NATA Research & Education
Foundation
FREE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM
for the
National Athletic Trainers'
Association Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposia
Philadelphia, PA; June 22 to June 25,
2010
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROCESS - PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY
Thank you for your interest in the NATA Research and Education Foundation Free Communications Program. Our goal is to provide a forum where researchers and clinicians can disseminate research and clinical case studies. However, NATA Research and Education Foundation expects abstracts to meet a minimum level of scholarly and academic rigor and only accepts high quality submissions for oral or poster presentation.
Please read all instructions carefully as most rejections result from improperly structured abstracts or failure to include required elements such as measures of disperson for example. Abstracts are printed in the annual Supplement to the Journal of AthleticTraining and must therefore be submitted in publishable quality and in a specific format and free of copy editing mistakes. The Free Communications Committee has made an extensive effort to provide instructions and examples for investigators to follow. Because of the vast number of submissions, abstracts not submitted in the proper format or those with copy editing mistakes will be rejected. Because of limited time and resources, corrections cannot be sought for individual abstracts. The links below provide detailed instructions and examples.
The NATA Research and Education Foundation provides
two different submission options. The first is the traditional, or Peer
Reviewed Track which is available to anyone. The second option is only
available to undergraduate or masters level graduate students and is call
the Student Exchange Track. The Student Exchange Track offers an
opportunity for undergraduate and master students to present their research
results at the NATA Annual Meeting. The main distinction between the two tracks is
the level of review applied to each. The level of scientific review applied to submissions
for the Peer Reviewed Track is rigorous.
Abstracts rejected from the Peer Reviewed Track will not
be transferred to the Student Exchange Track. The Student Exchange Track will allow students
an option to share scholarly information without being subjected to a rigorous
scientific review of the content of the abstract. Submissions for the Student Exchange Track
must pass only a mechanical review, and all will be presented in Poster format
at the NATA Annual Meeting. The reasons for adding the Student Exchange Track are to encourage
more students to participate in the Free Communications Program, and to afford
more of our younger members the opportunity to participate in a forum for
information exchange at the national level.
The following chart provides details comparing the
features of each track. Be sure you
understand the features of each track before making your selection below. Please call the NATA Foundation office (800-879-6282
ext.150) with any questions.
|
2010 FREE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM |
Student Exchange Track |
Peer Reviewed Track |
|
Eligible Participants
> Undergraduate Students
> Master’s Students
> Doctoral Students
> Faculty / Staff / Others |
YES YES NO NO |
YES YES YES YES |
|
Type of Abstract Allowed
> Original Research
> Case Report |
YES NO |
YES YES |
|
Review Process Applied
> Mechanical / Format Review
> Blinded Content Review |
YES NO |
YES YES |
|
Presentation Format Allowed >
Poster Presentation >
Oral Presentation |
YES NO |
YES YES |
|
Eligible for Student Awards |
NO |
YES |
|
Abstract Published in JAT |
NO |
YES |
|
CEUs Awarded for Presentation |
YES |
YES |
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS
DECEMBER 1, 2009
Select the
link below for the instructions for the track you prefer.
PEER
REVIEWED TRACK INSTRUCTIONS