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July 2000
Volume 64 |
Number 7
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| Scientific Paper
Process Moves Online |
Charles W. Otto,
M.D., Chair
Committee on Scientific Papers
At the 2000 ASA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California,
1,374 scientific papers will be presented in poster and poster-discussion
formats. The accompanying box describes these presentation formats
[Table 1]. To facilitate scientific exchange,
knowledgeable reviewers will be available to comment on all abstract
presentations. Two moderators will lead each poster-discussion
session, and two or more facilitators will be available at each
poster session.
Each poster or poster-discussion session will have a theme (indicated
in the Annual Meeting Program) and include papers on similar topics.
The moderators and facilitators assigned to the session will be
experts in the general topic and familiar with the specific studies
being presented. They will serve as resource persons for the session,
coordinating the discussion in poster-discussion sessions and
stimulating questions and interchange in the poster sessions.
Participation by attendees is encouraged at all sessions. Moderators
and facilitators will keep discussion focused and moving, but
all attendees should feel free to contribute their own questions
or comments. During the poster sessions, attendees may browse
through the posters on their own or may follow the facilitators
as they visit the posters and authors.
Electronic Online Processing Electronic submission and
grading (begun last year) moved to an entirely online process
this year. This process was successfully managed for ASA by Marathon
Multimedia, Inc., of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Electronic processing
online provided a number of benefits. Abstract size was expanded
to the format used before 1999, allowing more information to be
communicated. Imbedding tables and revising manuscripts were easier
than with the previous electronic format. Errors in submission
of critical identifying information were minimized. The online
grading of abstracts streamlined the selection process, giving
reviewers more time to consider the abstracts. Again this year,
the electronic processing will allow publication of the abstracts
earlier than in the past. Also new to the abstract submission
process this year is a one- or two-sentence summary of the paper.
Similar to the brief description used in the table of contents
of Anesthesiology, these summaries along with the titles
and authors will be published in the September abstract supplement
of Anesthesiology as well as in the Annual Meeting program.
The full abstracts will be available in three forms:
1) a supplemental CD-ROM in the September Anesthesiology
containing all the abstracts for the past three years,
2) online via the ASA Web site beginning August 1, and
3) in computer kiosks at the Moscone Center during the ASA Annual
Meeting in San Francisco, allowing access to the complete abstracts
on site.
2000 Scientific Paper Selections This year, 2,115 scientific
papers were submitted for consideration. Of these, 1,374 (65 percent)
were selected for presentation. The selections were made by each
of the 15 subcommittees of the Committee on Scientific Papers
[Table 2]. Processing of papers by the subcommittees
guarantees that selections are made by people who are knowledgeable
in each of the major areas of anesthesia science. Additionally
for the first time this year, investigators were allowed to designate
subcategories within the major areas for their submissions. These
self-designated subcategories were matched with the expertise
of subcommittee members for review purposes. A great deal of thanks
must go to the 15 subcommittee chairs and the 181 ASA members
who graciously volunteered their considerable expertise and time
to this process. Although we cannot list all of these individuals
in this article, they are listed in the front of the 2000 ASA
Directory of Members and in the 2000 Annual Meeting program.
Journal Symposium The 2000 Journal Symposium, sponsored
by Anesthesiology, will be held on Tuesday, October 17,
2000, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Alex S. Evers, M.D., and Richard
B. Weiskopf, M.D., have organized this year's session, "Awareness
During Anesthesia." Six scientific papers have been chosen for
presentation during the Journal Symposium.
Summary We hope you will find this year's scientific paper
presentations to be valuable and easily accessible. The quality
of abstracts appears to be excellent. Please visit the sessions,
talk with the authors and participate with the moderators and
facilitators as they review the posters. We are sure you will
find it interesting and educational.
Table 1
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Poster and Poster-Discussion
Sessions
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| Poster Sessions |
| 2- or 3-hour sessions |
| Monday and Tuesday, mornings and afternoons |
| 30 posters per session |
| 2 or more facilitators to round, visit and discuss posters |
| Poster-Discussion Sessions |
| 90-minute sessions, 12 daily |
| Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, mornings and |
| afternoons |
| 8 posters per session |
| Posters open for general review in first 30 minutes |
| Authors present key finding and answer questions led by
two moderators during the final 60 minutes |
Table 2
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15 Subcommittees
of the Committee on Scientific Papers
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| Ambulatory and Geriatric Anesthesia
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Experimental Neuro- sciences
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| Anesthetic Action and Biochemistry |
Local Anesthesia and Pain |
| Clinical Circulation |
Neuromuscular Transmission |
| Clinical Neurosciences |
Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology |
| Critical Care and Trauma |
Patient Safety/Practice Management/History/Education |
| Drug Disposition/ Anesthetic Action |
Pediatric Anesthesia |
| Equipment/Monitoring/ Engineering Technology
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Respiration |
| Experimental Circulation |
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Charles W. Otto, M.D., is Professor of Anesthesiology
and Medicine and Director of Critical Care Medicine, Department
of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine,
Tucson, Arizona.
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