General Information
 Abstract Due Date: Submit all abstracts by midnight Mountain Standard Time on August
15th, 2014 .
 Please read carefully, there is opportunity for posters as well as formal presentations in
 front of the Symposium audience.
NURSES AND RESIDENTS IN GENERAL - Any nurse or surgical resident (in
Arizona, or another state in the United States as well as other countries) is eligible to submit an Abstract to be considered for approval for a poster or to do a podium
 presentation in front of the international Symposium audience.
CLARIFICATION FOR SURGICAL RESIDENTS IN ARIZONA – Over the past few years, the Arizona Chapter of the ACS Resident Competition was held in conjunction with the AZTRACC Symposium. This year they are in separate locations and days. You can submit your abstract for consideration for a poster and/or podium presentation for
AZTRACC as well as the ACS-AZ competition!! Again, they are distinct and acceptance at one does not influence or inhibit acceptance at the other and you must submit
 separately to be considered for both!! o AZTRACC SYMPOSIUM – Your abstract will be considered for podium and/or poster presentation with all of the other abstracts submitted to AZTRACC (not just Arizona surgical residents). Submit your abstract to abstract@aztracc.org using the abstract template (below) and deadline outlined.
ACS-AZ – see the ACS-AZ website for details on submission. o www.azacs.org/information/information1.html
On the abstract form please indicate whether your submission is for: o Poster only
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Audience presentation only
Poster if audience presentation is not approved by the Committee
Those abstracts accepted for poster or audience presentations will be notified by
September 11th, 2014 .
 The presenting author should be listed first in the order of authors. All communications
 will be directed to the presenting author only.
 An individual may submit more than one abstract.
Failure to register and pay for the conference will disqualify the abstract from audience presentation or poster placement.
Submission Guidelines
General
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Completely fill in all the spaces on the Abstract Template and send to abstract@aztracc.org by August 15th, 2014.
All abstract and presentation materials must be in compliance with copyright laws.

 Abstract content, posters and presentations should be your original work. It is ok to have presented your work at other meetings but work that has been published in Journals may not be submitted.
Hard Copy of Poster
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Those Abstracts accepted for poster display: o Presenters are responsible for putting up their own poster on the boards at the
Symposium, posters must be hung by noon on the first day of the conference.
Poster size must be no larger than 4' x 4'.
One guideline to creating posters can be found here: http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm
Presentations in Front of the Symposium Audience
Those abstracts accepted for presentations in front of the Symposium audience must follow these guidelines:
 You must register and attend the Symposium because formal presentations will take place
 on both days and the awards at the end of Friday.
Total time for your presentation will be 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions
 and answers.
The time and date of your presentation will be decided most likely at the Symposium; so again, be prepared to present on both days as well as the end of the symposium when the prizes will be awarded.
Prizes
The following prizes will be awarded to each of the nurse and resident winners as follows:
Posters
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$250 – First Place
$125 – Second Place
$75 – Third Place
Presentations
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$250 – First Place
$125 – Second Place
$75 – Third Place
For more details click on the below documents:
 Abstract Template