American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Computers and Other Technologies (SCOT) CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The annual scientific meeting of the Section on Computers and Other Technologies will be held on Sunday, October 31, 1993 in Washington, D.C. at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The preliminary schedule for the day is as follows: __________________________________________________________________ | 9:30 am Scientific Session: | | COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AND | | PATIENT CARE | | | | Noon Luncheon and Section business meeting | | (reservation necessary through registration) | | | | 1:15 pm Presentation of the Byron B. Oberst Award | | Recipient: To be announced | | | | 1:20 pm Special Lecture: | | Topic and Speaker: To be announced | | | | 2:15 pm Scientific Session: | | COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION | | | | 5:00 pm Adjourn | |________________________________________________________________| The SCOT Executive Committee is pleased to invite you to submit a scientific abstract for presentation. An abstract form will follow below. The abstract should be typed, single-spaced, and conform to the margins on the form. Abstracts accepted for presentation will be printed in a pocket program distributed at the time of the meeting. Competitive presentations will be limited to 15 minutes plus a five minute question-and-answer period. Work in progress as well as completed projects are suitable for presentation. The abstract form can be reproduced for submission of multiple abstracts or for use by colleagues. Submissions by non-members of the section are welcome. The session is educational in nature; proprietary software may not be the primary focus of an abstract. Submission to this section should not preclude future submission for journal publication nor does prior publication disqualify submission to this section. Please send your abstract either by internet (strongly preferred), or by US mail by the deadline of MAY 1, 1993 to the program chair: Mitchell J. Feldman, M.D. internet: mfeldman@warren.med.harvard.edu Lab of Computer Science Massachusetts General Hospital 50 Staniford Street, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02114 Notification of acceptance will be sent to the first author on or about June 7, 1993. Travel and living expenses for presenters are the responsibility of the individual. However, the registration fee for the AAP Annual Meeting is waived for presenters. Note: Presentations can use 2" x 2" slides or IBM PC or compatible or Macintosh computers. Projection to a screen will utilize a RGB projector. Speakers must provide any necessary application software. ABSTRACT FORM --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS SECTION ON COMPUTERS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES (SCOT) ABSTRACT INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Capitalize the title. List authors (presentor's name first), degrees, institution, city, state, zip. Indicate FAAP where applicable. 2. Single space all typing. Stay within the border. 3. Is this abstract being submitted to another scientific society for consideration (no penalty)? __Yes __No 4. Deadline for submission is May 1, 1993. ________________________________________________________________________________ List name, address, | | phone number and | | internet address of | | presentor: | | | | | | ____________________| | ____________________| | ____________________| | ____________________| | ____________________| | ( ) - | | | | __Academy Fellow | | __Candidate Fellow | | __Resident Fellow | | __Res. Non-member | | __Non-member | | | | Presentation will | | require: | | | | | | __2"x2" slides | | __overhead proj. | | __IBM PC or compat. | | __DOS 5 __ Win 3.1 | | __Mac OS6 __ Mac OS7| | __Mac Hypercard | | __Mac Supercard | | __MB RAM | | __MB Hard drive | | | | Send BEFORE DEADLINE| | to: | | Mitchell Feldman, MD| | Lab of Comp. Science| | MGH | | 50 Staniford St | | 5th Floor | | Boston, MA 02114 | | | | | | internet: | | mfeldman@warren. | | med.harvard.edu | | | | | | | | |__________________________________________________________|