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updated: 26 August 2004


Mednet 2004 — call for papers

 

Dear Colleagues

On behalf of The Society for the Internet in Medicine and the Local Committee we are pleased to invite you to participate in MEDNET 2004 and present your review and /or scientific work related to the issues of the Congress.

MEDNET 2004 — 9th World Congress of Medicine in Internet (www.mednet2004.com.ar ) — will take place in the Argentine Medical Association (Asociación Médica Argentina), in Buenos Aires City 5–7 December, 2004

The particular issues that will have precedence at Mednet 2004 are:

  • access to health Information

  • impact of the Internet in patient care and follow-up

  • quality of Health Information on the Internet

  • bioethical issues of Internet and health

  • telemedicine

  • Internet in continuing medical education

  • use of Internet in health management and administration

  • use of Internet in multicentre medical research.

There will be two types of presentation:

  • oral

  • poster

All communications — submission and notification of acceptance — will be made through the Web. The url will be: http://www.medicalcongress.net/2004mednet_eng/index2.php

The abstract corresponding to each presentation must be sent, for its evaluation by the Scientific Committee following the " General rules for submission of abstracts". (Please see: www.mednet2004.com.ar/en/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=45 )

The Abstracts must be in English and optionally also in Spanish. Accepted abstracts will be published in a supplement to the Journal Technology & Healthcare (IOS Press). http://www.iospress.nl/html/09287329.html
 

Expertise or projects concerning the Internet in Medicine that would require multimedia projection facilities for adequate presentation will have priority for oral presentation.

The required forms are:

Author, Presenter and Co-author (if applicable) and contact information.
Title, Abstract text and Comments (objectives, study design, methods, results, and conclusions). Disclosure of any commercial interests (required even if no interests).

Full publication

All authors are encourage to submit a full paper for JMIR (please see the conditions and costs at http://conman.au.dk/~sim/index.php?menu=25  )

The Papers must present new information or viewpoints not previously published.

It is important to remember that the papers should be based on the use of the web environment as a tool for medical care

IMPORTANT NOTE

  • any material not complying with these rules will not be accepted.

  • DEADLINE, for sending the abstracts: 15 September 2004

  • approval is scheduled for 1 October 2004

Dr Ariel Melamud
Co-Chairman Mednet 2004