title: Writing, reviewing, and presenting an abstract.
abstract: Abstracts afford an opportunity to report data at professional meetings and, when published, in the literature. Accordingly, they should be prepared with great care. When writing an abstract, anticipate questions the reviewer will ask when judging it and provide complete answers. The presentation of an abstract should follow similar thought processes. State why a problem or question is important, how you addressed it, what you found, and how your findings can be applied to the issue at hand. Slides and text should provide coordinated visual and auditory input, respectively, to ensure complete comprehension.
authors.affiliation: DeGowin Blood Center, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Strauss
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D014956:Writing