Trainee Conference 2024 abstracts

Trainee Conference 2024 abstracts

Medical students and trainee anaesthetists were invited to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation at the Trainee Conference 2024.

Submission for abstracts has now closed. 

View the list of abstracts accepted to the conference.

This is a great opportunity to share your work with your peers, get your work published, develop your portfolio and be eligible to win cash prizes. If accepted to the conference, your abstract will be selected for oral presentation, poster presentation or poster display. All abstracts accepted to the conference will be published in a special online supplement of Anaesthesia.

Why submit?

Presenting at conferences can enhance your portfolio and positively impact your scientific career. 

• Present your work to your peers at an international meeting 
• Have your abstract published in an online supplement of the world's #1 anaesthetic journal Anaesthesia 
• Have opportunities to display and present your work by poster display and possible poster presentation in front of the conference delegates 
• Join poster discussion session and meet and discuss your work with the Anaesthesia Editors and members of the Association Board during the conference 
• Receive cash prizes for winning presentations 
• Receive evidence letter of publication and presentation to enhance your portfolio

Oral presentation prizes sponsored by the MDU

Free papers: Oral presentation prize - sponsored by the MDU

The authors of the highest-scoring abstracts in the preliminary review will be invited to present their work in the oral presentation session and will be eligible for the Oral Presentation Prize. A cash prize will be awarded to the winners.

Free papers: Oral case presentation prize - sponsored by the MDU
Trainees are asked to submit an abstract of an interesting case that they have been involved in, and which has learning points that may aid other anaesthetists in their management of similar cases. The three best submissions as judged in the preliminary review will be invited to present their work as an oral presentation at the conference and the audience asked to vote for their favourite. A cash prize will be awarded to the winners.

Poster competition
The remaining successful authors will be invited to display a poster. Entries will be allocated into one of the following categories depending on the grade of the presenting author: 

• Medical students 
• Foundation Year Trainees 
• Stage 1
• Stage 2 
• Stage 3

Those accepted to the poster competition will have the opportunity to display their poster during the conference. Abstract submitters will receive a letter after the conference confirming the acceptance and publication of their abstract to help develop their portfolio. Top scoring abstracts in each category will invited to present their poster during the conference, and will be eligible to win cash prizes. The judges also reserve the right to award discretionary certificates.

For more information, please view the detailed information and guidance on the abstract submission process and requirements. 

If your abstract is accepted to the conference, it is a condition of acceptance that a trainee or medical student author or co-author registers and attends the conference. 

Submission for abstracts has now closed.