Post-Graduate Course Guidelines
Session dates
The specific dates and times of presentation will be confirmed once the session is accepted.
Session duration
Courses are three hours (half day) or six hours long (full day). Session length should be indicated during the online submission process.
Track
The most appropriate track will need to be chosen. This is to assist with programme planning, and track choice has no impact on the selection process.
The list of tracks is available here
Format
The preferred format and layout of the course must be clearly indicated, particularly if some practical exercises require a table. It may not be possible to accommodate layout other than theatre style
Chairs and coordinators
Post-graduate courses should have one or two coordinators. They will be responsible for communicating with speakers, promptly liaising with the Secretariat about the session agenda, changes and facilitating or co-facilitating the course.
Submitters will also have the option to include up to two chairs that will moderate the session. In this case and for diversity purposes, it is important that the coordinators of the session do not chair sessions they coordinate.
Speakers
- For three-hour courses: minimum of four and a maximum of five speakers.
- For six-hour courses: minimum of four and a maximum of 10 speakers
Session description
Description sub-heading should include course objectives, expected outputs/outcomes and relevance of the topic for the target audience in 300 words or less.
Each course should be organised around a specific theme, have clear learning objectives and specific knowledge to be gained. The agenda must include time for discussion.
If accepted, this description will be available online for participants.
Presentation description
A short description of 100 words or fewer must be submitted for each presentation. The presentation description will be considered for publication in the Abstract Book and in the online programme.
Biographies
A biography of no more than 100 words must be submitted for each proposed speaker.
Submission
Online submission will be open from 19 February until 9 April 2025 at 23:59 Central European Time (CET). Post-graduate courses are editable until then. No further changes are accepted after that deadline.
Review
Post-graduate courses are assessed based on objectives, relevance, presentation, originality, utilisation of evidence, geographical impact, and country representation. The session outline must be in line with the session selected format.
Use of non-stigmatising language
The Union is committed to promoting people-centred language in all conference abstracts and presentations. When drafting your submission, The Union requests that you follow the guidelines laid out in the Stop TB Partnership’s publication, Words Matter – Suggested language and usage for tuberculosis communications (Second Edition 2022).
Proposals using stigmatising language will be penalised in the review process.
Below is the list of stigmatising words that will be considered by the reviewers:
- TB Contact (prefer ‘contact person’)
- Defaulter (prefer ‘person lost to follow-up’)
- Illegal/alien worker (prefer ‘noncitizen resident or unauthorized resident/worker’)
- He-his or she-her (prefer ‘they-them’)
- Suspect (prefer ‘person with presumed TB’)
- TB control (prefer ‘TB prevention and care or ending TB’)
- AIDS patient (prefer ‘person living with HIV/AIDS PLWHA/PLHIV’)
Contact with submitters
Each coordinator, chair and speaker must use one single active email address for identification purpose in our submission, registration and conference digital platforms and apps. Otherwise, the system will not recognise the user.
Notification
Notification about the status of the submission will be emailed to the session chairs and submitter by mid June 2025.
Attendance and registration
Post-graduate course organisers are required to pay a fee to organise their session. The pricing structure will depend on the duration of the session. The post-graduate course will be open to all conference registered delegates on a first-come, first-served basis according to the room capacity.
Consent
If selected, the chairs, coordinators and speakers agree to the attached information relating to the release, recording and publication of their presentation and session.
Post-graduate course Fee
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3 hours |
€ 3,800.00 |
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6 hours |
€ 7,600.00 |