Presenting your work at the CAR’s Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) Abstract Competition is often a career-defining experience, and the first step is to submit your abstract for CAR 2025.
The Abstract Competition is a feature event each year, drawing innovative oral presentations and educational exhibits on a range of topics from Canada and abroad. There are four categories open for submission:
Educational Exhibits
Submissions in this category are informative exhibits designed to review known topics. They are not new hypothesis-driven endeavors. The presentation is to provide a synthesis of facts, relate them in new ways, or extract common threads from diverse data.
Quality Improvement Project
Submissions in this category are to describe a quality improvement project that has taken place in an institution. The common aim is to ensure that best practice is being followed so that the highest quality of patient care is delivered.
Radiologist-in-Training Research Project
Submissions are to describe a hypothesis-driven research project with defined outcomes and a reasonable sample size. Case reports should not be submitted. Multiple research projects may be submitted; however, only one may be presented by a given trainee. Each project must be mentored by a staff radiologist.
Scientific Research Project
Submissions in this category will describe a hypothesis-driven research project with defined outcomes and a reasonable sample size. Case reports should not be submitted to this category.
Submissions in the Educational Exhibit category will also be eligible to be chosen for publication in the CAR Journal (CARJ) as its Invited Paper.
Dr. Shyr Chui led the first-place team in CAR 2024’s Quality Improvement (QI) Project category. Coincidentally, it was the first year of existence for the category and the first time Dr. Chui submitted an abstract to the ASM.
“I was pleased to see the Quality Improvement section promoted in the call for abstracts, so I just gave it a go,” he said. “The online submission process was very straightforward. I think I made a couple of errors with the first try but the CAR staff were quick to point this out and helped me fix the issues promptly.”
Dr. Amaris Hui led the team that placed third in the QI category in 2024, and says she is thankful for the opportunity to present.
“The support and feedback I received with the oral presentation was valuable and highly motivating as a radiologist-in-training. I would encourage anyone with any project, big or small, to submit their work. The diversity of projects and the excellent plenary sessions made the meeting worth attending.”
After submitting his group’s abstract, Dr. Chui says he had no idea what to expect and was pleased to learn the abstract was accepted.
“I didn't know if there was interest in my type of projects. I'm an advocate for Quality Improvement and it felt like an opportunity to showcase some of the great QI work going on in Northern BC.”
For those considering showcasing their own work, he says that you will learn a lot if you do.
“You never know what the field will be like for abstract selection and at the conference. It's always a good experience to present and others will be inspired by your work. As quality improvers, we have a duty to share and spread our good work in the hope it will benefit other communities and ultimately our patients.”
Submission Deadline: November 26, 2024, 11:59 pm EST