College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists

You can submit abstracts online for the 2012 CPNP Annual Meeting through January 11, 2012. Accepted abstracts will be displayed at the poster session Sunday, April 29 or Monday, April 30 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel in Tampa, Florida. Presenting authors of accepted posters must be paid registrants for a minimum of the day of the poster session. The registration must be received by February 14, 2012, or the abstract will be administratively removed. The registration for the presenting author cannot be cancelled.

Abstracts may be submitted in one of five different categories:

• Original Research
  Abstracts should describe original research in therapeutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacoeconomics, outcomes, drug utilization, kinetics and genetics. Abstracts must not have been published in abstract form nor presented elsewhere before the CPNP 2012 Meeting.

• Encore Presentation
  Abstracts that have been previously presented and peer reviewed. Submission must include where it was previously presented or the abstract will be disqualified. Encore submissions are not eligible for any of the award categories and should not be submitted for award consideration.

• Work in Progress (WIP)
  Abstracts describing preliminary results or status of ongoing work may be submitted by principal investigators at any stage of their career. Abstracts submitted without results at the time of submission will be considered for this category only.

• Innovative Practices
  Abstracts describing the development, justification, documentation, and/or delivery of innovative services or activities applicable to psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy. The descriptive abstract should not duplicate any other poster category and should describe the development of innovative services/activities and should provide background/rationale, a description of the innovative service, the impact on patient care/institution and a conclusion.

• Therapeutic Case Report
  Abstracts describing the various aspects of pharmaceutical care relating to individual psychiatric and/or neurological pharmacy cases. Abstracts should provide a complete patient history including age, gender, time from first diagnosis, social background, and details of, and response to, previous and current treatment(s). Cases should include background, complete patient history, review of literature, and conclusion.

Abstracts may also be considered in one of five different award categories:

• Research Trainee Award
• New Investigator Award
• Original Research
• Innovative Practices Award
• Therapeutic Case Report Award

Please note that for the Research Trainee category, Works in Progress are allowed, provided there is an interim data analysis and timetable for completion included in the abstract. Individuals who have completed a residency within the last 12 months are eligible for this award.

For more information, visit the abstract center online. It provides abstract examples, a database of prior years’ abstracts, judging criteria, and other valuable resources as you prepare your abstract for submission. If you have any questions, please contact the CPNP office at info@cpnp.org.