title: An appraisal of the quality and presentation of scientific papers at the 31st annual conference of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology.
abstract: To assess the quality of papers presented at the annual conference of the Indial Society of Gastroenterology, a proforma was completed by selected assessors regarding the time taken to present the paper, the quality of the paper and other aspects of presentation. Forty-six papers were evaluated; fifteen of 38 (39%) papers took more than the prescribed time of 8 minutes; 10% were rated unsatisfactory in quality. The quality and content of slides were rated as unsatisfactory in 17% and 7% respectively. The quality and relevance of the questions asked from the floor were graded as unsatisfactory in 20% and 14% respectively. Of the responses from authors to these questions, 33% were graded as unsatisfactory. In all, 28 (61%) of 46 papers assessed were unsatisfactory on one or more counts. Thus, efforts are needed to improve the quality of papers presented and of their presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005762:Gastroenterology; D007194:India; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014956:Writing