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Doctoral Education Conference
Naples, FL | January 20 - January 22, 2022


Submission Due Date: September 27, 2021 12:00 p.m. EST

Thank you for considering submitting an abstract to Doctoral Education Conference!

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) invites abstracts describing programs, courses, initiatives, or evaluation strategies that characterize the conference theme “Nursing Science and Practice: Creating Equity through Doctoral Education”, addressing the many changes and challenges in academic nursing programs. Of particular interest are abstracts that reflect innovation and highlight these topics:
  • Academic Nursing: Excellence & Innovation
  • Leading & Advancing Improvements in Health, Health Care, & Higher Education
  • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

General Information:
  • Sub-committee members are not eligible to submit to this conference.
  • The primary author will be the point of contact for all communication with AACN.
  • Primary authors on all accepted abstracts must present in-person and register for in-person attendance for the conference.

Submission Guidelines:
Single author submission instructions:
  • List single author as primary author.
  • Primary authors are allowed a maximum of two (2) abstract submissions per conference. If more than two abstracts are submitted per author, only the first two submissions will be reviewed and eligible for acceptance.
  • The primary author must submit the abstract.
  • The primary author is the corresponding author and is the point of contact for all communication with AACN.
  • The primary author must indicate their preferred type of presentation format (Podium Presentation or Poster Presentation).
  • Abstract submissions that are incomplete after the submission deadline will not be eligible for presentation nor will they be considered for review.
  • Submissions shall not exceed 300 words overall and must include Background/Introduction, Purpose, Methods, Results, Limitations, Conclusions/Implications for Practice.
Team of authors submission instructions:
  • List the primary authors first.
  • Primary authors are allowed a maximum of two (2) abstract submissions per conference. If more than two abstracts are submitted per author, only the first two submissions will be reviewed and eligible for acceptance
  • The primary author must submit the abstract.
  • The primary author presenting should be first in the list of authors.
  • The primary author is the corresponding author and is the point of contact for all communication with AACN.
  • The primary author must indicate the teams preferred type of presentation format (Podium Presentation or Poster Presentation).
  • Abstract submissions that are incomplete after the submission deadline will not be eligible for presentation nor will they be considered for review.
  • Submissions shall not exceed 300 words overall and must include Background/Introduction, Purpose, Methods, Results, Limitations, Conclusions/Implications for Practice.

Podium and Poster Presentations will be in-person and at the conference venue- Naples Grand Beach Resort, FL
  • Podium Presentation
    Podium presentations will be in the form of 15-minute presentation with a scheduled time for live questions and answers. Presentations will be audio-recorded on-site and made available for on-demand after the event.
  • Poster Presentation
    Poster presentations are presented on double-sided poster boards holding one (1) poster per board. All posters should be oriented in landscape format and must not exceed 48" W x 36" H. In addition, posters will be featured in the Virtual Poster Showcase on the virtual conference platform with the option to provide a pre-recorded 2-minute video presentation.

Review Process:
All abstracts will be reviewed using this scoring rubric. To ensure that your abstract receives the highest score, please review the rubric before submitting your abstract.

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