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Papers
Three types of papers will be considered for oral presentation: scientific papers, future vision papers and review papers. Authors of accepted papers will have 15 minutes to present their work and 5 minutes for questions and discussion. An individual may be primary author for only one paper. All accepted papers will be printed in the Proceedings. Papers may not be previously published or under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Scientific papers
These papers report on research and development application of informatics in health care, addressing the theme of the Congress.
Future vision papers
These papers address the future role of information and communication technologies in supporting knowledge management and organizational learning in health care.
Review papers
These papers highlight the current state-of-the-art of some aspects dealing with the main theme of the Congress, and present a through synthesis of key research and application issues.
Scientific demonstrations
Demonstrations are presented during program sessions, and most often illustrate one or more aspects of a leading-edge system that is in use, under development, or in the testing or prototype stage. Each demonstration is 30 minutes long, with an additional 15 minutes for questions and comments from the audience.
Workshops
The scientific program committee invites proposals for workshops as a means of promoting informal discussion among constituents sharing common interest. Workshops often serve as forum for encouraging proposals that will bring together individuals with different roles in developing, implementing, or using information technology that changes how we pursue health science or deliver nursing informatics. Workshops may include brief presentations by organizers, but direct, informal discussion is strongly encouraged. Time allotted for workshops is two hours.
Panels
Panel proposals addressing a variety of areas of strategic interest are welcome. Topics may be on a specific aspect of health informatics theory, application, or experience, or may provide an interdisciplinary viewpoint that cut across traditional tracks or themes. The NI 2009 scientific program committee especially welcomes panel presenters who hold opposing views on controversial topics about important informatics subjects or who collectively represent perspectives from a variety of international viewpoints. Panels of collaborators on a single project will be of least interest and as such these proposals would be better presented through a regular paper submission. Two hours will be dedicated to each panel, with 90 minutes for presentation and 30 minutes for follow-up discussions and questions.
Panels will be limited to five participants. An individual may organize only one panel, and may not participate in more than two panels.
Tutorials
Half-day and full-day tutorials are dedicated to an in-depth treatment of special topics and interests in nursing informatics. Half-day tutorials include three hours of instruction; full-day tutorials include six hours instruction. The scientific program committee seeks a balance between tutorials that address core informatics theory and principles, with those that address practical applications, current issues and emerging trends and developments in informatics.
Tutorials range from the general introductory level through specialized advanced treatments. Tutorials will take place on June 26 and 27.
Posters
Posters describe existing computer applications, report on preliminary research, survey a subject area, or otherwise contribute to the knowledge of nursing informatics.
NI2009 Student awards
The Nursing Informatics Congresses have a long tradition to fostering the development of informatics students as scholars. NI2009 announces a call for papers and posters to be submitted by students currently enrolled at the masters and doctoral level of nursing or health informatics education. The student award committee reviews all papers and posters submitted by students and an award is given for the Best Paper and for the Best Poster. The students compete in two classes, one for master’s students and one for doctoral students. The student award committee also judges the student’s presentation of their papers and posters at the NI 2009 Congress.
The committee consists of nurses and educators. All students are encouraged to submit a paper or poster for the NI2009 Congress. Please make sure that your paper or poster is clearly marked as “student”.
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