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DEPARTMENTAL CLINICAL AUDIT PROJECT [TRAINEES ONLY]

For the purpose of the Departmental Clinical Audit Project competition at the CAR, the principal leader of this audit project must be a resident, fellow or medical student and must be mentored by a staff radiologist. All stakeholders involved or affected by a quality initiative must be part of the planning and implementation of the project. Depending on the quality initiative scope, this could include staff radiologists, clerical staff, nurses, technologists, non-radiology clinicians, laboratory staff, and others. This is important because interventions or changes resulting from quality initiatives require acceptance and support from all affected personnel. A multidisciplinary approach to clinical audit is central to finding solutions and making change.

These presentations should demonstrate a quality improvement process that seeks to improve patient care and outcomes through a systematic review of practices and protocols against explicit criteria and an explanation of the improvements made.  Click here to see the criteria used to evaluate abstracts submitted for the Departmental Clinical Audit Projects. Maximum 250 words, excluding the title, subtitles, authors and audit team details.

The abstract submission must contain the following sections listed below (abstracts missing a section will not be reviewed):

• Author(s)
• Audit Title (clear title which indicates what the audit is about)
• Presenting Author's Level of Training (fellow, resident, medical student)
• Principal Location of Audit (e.g., university-based hospital, community-based hospital, community clinic, etc.) Note: do not indicate the name of the institution.
• Background and Aim of the Audit (reason why an audit was initiated)
• Standard
• Target
• Methods (describing what data is collected and how it is collected)
• Audit Team (job titles of the individuals/co-authors)
• Results (first cycle is mandatory in the abstract)
• Interventions / Action Plan (this section is expected to be expanded in the final oral presentation)
• Discussion / Conclusion

RADIOLOGIST-IN-TRAINING RESEARCH PROJECT [TRAINEES ONLY]

Submissions are to describe a hypothesis-driven research project with defined outcomes and a reasonable sample size. Case reports should not be submitted. Multiple research projects may be submitted; however, only one may be presented by a given trainee. Each project must be mentored by a staff radiologist. Maximum 250 words.

The abstract submission must contain the following sections listed below (abstracts missing a section will not be reviewed):

• Author(s)
• Title
• Presenting Author's Level of Training (fellow, resident, medical student)
• Institutional Affiliation
• Figure/Image/Table (mandatory)
• Objective
• Methods
• Results / Discussion (the discussion is expected to be expanded in the final oral presentation)
• Conclusion

EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS

Submissions in this category are informative exhibits designed to review known topics. They are not new hypothesis-driven endeavors. The presentation is to provide a synthesis of facts, relate them in new ways, or extract common threads from diverse data. Presentations should aim to be memorable, potentially influencing clinical practice, and to be as simple and direct as the selected topic permits. Maximum 330 words.

The abstract submission must contain the following sections listed below (abstracts missing a section will not be reviewed):

• Author(s)
• Title
• Level of Training (radiologist, fellow, resident, medical student, other medical professional)
• Institutional Affiliation
• Figure/Table (mandatory)
• Learning Objectives (minimum of 3)
• Background (80 words maximum)
• Conclusion (how does this relate to or affect radiology practice?)

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT

Submissions in this category will describe a hypothesis-driven research project with defined outcomes and a reasonable sample size. Case reports should not be submitted to this category. Maximum 250 words.

The abstract submission must contain the following sections listed below (abstracts missing a section will not be reviewed):

• Author(s)
• Title
• Presenting Author's Level of Training (radiologist, fellow, resident, medical student, other medical professional)
• Institutional Affiliation
• Figure/Image/Table (mandatory)
• Objective
• Methods
• Results / Discussion (the discussion is expected to be expanded in the final presentation)
• Conclusion

VALUE OF RADIOLOGY PROJECT 

Submissions in this category are research projects designed to showcase work on how radiology and/or medical imaging adds value to the healthcare system and to patients. For example, projects may consider the economic impact of radiology and diagnostic imaging, how radiology adds value by enhancing diagnostic capacity and appropriateness of care and treatments, or how radiology drives health system improvements and delivers optimal patient outcomes. The projects should advance and enhance the value of radiology in Canada but may also consider international data and comparisons. Click here for more information on the Value of Radiology Project. Maximum 250 words.

The abstract submission must contain the following sections listed below (abstracts missing a section will not be reviewed):

• Author(s)
• Title
• Presenting Author's Level of Training (radiologist, fellow, resident, medical student, other medical professional)
• Institutional Affiliation
• Table/Chart/Graph (strongly recommended)
• Objective
• Methods
• Results / Discussion (the discussion is expected to be expanded in the final oral presentation)
• Conclusion