2025 Celebrate Successful Perianesthesia Practices
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

ASPAN 44^th Annual National Conference
April 28 - May 1, 2025, Dallas, Texas

This year, ASPAN will be using an online submission process for abstracts. The online submission site will be available in September 2024. Please use the guidelines below to format your abstract so you will be ready to submit as soon as the submission site opens. To receive notification when the online submission site is open, please email Eileen Zeiger, ezeiger@aspan.org to be put on the notification list.

Submission Deadline for Abstract Submission for Consideration for Poster and/or Oral Presentation is October 15, 2024.

ASPAN’s 44^th Annual National Conference in Dallas, Texas, will feature abstracts/posters displayed in two categories: the Celebrate Successful Perianesthesia Practices (CSPP) category and the Clinical Inquiry (Research/EBP/QI) category. There are very specific guidelines and requirements for each category. To ensure you are submitting in the correct category, please read the requirements for a Clinical Inquiry (Research/EBP/QI) abstract submission prior to submitting your CSPP Abstract. It is the submitter’s responsibility to select the appropriate category and to meet the appropriate calendar deadline for submission. 

"Celebrate Successful Perianesthesia Practices" is your opportunity to present great ideas that you have found to be successful at the grass roots level and share them with ASPAN colleagues. Patient education, process improvements, improved patient care, leadership strategies, and staff education are just a few of the topics you may want to consider. Topics may be derived from any successful practice related to perianesthesia nursing. 

Abstracts will undergo an anonymous peer review process by a team of reviewers who will examine your abstract for specific criteria. If your abstract is accepted, you will be assigned to a poster presentation. Poster presenters are required to be in attendance to answer questions during grand rounds. 

Select abstracts will also be invited to participate in a Celebrate Successful Perianesthesia Practices PowerPoint Presentation/Discussion in addition to their poster presentation. If you are selected for an oral presentation, you will be asked to present a 10-minute PowerPoint Presentation of your successful practice followed by 5 minutes of questions and discussion with the audience.  

Accepted abstracts will be published in the August issue of the Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing (JoPAN). Past issues of JoPAN may be helpful for abstract development. In addition, your final abstract, a pdf of your final poster, and contact information will be posted on the ASPAN website after conference.

Important Dates

• Abstracts must be submitted by October 15, 2024.
• A pdf of your finished poster must be submitted by April 14, 2025.
• Your main contact will be notified of acceptance to either poster presentation or oral and poster presentation by February 2025.

Required Information

• Presenter(s) must be identified on the Required Information Form and at least one identified presenter must be a current ASPAN member.
• The Main Contact is the individual that ASPAN will contact with any questions, and also the individual who will be notified of acceptance.
• Be sure to check off either Poster or Oral and Poster preference.

Financial Relationship Disclosure

• Complete and upload a Financial Relationship Disclosure for the main contact. 
• Because ASPAN awards contact hours for viewing and evaluating the poster boards, a Financial Relationship Disclosure must be submitted for your Main Contact.

CSPP Abstract Submission Template

• Only abstracts that include the content outlined in the format requirements below will be reviewed. The body of the content must not exceed 350 words. The total word count does NOT include the information at the top of the abstract or the headings in the body. The abstract must include the following information:
  • Title
  • Team leader(s) and credentials
  • Affiliation, city and state
  • Team member(s) and credentials
  • Body of Abstract to include:
    • Background information related to problem identification
    • Objectives of project
    • Process of implementation
    • Statement of the successful practice
    • Implications for advancing the practice of perianesthesia nursing

Poster

If accepted...

• At conference, a freestanding poster board measuring eight feet wide by four feet high (8’x4’) of neutral color will be provided. You may cover any, or all, of the board surface.
• Submission of a pdf of your final poster is required by April 14, 2025.

This year, ASPAN will be using an online submission process for abstracts. The online submission site will be available in September 2024. Please use the guidelines below to format your abstract so you will be ready to submit as soon as the submission site opens. To receive notification when the online submission site is open, please email Eileen Zeiger, ezeiger@aspan.org to be put on the notification list.