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The NPIAP invites you to submit an abstract for a poster presentation at the 2021 Annual Conference:

We welcome abstracts that support the NPIAP mission to improve patient outcomes in pressure injury prevention and management through education, public policy and/or research.

We invite high quality posters that will be considered for the following 5 categories:

1. Pressure Injury Clinical Research - Research on pressure injuries involving patients or data from patients with the intent to better understand the condition of pressure injuries. Types of pressure injury clinical research can include experimental, quasi-experimental, observational, or qualitative designs.
2. Bench/Laboratory Research – Other laboratory-based, experiments without human subjects that help us to better understand pressure injury development or prevention.
3. Case Study/Case Series - Descriptive study based on singular or grouped uncontrolled observations of patients (case series-minimum of 3) or singular report of one unusual case on an individual patient (case reports).
4. Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation via Quality Improvement (QI) - Evidence of Clinical Practice Guideline implementation through a conducted QI project (typically doesn't involve extensive literature reviews and are usually specific to one facility).
5. Evidence Based Practice (EBP) – Evidence of Clinical Practice Guideline implementation through a conducted EBP project (integrates the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to improve outcomes).
6. Educational Strategies - Projects conducted to improve stakeholder pressure injury knowledge, ideally employing pre-post testing – education methods.

Poster abstracts will be evaluated through a blind review process using a point system on the following criterion. Note: Points are lost for lack of clarity, misspellings and poor grammar:

1. Abstract is in its entirety and well organized
2. Background/Significance provides a presentation of the issue
3. Purpose is clearly stated
4. Methodology is appropriate for the type of work presented
5. Data are analyzed using proper analysis including statistical as appropriate
6. Data or preliminary data must be presented clearly, concisely and support work
7. Conclusions are clearly written and the data support the conclusions
8. The poster contains new knowledge or corroborates previous findings
9. The poster acknowledges un-answered or un-addressed questions resulting from the study
10. The poster follows a logically coherent presentation path
11. Overall impact value of the work to the field of pressure injuries
12. Author's declaration of a financial obligation to a named product (including in-kind services) and/or to industry sponsorship

Poster Awards

Your poster may be considered for an award based on the final score it has been given by the evaluators. Awards will be presented in the following categories:

1. Student - Still classified as a student on the abstract submission deadline. You will need to provide your student advisor's name and phone number.
2. Young investigator - Within 5 years of degree. You need to provide your graduation date, program, and degree received.
3. Best overall contribution to the field of pressure injury prevention and treatment.
4. The Charlie Lachenbruch Award - This is a non-monetary award for industry members whose poster demonstrates contribution to the science of pressure injury prevention and treatment.

Please note: Product brand names should not be used in abstracts. Please only use generic names in abstracts, posters and in oral presentations (e.g., silicone five-layer foam dressing). We are also strongly emphasizing that individuals fully declare their financial obligation including in-kind services (e.g., products received, data analysis services, etc.) within their abstract application. If your poster is accepted, rules will be provided for how to handle financial disclosures and product names that may be more unique and specific.

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