BSLM2025 FAQ
Abstract Submission
All submissions are made through the Oxford Abstract Submission portal. To start click on the link on the BSLM website and follow the instructions to set up an Oxford Abstracts account, and then complete the BSLM Abstract submission form
All abstracts’ sections; background, methods, results, and conclusions sections should be completed within a combined word count of 300-word limit, if over this they will be rejected
Yes, you can include tables and graphs
Please see those accepted and published from last year’s conference via this link – https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/26883740/2024/5/S1
All abstracts should be original work and not submitted elsewhere or in previous BSLM conferences
No, they all should have unique data sets and not shared data sets
No, however must cover one and have LM element to it
All submissions should be in by 9pm on Friday 13th June
You’ll receive an email from Oxford Abstracts system, with information on what to do next – so do check spam around the time you are due to hear
Include Undergrad and full-time students in the following fields, who must check the tick box on submission and be student member of the BSLM and who will be informed by the Abstract Review Committee if they have been successful, and what that means.
Medical students
Students of nursing and allied health disciplines
GP/hospital registrars
Science and research students
Public health students
Masters students
PhD students
Yes, please select these options on the submission form – only those named will be included on the published abstract if successful.
This means the review committee saw the value of your work, and would have accepted it if a few of the necessary conditions had been fully completed or clarified – such as staying within word count, being laid out in an abstract format, committee requiring clarification on PROSPERO status, validated data tools, denominator and PRISMA flowchart inclusion, etc. With some minor changes made, on further review by Abstract Review Committee, likely to be accepted to present at conference
Changes can be done by logging back in to Oxford Abstract using the same email address you registered with, opening your submission and making the changes.
The absence of any results at all (or any meaningful results relating to key outcomes) and discrepancies between the stated methods and presented results. There were abstracts where the work was not yet completed, the results were presented only in loose qualitative terms, no information was provided on group sizes, and/or no appropriate statistical analysis was provided. While protocol publication is now an accepted approach, this is not suitable for presentation at scientific meetings, where results are needed. The abstract was over the determined word count or resubmission from a previous year.
Poster Submission
Poster dimensions, 118.9 cm x 84.1 cm or 46.8 x 33.1 inches
All physical posters should be A0 in size (as above), in landscape format, in colour – in any material you prefer – paper, canvas, laminated
All physical posters should be printed and brought to conference by submitters
Yes, as part of the terms and conditions of submission you agree to attend in person should your poster be accepted for all three days – this is in case you are selected to present, be part of the poster tour or offered an Oral Presentation, which maybe not be finalised in the programme till just before the conference
Yes, that is your choice. However, if you are chosen for the poster tour, you and your poster would still need to be present at the conference
Yes, if they are listed as co-author/co-presenters on your submission – and can attend the conference in person.
All three days of the conference.
Yes, we do
All submissions should be in by 9pm on Friday 13th June
All poster presenter submitters must submit their poster in a PDF format
That will be at the discretion of BSLM Tech Team.
Only if the amended data changes are small, aesthetic and no changes to data, processes, methods, results, or conclusions.
No all posters must either be collected and taken home at the end of the conference or collected by courier by 7pm on the last day of the conference. Any left will be destroyed.
The Abstract Review Committee will select, once all PDF posters are received by BSLM Office, those who they wish to attend the poster tour, and those selected will be notified within a few weeks of the conference.
The Abstract Review Committee will select those abstracts they feel should be part of the Oral Presentation and they will be notified to create a presentation