching-related. Winners will be invited to present their complete papers to the Publishing Board of the Journal of the ABENO (Brazilian Association for Dental Teaching). Submit your abstract online up to April 30th.
PIO PROGRAM (JUNIOR DENTAL RESEARCHER)
This program will give an undergraduate student from each school of dentistry or dental course in Brazil, chosen internally by his/her institution, the opportunity to present a panel at SBPqO’s 25th Annual Meeting. The authors of the 30 best abstracts submitted will have all of their transportation, lodgings and food expenses paid by SBPqO during the Meeting in Águas de Lindóia. The best paper evaluated during the Meeting will represent Brazil at the Student Clinician Award, sponsored by ADA at its annual event, October1-4, 2009, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Teaching/Research Institution must internally select the paper that will represent it at the Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Oral Research in the Junior Dental Researcher Program. The research abstract must be submitted online under the PIO category, as instructed. The presentation must be in the format of a panel, according to SBPqO regulations.
For a student to submit a paper, he/she must become a member of the SBPqO in the junior member category. A paper may be written by two or more students. However, only one student from each school will be qualified to present the paper and take part in the Junior Dental Researcher Program.
After submitting the abstract online, it must be printed and mailed along with a document from the Coordinator or Director of the School of Dentistry, stating and certifying that the institution will be represented by that paper. Only papers submitted online and sent by registered mail with the above-mentioned document from the Coordinator or Director will represent the teaching/research institution. These rules are applicable to the PIO category only.
ORAL PRESENTATION (exclusively for IADR members)
IADR members may give an oral presentation. Members residing in Brazil must be SBPqO members as well. A regular abstract should be submitted. The selected papers shall be presented orally for 10 minutes, followed by 5 more minutes of Q&A. Each room will have a computer and a multimedia projector. After submitting a paper online in the Oral Presentation category, the author may authorize that it be made into panel should he wish to do so. There will be no judgment or awarding in this category. Submit your abstract online up to April 30th.
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Please refer to the text below for the criteria used by the Judging Committee to evaluate the papers submitted.
Reasons for non-acceptance:
1. Papers were not submitted via Internet.
2. Subjects are poorly organized.
3. Information is missing in the paper: Relevance of the subject, Objectives or Proposition, Methods, Results or Conclusions.
4. The nature of the subject is not clearly understood from the title or the content of the paper.
5. The abstract has already been published or previously presented.
6. The subject is well-explained, but of questionable relevance.
7. Criteria are not well-defined for assessment of the variables studied.
8. Absence of or questionable choice of controls.
9. The methods used to obtain the data are not appropriate to the study’s objectives.
10. Confusion or lack of clarity between premises, leading to false reasoning.
11. Conclusions do not comply with the method of analysis applied to the data.
12. Inadequate use of language for the abstract.
13. Conclusions are not supported by the results.
14. Lack of criteria to define the sample.
15. Lack of criteria in allocating the experimental units to the study groups.
16. Type and relevance of study.
17. No significantly relevant contribution to current knowledge of the subject.
18. Conclusions are not supported by statistical analysis.
19. Methodology is inappropriate to assess the effect of the treatment.
20. Poorly conceived experimental design.
21. No SISNEP registration number for papers that should be submitted to a Research Ethics Committee.
22. Non-payment of the registration fee and yearly dues.
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Size: Display panels should measure 1.70 m in height and 0.90 m in width
Heading: The panel heading must be identical to the heading submitted in the abstract and must be written in capital letters. Names of authors, laboratory, department, institution, city, and state must appear below the heading, in smaller letters.
Name of the Presenting Author: The name must be underlined and a photograph must be attached on the upper right-hand corner
Body of the Panel Exhibit: It must be self-explanatory with the least possible amount of text and the most possible number of illustrations (figures, diagrams and tables). We suggest that the conclusions be displayed in the form of items. Presentation of an abstract and references is not mandatory.
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The numbering of the installation will be defined by the Organizing Commission, whose criteria shall be the specific field, the membership category, and the panel category indicated by the authors. Make sure to define the field under which your research was registered, since this information will determine where your panel will be installed.
The panel must be presented at the times specified by the Organizing Commission, and the presenting author must remain close to his panel for the duration. Timetable and dates will be made available on the SBPqO webpage as of August 4, 2008.
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