Categories

 

Abstracts may be submitted in any of the following five categories. The first two categories are open to radiology trainees only. Please identify the category that best describes your project or study. A brief description of each submission category is provided below. With the exception of the Educational Exhibit, top submissions in each category will be invited to give a 10 minute oral presentation (7-minute presentation + 3-minute Q&A). If your abstract is selected, it is mandatory that you be prepared to give an oral presentation. In the Scientific Research Project and Value of Radiology Project categories, these presentations are open to staff radiologists as well as trainees.

Submitting authors will be invited to provide their contact details, institutional affiliation, level of training (in box labelled POSITION) and information about any co-authors (if applicable) on a subsequent input screen.

Please do not enter author details or any personal identifying information in the body of the abstract. The 250 words (or 330 words for Educational Exhibits) are intended for the body of the abstract, not for author details.

 

DEPARTMENTAL CLINICAL AUDIT PROJECT [RADIOLOGY TRAINEES ONLY]

For the purpose of the Departmental Clinical Audit Project competition at the CAR, the principal lead of this audit project must be a resident, a fellow or a medical student and must be mentored by a staff radiologist. All stakeholders/healthcare workers affected by the implementation or planning this audit project must be included in the project planning and authorship. These presentations should demonstrate an improvement to patient care and outcomes through a systematic review of care against explicit criteria and an explanation of the improvements made.  Involvement of all health-care workers affected by this project, both in project design and implementation, is strongly encouraged. Awards for the top three presentations are sponsored by CAR/CHAR. Click here to see the criteria used to evaluate abstracts submitted for the Departmental Clinical Audit Project.

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

• Audit Title (clear title which indicates what the audit is about)
• Authors
• Presenter’s level of traning (medical student, reisdent or fellow)
• Principal Location of Audit (e.g., type of department, university-based practice, community 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
• Audit Target
• Methods (describing what data is collected and how it is collected)
• Results (first cycle is mandatory in the abstract)
• Interventions / Action Plan /Discussion (this section is expected to be expanded in the final oral presentation)
• Conclusions

RADIOLOGIST-IN-TRAINING RESEARCH PROJECT [RADIOLOGY 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 to this category.  Multiple research projects may be submitted; however, only one may be presented by a given radiologist-in-training. Each project must be mentored by a staff radiologist. Awards for the top three presentations are sponsored by CAR/CHAR.

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

• Author(s)
• Presenter’s level of training (medical student, resident or fellow)
• Objective
• Methods
• Results / Discussion (the discussion is expected to be expanded in the final oral presentation)
• Conclusion

All CAR Members who are staff radiologists or radiologists in training are invited to have their Scientific Research Project considered for the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) Conference. If you wish to have your Scientific Research Project considered for the ECR Conference in Vienna, Austria from March 11-15, 2020, please ensure that you have appropriately indicated this on your online form using the checkbox.

The abstract review committee will evaluate submissions for ECR in accordance with the Scientific Research Project guidelines and ECR submission is only open to CAR Members. From those who opted to be considered, the committee will select the top three scoring submissions between the Scientific Research Project category and the Radiologist-in-Training Research Project category.

The deadline for ECR submissions is December 12, 2019. Successful participants will be informed on January 21, 2020 and will have until January 31, 2020 to accept.

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 behaviours, and to be as simple and direct as the selected topic permits. Authors will submit digital presentations that will be posted on digital display boards. Awards for the top three presentations are sponsored by CAR/CRF.

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

• Author(s)
• Level of training (radiologist, resident, fellow and other medical professionals)
• Institutional Affiliation
• 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.

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

• Author(s)
• Level of training (radiologist, resident, fellow and other medical professionals)
• Institutional Affiliation
• Objective
• Methods
• Results / Discussion (the discussion is expected to be expanded in the final presentation)
• Conclusion

All CAR Members who are staff radiologists or radiologists in training are invited to have their Scientific Research Project considered for the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) Conference. If you wish to have your Scientific Research Project considered for the ECR Conference in Vienna, Austria from March 11-15, 2020, please ensure that you have appropriately indicated this on your online form using the checkbox.

The abstract review committee will evaluate submissions for ECR in accordance with the Scientific Research Project guidelines and ECR submission is only open to CAR Members. From those who opted to be considered, the committee will select the top three scoring submissions between the Scientific Research Project category and the Radiologist-in-Training Research Project category.

The deadline for ECR submissions is December 12, 2019. Successful participants will be informed on January 21, 2020 and will have until January 31, 2020 to accept.

VALUE OF RADIOLOGY PROJECT 

Submissions in this category are 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 promote the value of radiology in Canada but may also consider international data. Click here to see the criteria used to evaluate abstracts submitted for the Value of Radiology Project.

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

• Author(s)
• Level of training (radiologist, resident, fellow and other medical professionals)
• Institutional Affiliation
• Objective
• Methods
• Results / Discussion (the discussion is expected to be expanded in the final oral presentation)
• Conclusion