Abstract Application Form

The 32^nd Annual Scientific Meeting on Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

HTNA 2025, TOWNSVILLE, QLD,
23^rd - 24^th Oct 2025

Proudly presented by

Townsville University Hospital Hyperbaric Medicine Unit.

Abstract Guidelines

A.   Abstract heading should contain:

1.   Title in BLOCK CAPITALS throughout.

2.    Next line - Author(s) name(s) [first name, initial, surname.]

3.    Next line - Institution(s), city, state and country of origin.

4.    One line space prior to text commencement.

B.   Text should be:

1.   Single-spaced throughout with dark, high-quality print.

2.  The first line of each paragraph should be indented by three (3) spaces.

3.  The text should not contain subheadings, underlines, or bold type.

Abstract Content Guidelines

A.    The text must have a maximum of 250 words.  Longer abstracts will not be accepted.

B.    Scientific abstracts should contain brief but complete statements of:  Introduction, Study Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusion(s).

C.    Non-scientific (Descriptive) abstracts should contain statements of:  Introduction, Objectives of Report, Description of Subject, Substantiation of Opinions or Statements and Conclusion(s).

D.    The abstract must contain sufficient information so that if it is published in the proceedings of the meeting or in a journal, it will be a complete scientific report independent of the presentation.

E.    The text should not contain statements alluding to results or conclusions not presented in the text, e.g., abstracts stating "will be discussed", "will be presented" will be rejected.

Principles of Abstract Selection

A.    For both the scientific standards and journal publication all scientific abstracts must provide sufficient detail of study objectives, methods, results, and conclusion(s).

B.    Abstracts cannot meet the scientific standards if they have:

• Absence of inadequate descriptions of the methods, results, or conclusions.
• An insufficiently quantitative description of the results.
• Allusions to any information (especially results or conclusions) that is not present in the abstract, but which will be presented at the meeting.
• Jargon, undefined non-standard terms, or abbreviations.

C.    Abstracts of a non-scientific nature (e.g. case reports, those expressing opinions on topics or describing situations or practices but without a scientific approach) may be accepted for presentation in limited numbers because of their potential interest to the meeting.  Such abstract must still contain sufficient description of objectives of the report, description of the subject, some information to substantiate opinions or statements and a conclusion.

D.    A reader of the abstract must obtain sufficient information to understand the methods by which the results were obtained and must see the pertinent results that justify the conclusion in the absence of attendance at the presentation.