Student Poster Contest: Health Informatics: International Perspectives
February 24 – 27, 2011 Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC, Canada
An international conference addressing Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH)
Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH) conferences have made it a tradition to provide students with the opportunity to present their work, to exchange ideas and research results with each other and with health care, informatics and computer professionals. Poster content can be based on course work, co-op experience, literature reviews or research.
Students registered full-time in related undergraduate or graduate programs are invited to take part in a student poster contest. An independent panel will judge the posters. First, second and third place winners will receive cash prizes ($500, $300 and $200) and a complimentary FULL registration to the conference. Only the lead author on a team poster will receive the cash prize and complimentary registration.
Deadline for the Student Poster Contest: November 1, 2010.
Student submissions should address the role of information technology and communications in one of the following areas:
Health Informatics in Developing Countries
Initiatives in International Health Informatics
National & International Strategies and Policies
Health Records
Nursing Informatics
Technologies as Agents of Change
Informatics in Primary Care
Public Health Informatics
Ethics and Privacy
Safety and Quality Management
Mobile Technologies and Telehealth
Clinical Informatics
Human-Computer Interaction
Standardization and Interoperability
E-Learning and Education
Consumer Informatics
Healthcare Modeling and Simulation
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS and DEADLINES
An abstract, no longer than 500 words, that describes each poster presentation must be submitted for review by November 1, 2010.
ITCH 2011, c/o School of Health Information Science
University of Victoria
PO Box 3050, STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 3P5 Canada
Email: itch@uvic.ca
Phone: (250) 721-8581
Fax: (250) 472-4751
