Abstract Submission
We invite abstracts presenting original research, evaluation, or innovation relevant to lifelong learning in pharmacy. Accepted submissions will be presented as oral or poster presentations within the conference programme. If you would like to submit a workshop for the conference then please visit our dedicated Workshops page.
All submissions must align with the conference themes and demonstrate relevance to advancing pharmacy education, workforce development, or practice. Accepted submissions will be included in a volume of the Pharmacy Educations Journal. Submissions that do not meet the abstract format and submission guidelines may not be eligible for inclusion.
You are welcome to submit multiple abstracts for consideration. All abstract submissions will be acknowledged on receipt by email.
All accepted presenters are responsible for their own registration fees, travel and accommodation and must register and pay the appropriate fee by 12th April 2027. If registration is not completed by this date, the Organising Committee reserve the right to remove the submission from the programme.
Novice Author Support
Information about support for novice authors coming soon!
Instruction to Authors and Abstract Guidelines
Please ensure that you read the instructions below prior to submission and have prepared your abstract accordingly.
Presentation Formats
Abstracts are being accepted for the following presentation formats:
- Oral presentations
- Poster presentations
Oral presentations:
Presentations allocated will be 15 minutes in length. There will be 10 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for questions from participants
Poster presentations:
Each poster will be allocated to one day of the conference programme and need to be viewable for that full day only.
Some posters will be accepted for presentation in Poster Snapshot sessions, where authors will present 1-minute oral highlights of the work delivered in conjunction with a single PowerPoint slide (no animations). More specific instructions will be provided upon acceptance of the abstracts.
Posters should be A0 size in a portrait style. Standard ISO A0 paper dimensions are 841mm x 1189mm (or 33.2 x 46.8 inches). Posters may be laminated or not according to your preference.
Themes / Sub-themes
For both Oral and Poster presentations, abstracts are being accepted across the three conference sub-themes. Presentation type may be allocated based on reviewer recommendations:
Skilled Competent Workforce
The development of a competent workforce is critical to the delivery of patient care. This sub-theme will focus on the development of skills and competencies across the continuum of life long learning for all members of the pharmacy workforce.
Sustainability
The development of a competent workforce is critical to the delivery of patient care. This sub-theme will focus on the development of skills and competencies across the continuum of life long learning for all members of the pharmacy workforce.
Safety
Pharmacists have a responsibility to ensure the best use of medicines keeping our patients safe from harm and delivering meaningful benefit for a healthier world. This sub-theme will focus on innovations in the design, development and education of improved safe medication prescribing.
Abstract Guidelines
To ensure a smooth submission process, we recommend that you:
- Prepare your abstract in advance using a Word document
- Check that your abstract meets the formatting and word limit requirements
- Confirm that all co-authors have reviewed and approved the submission
- Identify the most appropriate conference sub-theme
Preparing offline before uploading is recommended by most conferences to avoid formatting errors and data loss during submission. Edits are possible up until the submission deadline via the portal.
During the submission process, you will be asked to provide:
- Title of your abstract (maximum 50 words)
- Structured abstract text (maximum 300 words). This should be structured using the following headings:
- Background
- Objectives
- Methodology
- Results
- Discussion/Conclusion
- All authors details including full name, email, organisation, city and country
- Permission to submit: Confirmation is required that submission has been approved by all authors.
- Permission to publish: Confirmation is required that all authors have agreed for this abstract to be published in the Pharmacy Education Journal
- Confirmation that the author(s) will register to attend the conference
- Preferred means of presentation: Oral, Poster, Either
- Which conference theme best describes the submission. Additional themes can also be selected where appropriate.
- Presenter biography (up to 150 words). Up to 3 biographies of presenters can be included.
Additional Guidance Notes:
- Abstracts should not include references, figures, tables or appendices.
- The text should be written in British English, using a scholarly, clear and concise style that is easy to read.
- Please write in the third person, maintaining an appropriate academic tone throughout.
- Use standard and widely accepted terminology and nomenclature relevant to your field.
- Any unfamiliar terms and acronyms should be defined on first use. One defined, abbreviations may be used without further explanation.
- All text should be written in sentence case (i.e. normal capitalisation).
Abstract Review Criteria
The goal for abstract peer review is to assure programme quality and that all presentations at the LLLP International Conference are education based, align with the stated sub-themes and are relevant to the international audience.
Each abstract is reviewed using a standardised evaluation form enabling the committee to stratify submissions and determine a cut off for rejection in a consistent way. The abstract review process is conducted as a ‘blind’ review, meaning that the reviewer does not have access to the author’s name and affiliations.
The review evaluation form is based on the following components:
- Background - How relevant and well described is the background?
- Methodology/Approach – How descriptive and appropriate is the methodology or approach?
- Discussion – How relevant and engaging is the discussion?
- Topical – How topical is the submission?
Whilst every effort is made to respect the authors preferred presentation format, the reviewers may decide an alternative format is more appropriate, based on abstract content and/or programme schedule. In this case the Education Committee Chair will seek agreement from the lead author.
Previous LLLP Abstracts
Abstracts from Life Long Learning in Pharmacy 2025 Conference can be viewed here.
Abstract Submission Timeline
Monday 29th June 2026
Call for abstracts opens
Sunday 1st November 2026
Submissions close
w/c 14th December 2026
Reviews completed and acceptance notices sent
12th April 2027
Deadline for presenting authors to register for conference
4th - 7th July 2027
Conference
If you experience any technical issues with the submission portal or have questions about your abstract, please contact: LLLP@bath.ac.uk