Persatuan Pascasiswazah Fakulti Sains Kesihatan (PG-FSK)
Aras 6, FSK1-5, Fakulti Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM),
Kampus Puncak Alam, 42300 Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
E-mel: pgfskuitm@gmail.com Tel: +603-32584320
1st Postgraduate Research Colloquium on Health Sciences 2012
Abstract Deadline: June 3, 2012
Dear ALL,
The Postgraduate Society in collaboration with Faculty of Health Sciences Centre for Postgraduate
Studies is pleased to invite you to submit your abstract to the Colloquium organizing committee. You
can submit your abstract by email us at pgfskuitm@gmail.com.
Please be reminded that your abstract is an introduction to the progress/report of your research
activities. It should be written to present the main argument of the research and the conclusion
drawn from the research findings.
Please note that The Centre for Postgraduate Studies has made it compulsory for all
postgraduate students to submit their abstract and participate in the colloquium.
Abstract Guidelines
1. An abstract is a brief summary of a current/on-going/completed research project. Reading of
the abstracts by the colloquium attendees assists the attendees in deciding which
presentations they will attend.
2. Abstracts by postgraduate students must be approved by the supervisor/s prior to
submission.
3. The Organizing Committee will not proofread the abstracts.
4. Abstracts should be in one paragraph between 150 and 300 words with no figures. In the
abstract, students can address one or more of the following based on students’ current
research projects:
a. Provide the background and rationale for the project. Why do we care about the
problem? What practical, scientific or theoretical gap is your research content?
b. Provide the method(s)/procedure/approach for how you completed your project or
methods for current research project. (e.g. analyzed 3 samples, completed a series
of 5 experiments, interviewed 17 students)
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Persatuan Pascasiswazah Fakulti Sains Kesihatan (PG-FSK)
Aras 6, FSK1-5, Fakulti Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM),
Kampus Puncak Alam, 42300 Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
E-mel: pgfskuitm@gmail.com Tel: +603-32584320
c. As a result of completing the above procedure, what have you learn, invent or
create? What is the most important implication or interpretation to know about
your results?
d. Interpret your results for a broader audience. What are the larger implications of
your findings, especially for the problem/gap as identified above?
5. Abstracts will be published in the abstract book/proceeding.
6. By participating in this 1st Postgraduate Research Colloquium, it is understood that photos of
you and your research may be used in various publications.
7. If you do not want to be included in any publications, please email us at
pgfskuitm@gmail.com.
Length
Abstracts must be no fewer than 150 words and no more than 300 words. Limit your abstract to text
only; figures will not be reproduced in the colloquium Proceedings/Abstract Book.
Tips for Writing Abstracts
1. Write in the past tense for reporting current or completed projects. For those in the process
of preparing the proposal, you are advised to use future present tense.
2. Spell out acronyms the first time they are used. For example, write "Universiti Teknologi
MARA" rather than "UiTM."
3. Provide definitions for terms. For example, write, "Positron Emission Tomography is an
imaging technique that uses radioactive tracers to map the metabolism of chemicals in the
brain; the more active an area of the brain, the greater the metabolic activity in that area."
rather than, "We used PET to measure the uptake of radioactive tracers to map brain
function."
4. Write clearly and simply. Avoid verbosity and jargon. Emphasize the important details of
your project. Abstracts are a "road map" to help interested persons navigate your paper
presentation. Avoid extraneous and unnecessary words.
5. Everything mentioned in the abstract should be a summary of what is mentioned in the
presentation. Topics not mentioned in the presentation should not appear in the abstract.
6. Consider your audience. Colloquium attendees may or may not share your area of expertise
and knowledge.
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