Musculo Skeletal Infection Society

INSTRUCTIONS for ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

and  Publication in CORR Symposium

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Rochester, MN

August 5-6, 2011

Selection of papers for presentation at the Annual Open Scientific Meeting of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society is a peer review process.

The papers are selected for presentation based on objective grading using the MSIS Paper Grading Guidelines.

The deadline for abstract submission is Tuesday May 10, 2011.

Authors will be notified of selection decisions by e-mail.

Disclosure is required by all Authors. Disclosure Form  is downloadable.

Fax completed form to Karen Syzdek (512) 301-4751

Guidelines for Abstract submission

Abstract Submission is by E-Mail

TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT

Please Follow the Instructions

 1- Save to your computer

                     i)  right click  the link " MSIS 2011 Abstract Form "    then  choose  'save target as'   

                     ii)  save to your computer and name it MSIS Abstract 2011 LastName abstract #

                     iii) then open from your computer in MS Word

2- Complete the abstract .....  Please use <Tab> to progress between data fields, not <Enter>

3- Attach the abstract form and ONE Graph OR Table OR jpg Image file to an e-mail;

     send it to  to ProgramChairman@msis-na.org

Save the completed form to your computer  

        Name  the Abstract Submission Form by adding the last name of the corresponding author

        to the end of the file name, so that the file name appears as-     MSIS Abstract 2011 LastName

         If the same corresponding author submits more than one abstract, then the file name should

        include a number after the author’s name, so that the file name appears as:

                           MSIS Abstract 2011 LastName abstract#

        For example if corresponding author “Smith” submits two abstracts the first file should be

        named MSIS Abstract 2011 Smith 1 and the second file should be named MSIS Abstract 2010 Smith 2

Submit the form                

       email to ProgramChairman@msis-na.org

Attachments

        for each submission you may attach to the same e-mail one additional file with a table, graph or jpg image

format tables in Microsoft Word

Figures should be between 4 to 6 inches in width

line-art drawings must be at least 600 dpi and grayscale pictures at least 300 dpi to ensure quality reproduction.

submit figures and table inserted into a  .doc  file for upload.

MAXIMUM FILE SIZE is 2M

 7- Immediately after online submission, for EACH abstract, please fax a completed Disclosure Form for EACH author

              to Karen Syzdek (512) 301-4751

Guidelines for Submission to Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR)

Papers presented at the annual meeting may be invited to be published in CORR's Proceedings of the Annual Meeting at the discretion of the Program Chair.

For consideration to be invited for publication in the CORR Proceedings, a full manuscript of the paper in CORR format must be submitted to the Program Chair before August 1, 2011. Please see   http://www.editorialmanager.com/corr/    for details regarding the specific  guidelines and format. Invitation to be published will be based on both the objective grading of the submitted manuscript and the material presented at the meeting.

Authors will be notified by e-mail on or before August 15, 2011 regarding invitation to publish status. Papers invited for publication in the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting must be submitted electronic to CORR by September 1, 2011.