IOMC 2015
The First Global Medical Conference
A Uniquely Comprehensive Update On Contemporary Clinical Topics and Practice Management Issues
The 9th International Online Medical Conference (IOMC 2015) will take place online (via Google Hangouts) on September 10th-13th, 2015. IOMC is one of the most innovative conferences which has been increasingly welcomed by doctors, biomedical researchers and biomedical students from around the globe.
The conference’s official language is English
The conference’s official time is London (UK) local time: GMT+1
Participation
Medical doctors, medical students and biomedical researchers are invited to take part in the conference as attendees or as presenters.
Presentations will be delivered via YouTube and Twitter. Registration is free.
There are three types of presentations:
- ePosters will be uploaded to the IOMC website in advance. At least one of the authors of the poster will be requested to attend at a scheduled time via Google Hangouts to present the poster and answer the questions of attendees.
- Live oral communications of about 15 minutes long will be arranged via Google Hangouts followed by 5 minutes of discussion with the moderator and attendees.
Abstract Submission (Call for Abstracts)
Why Deliver Your Work?
- It’s quick, easy and free
- Widen your audience
- Provides a platform for negative results and case studies
- Receive ideas and feedback
- The most interesting posters and slides may be selected for special promotion by our expert Scientific Committee
- Get recognition and acknowledgment. All presenters will get a certification issued by International Medical Society.
- All accepted abstracts will have the option to be published in International Archives of Medicine (ranked Q1 in Medicine) and get indexed in renowned Scientific Databases.
Instructions
Abstract Submission Deadline: August 28, 2015
All participants must register before sending abstracts.
Presentations can be delivered in two different formats
- ePoster
- Live oral communication (live stream with presenters presenting from their desktops.)
In all cases, abstracts have to be submitted online.
Submissions should be original and unpublished papers and must have not been submitted or been under review elsewhere. Case reports are welcome.
All submitted manuscripts should also entail a Structured Abstract, comprising of the following sections:
- Background
- Aim & Objectives
- Methods/Study Design
- Results/Findings
- Study Limitations (optional)
- Conclusion
- Keywords
Tables and Figures should be included as supplemental files.
References should be according to American Medical Association (AMA) Referencing Style.
Prepare and upload your poster or oral communication
Prepare your poster
- First create your poster using a presentation software or an online presentation editor as Google Slides. Save your presentation both as pdf and ppt files.
- Then you can record a voice/video presentation of your poster of about 5 minutes using any presentation software or a screencast software (not compulsory). Save your presentation as .avi. You can edit your voice/video presentation using any film maker software or some editor online.
- You will receive a link where you can upload your poster.
Prepare your live oral communication
- Live stream with presenters presenting from their desktops.
- First you should edit your poster or presentation using a presentation software or an online presentation editor as 280 Slides or Google Slides. Delivering your presentation should take about 15 minutes long. Save your presentation both as pdf and ppt files.
- You will be given a link where you have to connect for uploading and delivering your presentation in Google Hangouts. The moderator will be online also.
Publication
Options
All abstracts will be published only as preprints in the journal PeerJ (free of charges). Additionally, authors can opt-in to have the full proceedings published in the journal International Archives of Medicine, a journal indexed in Scopus and ranked Q1 in Medicine.
Then, participants will find 2 options when submitting abstracts:
- Opt-out. The abstract will be published in PeerJ as a preprint only (not in an article as such). This option is free.
- Opt-in, full paper: the full proceedings of the work presented will be published in an independent article, with its own DOI, to be published in in International Archives of Medicine.
Publish ahead
IOMC Conference has a PUBLISH AHEAD system, which allows the publication of Accepted Full Paper in the indexed journals upon their acceptance and even before the conference dates. Therefore, early submissions are strongly encouraged.