Call for Abstracts

Case Report Session for medical students and young doctors

The lead author of the abstract should be a medical student (limited to those who have passed CBT and Pre-CC OSCE, excluding medical statistics, etc.) or a first-year trainee as of the date of submitting the abstract.

If you are a medical student, master’s student or junior resident, JCS membership is not an eligibility requirement. Instead, you are required to submit a certificate that verifies your identity. The certificate form can be downloaded from the “online abstract registration”.

If you wish to enroll in the JCS, please complete the enrollment procedures on the following website. You will be given JCS membership upon payment of the membership fee (2,000 yen) and the annual fee for 2024 (15,000 yen for a regular member, 8,000 yen for an associate member).

1. Accessing the Online Registration Form

Please access the online registration form from this page. The registration form will be available from Monday, July 8, 2024, 10:00 AM (JST).

2. Format / Body of the Abstract

The abstract should be written in English. The body of the abstract, excluding the title, name(s) of author(s), and organizational affiliation, should be 250 words or less, and the title should be 20 words or less. Diagrams cannot be included in the abstract. The abstract should specify the patient’s age, gender, chief complaint, past medical history and current medical history, and include discussion and conclusions sections. The title of the accepted abstract, organizational affiliation and name(s) of author(s), and body of the abstract will appear in the abstract book in the exact format in which the abstract is submitted.

3. Registration Number and Password

Before you submit an abstract, you need to set your Log-in ID and Password through the button “New Abstract Submission”. Once you set your Log-in ID and Password, you can submit multiple abstracts. For security reasons, we cannot assist you if you forget your Log-in ID and Password under any circumstances, so you are responsible for keeping them safe. When you submit an abstract, the registration number is to be assigned to each abstract. You need the registration number(s) upon inquiring about your abstract(s). You are also responsible for keeping it safe.

4. Conflict of Interest

When submitting an abstract, it is necessary for the Presenting Author and all the co-presenters to check whether there are conflicts of interest with a company or for-profit group related to the subject of the presentation. If there is a COI, you should disclose the status of COI within the past three years on the COI Self-Disclosure Form.

For more details, please access the abstract registration website and check whether there is a COI related to your presentation. Please also disclose your status of COI during your presentation at the annual meeting (either slide or poster presentation).

Please refer to the following Detailed Regulations for more information:
Detailed Regulations of COI