Abstract format

Short biography: All submissions must be accompanied by biographical information about the presenting author (maximum of 80 words). Biographical details will be used by the session chair for introduction purposes and will also be published on the website and conference app.

Abstract: A maximum of 250 words (excluding title, headings, references and biography) will be accepted. Your abstract should be structured to include:

• Please indicate whether the submission is for oral or poster presentation, or if either format is acceptable.
  
• You are required to share information about your ethics approval obtained for this project. If you have a reference number, please supply. If you have not obtained ethics approval, please explain the reason. If this is a case report, please indicate that you have the patient’s consent.
• All abstracts must be written in NZ English and thoroughly checked for spelling and grammar before submission. We welcome te reo Māori terms.
  
• Each abstract must be prepared in Microsoft Word. No other formats will be accepted.
  
• Use single spacing to separate the title, authors' names and affiliations, followed by the text.
  
• The title of the abstract should be written in sentence case i.e. initial capital letter, followed by lower case.
  
• List author/s and affiliations/s, including professional affiliations separated by commas. We also invite you to list your iwi affiliations.
  
• Author/s and affiliation/s to be linked by a superscript number.
  
• Please refrain from using printed enhancements such as underlining and bold text. Italics may be used for non-English words or scientific names where appropriate.
  
• Please note abstracts may be re-formatted and/or edited for publication in programme and on website and app.
  

Criteria

• Your paper must not have been presented to any other scientific body before this ASM.
  
• You are the first author of the submitted paper.
  
• You are able to present the work in person (either oral or poster) if selected.
  
• RANZCOG are committed to meeting our obligations as partners in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. As part of our ASM programme, Day 1 will be fully focused on health equity for Māori through the lens of cultural competence, cultural safety and Hauora Māori. Throughout the whole conference we encourage a continued focus on this and a wider focus on addressing health inequities for all of our communities in Aotearoa. Can we please invite you, as part of your presentation planning, to include any relevant equity considerations. 
• Consider aligning your presentation with our theme for this Aotearoa ASM ‘Te Tahatū | The Leading Edge’ which offers opportunity to consider the ‘leading edge’ of clinical practice, latest research, technology development and practice to support health equity, within obstetrics and gynaecology in Aotearoa New Zealand.
• Abstracts should be submitted by the presenting author with a plan that the author will attend the conference to present the abstract. Where unplanned emergency circumstances prevent this, please notify Laura Collins (Events Lead, Aotearoa - see details below).
  
• Only one author per abstract may be nominated as the presenter.
  
• Submission of abstracts implies the authors' agreement to publish the abstract in the ASM programme / conference app.
  
• Accepted presenters must register for the ASM and pay the appropriate registration fee by the below deadlines. Abstracts will be withdrawn if registration is not paid by this date.