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What We Are Marking, and How to Give Us Something to Mark
Every abstract is scored against a published rubric and reviewed before a decision is issued. This page is that rubric, in full.
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The Rubric, Axis by Axis
Four axes. Each is scored independently, and the total decides both whether your abstract is accepted and which room it is accepted into.
Originality
Does the work add something that was not already known?
Scores well when
The question had not been answered in this setting, or an existing answer is tested somewhere it had not been tested before.
Scores badly when
The finding is already established and the abstract does not say what this adds to it.
Method
Can the design support the conclusion drawn from it?
Scores well when
The design fits the question, the sample and setting are stated, and the limits are acknowledged rather than hidden.
Scores badly when
A strong claim rests on a design that cannot carry it, or the method is described too vaguely to judge.
Clarity of results
Can a reader tell what you found, and how confidently?
Scores well when
The finding is stated in numbers or plain terms, with enough context to know whether it is large or small.
Scores badly when
Results are promised but not given, or the reader reaches the end still unsure what happened.
Relevance
Does it matter to medical education or to clinical practice?
Scores well when
Someone reading it could change what they teach or what they do, and the abstract says who.
Scores badly when
The work is sound but nothing follows from it, and the abstract does not attempt to say why it matters.
This rubric also has its own page, for supervisors and educators who want to link to it: the NMERC 2026 abstract rubric.
Oral or Poster
You state a preference on the form. Two rooms, two different bars, and we would rather be clear about the difference than let you assume they are the same.
The lecture hall
Competitive, selected on score
A limited number of oral slots. The highest-scoring abstracts take them, so a good abstract can still miss out on volume alone.
Format
Timed talk, questions after
On the day
Your session, at the time you are given
The poster hall
Accepted if it meets the standard
Not a competition against other submissions. Meet the rubric standard and you present, which is why the poster hall is deliberately the larger track.
Format
Walk-up discussion at your board
On the day
At your board, on camera, 11:00–12:00 and 14:30–15:30
Condition
Presence in both windows is what the certificate rests on
What to Send
One form, one abstract, about ten minutes. Nothing needs to be finished to a journal standard — it needs to be legible and honest about what you did.
A title
What the work is, not a joke or a question.
The abstract
Background, method, results, conclusion. The word limit is stated on the form.
Your authors
Everyone who should be credited, with the presenting author named.
A track preference
Lecture hall, poster hall, or either.
Structured abstracts are not compulsory, but a clear background, method, results and conclusion is the easiest way to score well on clarity of results.
Who Can Submit
Doctors in training
Foundation doctors and core or specialty trainees. There is no membership requirement and no fee.
Work presented elsewhere
Allowed. You are marked on the work, not on its novelty to the conference circuit.
Co-authors
List them all. The certificate names the presenting author, so nominate who will be in the room when you submit.
What Happens Next
STEP ONE
You submit
The form closes on 31 October 2026. There is no fee and no account to create.
STEP TWO
It is scored and reviewed
Against the four published axes, and reviewed before a decision is issued.
STEP THREE
You hear within five days
Accepted to a room, or turned down with feedback on where it fell short.
STEP FOUR
You present on 14 November
The confirmatory letter and certificate follow by 16 November at 16:00. See both →
Submit early
Decisions are rolling rather than issued in one batch at the end of October. An abstract sent in September is answered in September, which leaves you time to rework and resubmit if it comes back short.
Send Us an Abstract
Free, to either room, whether or not you attend. Submissions close on 31 October 2026.
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