Call for Posters: 14th MS Nurse Workshop
October 9, 2012 Lyon, France
Aim of the course
This is an educational program created to encourage the dissemination of scientific knowledge among nurses working in the field of multiple sclerosis (MS). Disease management in research and clinical practice, with a special emphasis on the nurses’ crucial role, will be reviewed. Management of main signs and symptoms of the disease, such as spasticity, pain, psychosocial distress, cognitive impairment and genitourinary problems will be addressed both from the physician and nurse perspective.
Learning objectives
This course will offer to participants:
Updates on etiologic factors and pathogenetic mechanisms
An overview of diagnostic tools used in patient screening and follow-up
A review of research methodology in MS
Criteria to optimize treatment administration
Target audience
Nurses involved in the treatment of persons with multiple sclerosis.
Poster submissions
Serono Symposia International Foundation together with the MS Nurse Steering Committee invites the submission of posters.
Authors are requested to send an abstract of their proposed poster in Word format by e-mail to the following address: serena.dellariccia@seronosymposia.org
Abstracts should be no more than 300 words.
Poster abstract submission deadline: June 15, 2012
Serono Symposia International Foundation and the Workshop moderators - Mrs Eija Luoto and Mrs Amy Perrin Ross - will review the submitted abstracts and select the best posters to be presented during the 14th MS Nurse Workshop Poster Session and for publication on the abstract book to be distributed on-site to all participants.
Accepted poster presentations will be made available on the www.seronosymposia.org website after the workshop.
Poster format guidelines
Posters must be written in English and must include the title of the work, the author’s names, the name of the institution, the city and country.
Posters should be structured with an informative and short “Introduction”, “Material and Methods”, “Results” and “Conclusions”.
Use font size 14, Arial font type and line spacing 1.5.
Accepted posters should be printed in A1 (height: 84 cm, width: 59,4 cm).
Scientific Secretariat
Serono Symposia International Foundation
Salita di San Nicola da Tolentino, 1/b
00187 Rome, Italy
Project manager: Serena Dell’Ariccia
T +39-06-420 413 251 | F +39-06-420 413 677
E-mail: info@seronosymposia.org
Serono Symposia International Foundation is a Swiss Foundation with headquarters in 14, rue du Rhône, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland
