ABSTRACTS

INTRODUCTION

The Scientific Committee invites you to submit abstracts for poster presentations at the 6th IPHCC - Doha 2025.

The conference serves as a platform for exchanging knowledge and experiences in various domains including research, healthcare ethics and law, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, clinical practice updates, interprofessional integration and collaboration, complementary and alternative medicine in primary health care, care for priority populations, and preventive health.

Submissions from all health care disciplines are welcome and students are particularly encouraged to share their work with the wider healthcare community. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed based on published criteria.

The scientific committee may at their discretion, select a number of abstracts for oral presentation.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE​

Submissions will close on Thursday, August 21, 2025 11:59 PM. For queries, please contact sciphcc@phcc.gov.qa

BEFORE YOU SUBMIT

GENERAL RULE FOR ABSTRACTS

  • Abstracts must be uploaded onto the 6th IPHCC 2025 website
  • Abstracts must adhere to the stipulated word count.
  • All abstracts will be acknowledged once submitted. Confirmation of acceptance and reviewer feedback will be sent to the corresponding author.
  • The abstract should be structured to include:
    • TITLE
    • A NUMBERED LIST OF AUTHORS (Please reference all contributing authors, their designations and the organization/ institution they are affiliated with). Please note, all listed authors must have contributed to the work submitted.
    • BRIEF BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE(S) of the study.
    • METHODOLOGY EMPLOYED (study design and settings).
    • RESULTS (major findings of the study).
    • IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY FINDINGS on health outcomes, policy or practice.
    • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS based on the findings.
    • KEY WORDS (not more than six).
    • CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: All authors should declare their competing interests in the abstract submission platform, mentioning whether there was support from any organization for the submitted abstract. Financial relationships with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted abstract in the previous three years and/or relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work should be declared.
    • REFERENCES where cited in the text should follow the Vancouver style (numbering) and be listed at the end (preferably no more than 3 references should be cited).

IMPORTANT NOTES

  • Accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference Program Booklet following editorial review and necessary revisions. Authors who do not wish to have their abstracts published must notify the Scientific Committee in writing at sciphcc@phcc.gov.qa.
  • Abstracts are often rejected for the following reasons:
    • Lack of data/statistics/results where the study is drawing conclusions based on data collected
    • No mention of objectives/methodology/conclusion
    • Unoriginal work (previously presented/published)
    • Not sufficiently supported by references
    • Results not clearly presented
    • Contents unclear and/or confusing
    • Failure to follow the above instructions to authors
    • Dispute in authorship