Abstracts
QPEC All-Island Pharmacy Conference is calling for abstracts on the theme:
Transforming Pharmacy Education through innovation
Pharmacy education has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. This conference aims to spotlight impactful ideas, future-focused developments, and contemporary research/scholarship in pharmacy education.
Please consider submitting an abstract of your own work using the guideline and templates.
Why Submit?
- Share your work with a vibrant, supportive pharmacy education community
- Gain feedback from peers and colleagues
- Build new collaborations across Ireland and beyond
- Contribute to shaping pharmacy education
All abstracts should be emailed as a Word attachment to qpec@qub.ac.uk by 23:59 on 16th March 2026.
Abstract Guidelines
We recognise that pharmacy education covers a breadth of activities including research, teaching evaluations, and innovation. To support this breadth of work at QPEC we have created three possible options for abstracts. Please see below for full details.
Completed work
- Completed pharmacy education research, the abstract must include the following sections:
- Background
- Aims
- Method
- Results
- Conclusion
- Completed evaluations of teaching/educational resources, the abstract must include the following sections:
- Background
- Description of work
- Evaluation
- Impact
Work in progress/innovations
- Work in progress, pharmacy education research/teaching innovation, the abstract must include:
- Background
- Description of work
- Proposed evaluation/preliminary results
Abstract submission
All abstracts should be emailed as a Word attachment to qpec@qub.ac.uk by 23:59 on 16th March 2026.
Abstracts are reviewed by the Conference Abstract Review Panel and a final decision on acceptance will be made by them. There is no appeals process.
Abstract Format
Abstracts that do not adhere to the guidelines and the template format will not be considered.
- All abstracts must be written in English.
- The word count is limited to 300 words. This does not include the title, authors’ details or references.
- Tables and figures are not permitted.
- Each abstract should have a maximum of four references.
- Where there is more than one author, the presenting author should be named as first author. The names of all authors will appear with the abstract.
- The name of the institution(s) should be present for all authors, and the email address should be added for the presenting author.
- Vancouver style of referencing should be used.
- Authors are not required to anonymise the abstract.
- Authors should indicate ethical approval for the work where appropriate as per the abstract template.
Abstracts may be accepted for:
- short oral presentation
- snapshot oral presentation
- poster (hard copy)
Authors should indicate their preference at the end of the abstract and may select more than one. However, final decisions will be made by the Conference Abstract Review Panel, based on the quality of the submission and programme requirements.
