2nd ZIMS - Zagreb International Medical Summit

Research works

The research works, to be presented in ZIMS, have to fulfil the following criteria:

1. The author(s) of the research work must be a medical student or must have graduated in the past year;
2. The research group cannot consist of more than 4 authors/co-authors and 2 tutors;
3. The research must be original;
4. Research that represents bibliographic revisions will not be accepted;
5. At least one of the authors must be enrolled in the congress;
6. An author cannot present more than 2 works;
7. None of the research works presented in the congress can have been published before;
8. The work shall be sent to the OC;
9. The OC is not responsible for damage or loss of the research work.
10. The OC reserves for itself all the legal rights for the duplication of the contents of the articles/abstracts, no editorial changes can be made.

Abstract form

(Any research work that does not use these instructions will not be published in the Abstract Book)
The abstract form should at least contain :

1. Title - The title of the research work should be clear, not exceeding 10 words and should contain the necessary information that makes the classification of the article possible;
2. Names of author(s) and co-author(s) (first name in full or only the first letter) or Professor that supported the research work, tutors and their academic title;
3. Institutional affiliation with the author and co-authors (medical faculty and country) or affiliation with the organisation that patronises the investigation;
4. The abstract contains the essentials of the research work:

a. It usually contains a description of the problem, the methodology, the most important results and the most important conclusions;
b. Avoid indicating bibliographic references, results or conclusions that are not found in the article;
c. Use in the abstract and in the article a formal language;
d. It cannot contain more than 250 words.

5. Keywords - up to five relevant keywords should be supplied for subject indexing;

Poster presentation

1. Should not last more than 10 minutes including two minutes for questions.
2. The poster should be presented by only one person, in case of participant's delay the poster will not be presented
3. The posters should be in the "poster room" 2 hours before the presentation and should be left there at least for the rest of the session.
4. Previous arrangements must be made by the OC in order to guarantee the security of the posters, including the necessary materials for the setup of the poster session.
5. Once in the poster room, it cannot be corrected
6. One poster per study (dimensions: 1m x 70cm) on only one side, colors and materials of choice.
7. Should be numbered and should include (as in the article)

a. Title and subtitle (incl. the name of the authors and co-authors)
b. Introduction
c. Materials and methods
d. Results
e. Discussion
f. Conclusion
g. References
h. Tables and Figures
i. Acknowledgements

Free (oral) presentation

1. Should not last more than 10 minutes plus five minutes for questions.
2. Should be presented by only one person;
3. In case the participant is delayed (or not present) the OC decides whether it can be reprogrammed;
4. Should include visual support as slides transparencies or computer: these are numbered and should include (as in the article).

a. Title and subtitle (incl. the name of the authors and co-authors)
b. Introduction
c. Materials and methods
d. Results
e. Discussion
f. Conclusion
g. References
h. Tables and Figures
i. Acknowledgements

5. The number of slides is the responsibility of the author.
6. In case of problems with the slides the presentation will continue, as there will be given no extra time
7. The slides should be given to the OC at least 2 hours before the oral presentation, preferably 24 hours before (if applicable).

Last date of change: 02.05.2002.