1. Theme
　Care-oriented nursing and nursing education

2. Aims and Significance
•  To explore ways of merging care into clinical nursing practice and nursing education
•  To deepen nurses and nursing students’ understanding and experience on the topic of care
•  To promote the exchanges between the College and practicing nurses

3. Rundown
　One-day Symposium with poster presentation
　AM:
　•  Keynote speech
　•  Sharing of students from two local Nursing College (School)
　PM:
　•  Oral presentation of papers and experts’ comments

4. Keynote Speaker
•  Professor Chao Co-Shi (Taiwan National Cheng Kung University - Department of Nursing)
•  Professor Wong Kam Yuet (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – School of Nursing)
•  Assistant to Hospital Director Fok Wai Lan (Macau Kiang Wu Hospital – Nursing Department)
•  President Van Iat Kio (Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau)

5. Call for Papers and Posters
All papers and posters are now open for submission. Submission deadline: 15 April 2013 (Monday) 。
•  Requirements for papers
　Category: research paper, experience sharing, case study, etc.
　The full paper and an abstract should be submitted
　The full paper should contain approximately 2,500 words (excluding abstract)
　The abstract should be within 300 to 500 words
　The paper should be written either in Chinese or English
　The paper should be saved in Microsoft Word file of A4 size – double spacing, headline (16pt, bold), author (14pt), rest of the texts (12pt), Chinese characters (細明體), English letters (Times New Roman)
•  Requirements for posters
　The full poster and an abstract should be submitted
　The abstract should be within 300 to 500 words
　The poster should be of 100cm (height) x 74cm (width) in size, saved in JPG file with a minimum pixel of 300dpi
•  Submission Guidelines
　 The Submission Form is available for download on this web page. Please send the paper / poster along with the completed Submission Form via e-mail to Ms. Feronica Chan (feronica@kwnc.edu.mo)
　The submitted paper / poster will be reviewed and selected, the result will be announced through e-mail before 2 May 2013
　For the oral presentation of the selected paper, PowerPoint presentation slides should be prepared and sent to Ms. Feronica Chan via e-mail before 23 May 2013

＊ If none of the authors of the selected paper / poster is available to attend the Symposium, the opportunity of presentation will no longer be offered

6.  Certificate
•  Certificate will be granted to participants who have participated in all sessions of the Symposium
•  Testimonial will be issued to author(s) of the paper / poster selected for presentation

7.  Credits
•  Based on Nursing Department’s calculation for CNE Credits
•  Students of Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau will receive credits for “Professional/Academic Seminars” under the category of elective subjects

8.   Application for Participation
Date of application: from now on to 23 May 2013 (Thursday) on a first come, first served basis
Fee: MOP20 for each participant (refreshment included)
The fee will be exempted for invited guests, nursing students and presenters of the selected papers and posters
The Application Form can be downloaded from this web page, and is available in Kiang Wu Hospital Nursing Department and Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau.
Please submit the completed Application Form to the respective unit:
1. Kiang Wu Hospital Nursing Department:
Ms. Hilda Chan (Tel: 8295 0252, E-mail: nad@kwh.org.mo )
2. Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau:
Ms. Feronica Chan (Tel: 8295 6252, E-mail: feronica@kwnc.edu.mo)

＊ For enquiries, please contact Ms. Feronica Chan on 8295 6252

Download of forms:
Application Form 　　Submission Form 　　Poster

Friendly link (under construction):
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