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 ASIA PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL JOURNAL EDITORS CONVENTION 2015
"Advancing Access to Health Information and Publication: Shifting Paradigms, Trends and Innovations"
Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Pasay City, Philippines
August 25-26, 2015

The Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors Convention (APAME 2015) brings the region’s medical journal editors, authors, researchers, librarians, and publishers to the historic city of Manila, Philippines through a series of workshops, and discussions from 24th to 26th of August 2015.

Aiming  to upgrade the quality of scholarly publications in medicine and the health sciences in the Asia Pacific Region and to promote collaboration and exchange of information and knowledge among stakeholders, the Convention will highlight the impact of ASEAN Harmonization on region’s research and research agenda.

Be one of the more than 900 international participants to the APAME 2015 Convention. Join us and register to APAME 2015 Convention!

The APAME 2015 is hosted by the Philippine Association of Medical Journal Editors (PAMJE) with the APAME, Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology, the University of the Philippines Manila (UP Manila) in collaboration with the libraries of the World Health Organization (WHO) South East Asia and Western Pacific Region Regional Offices and the Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP).

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

1. Wire Transfer

• For International and Local delegates
• Use the bank details below to make payment:
     Account Name:      Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines
     Account Number:   3940560825
     SWIFT Code:         BNORPHMM
     Bank:                    BDO (Banco De Oro) UN Avenue - PHILAMLIFE Branch, Manila
• Send the scanned copy of bank in / transfer receipt as proof of payment with name, email and contact number/s of delegate by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or fax to (+632) 837-2924
• Bank charges will be apply per country and are chargeable against the delegate’s account.
  
  

2. Cash Payment thru Bank Deposit

• Applicable to Philippine delegates only
• Use the bank details to make payment:

Account Name:      Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines
Account Number:   3940560825
Type of Account:    Savings Account
Bank:                    BDO (Banco De Oro) UN Avenue - PHILAMLIFE Branch, Manila

• Send scanned copy of bank deposit slip with name, email and contact number/s of delegate by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or fax: (+632) 837-2924.
  
  

3. Cheque

• Applicable to Philippine delegates only
• Please make cheque payable to “Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines” and deliver to: APAME Secretariat
  Philippine Council for Health Research and Development
  3/F DOST Main Building, DOST Complex
  Gen Santos Ave., Bicutan Taguig City
  
  

4. Onsite payment

• Onsite registration fee will be levied
• Not guarantee of availability of conference materials e.g. kit, program, ballpen etc. and food preferences

The APAME Secretariat will acknowledge successful completion of the registration process (Online registration and payment).

Official receipts can be issued after emailed request to the secretariat.

If proof of payment is not received before the conference, it will be assumed that the fee has not been paid and admission will be possible only after paying the onsite registration fee.

Accompanying persons and children will not be allowed to attend the scientific sessions.

Conference Organizers are not responsible for postal delays / failure of delivery by post or failure of electronic communication.

All payments are non-refundable.

A. AUTHORSHIP

1. Ghostwriting - Fabrication, Falsification, or Fool's Gold?

2. Conforming to the 4th criterion for authorship and accountability among regional medical journals

3. International collaboration on scholarly research, writing, editing and publishing

B. DATA/CONTENT SHARING: AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS

1. The development of tools for information access and data sharing in the Western Pacific Region

2. The development of Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR)

3. Reasons for irregular publication of academic institutions and medical specialty society journals: The APAME experience

4. Indexing of author's names in medical journals published from selected countries in the Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions: An evaluation

C. EDITORIAL AND PEER REVIEW PROCESSES: APPLICATIONS IN/FOR ASIA

1. The editing and review process - common problems and challenges

2. Reflections of a new editor of a new journal: The Bhutan Health Journal

3. The current status of Myanmar's Health Science Journals

4. Publication bias in editorial and peer review processes

D. TRAINING IN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

1. Evaluation of existing national medical writing workshops: Experiences from the Philippines, Nepal and India

2. Mentored peer review as an educational tool

3. Democratization of knowledge: The open access model of the Pacific Journal of Medical Sciences

4. Empowering editors, reviewers and authors in online publication: The BIMJ experience

E. POSTPUBLICATION ACCESS, DISSEMINATION, AND EXCHANGE

1. Hidden structure behind the correlation between academic citations and sharing via social networks: Medicine vs others in PLoS journals

2. Likes, shares, and tweets: The growing role of social media in biomedical literature

3. Letters and comments published in response to research: Postpublication peer review

4. Impact vs. Impact factor among APAME journals

F. STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF REPORTING AND PUBLICATION

1. Continuing Medical Education to improve the quality of research reporting and publication

2. Components of education program for writing medical articles

3. Improving uptake and implementation of the CONSORT Guidelines

4. CARE guidelines for case reports

G. ETHICAL ISSUES AND MISCONDUCT IN THE APAME REGION

1. Editorial independence and commercial issues

2. Scientific misconduct encountered by APAME journals: An online survey

3. Retraction in the APAME region

4. Predatory journals in the APAME region

H. STATISTICS AND REGISTRIES IN RESEARCH

1. Statistical method: which test when?

2. When to use p Values and Confidence Intervals for Reporting Intergroup Comparisons

3. Non-parametric statistics in researches

4. Health research registry: The Philippine setting

I. WORKSHOPS

1. Developing and answering good research question

2. Workshop on Zotero Reference Management Software

3. Plagiarism Detection Tools (e.g. Turnitin, SafeAssign)

4. Technology-enhanced research: Digital management of research workflow

J. REGIONAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

1. Supervising resident research

2. A cross-sectional online survey on the internet usage of Filipino medical oncologists for continuing medical education

3. Vietnamese medical journals on regional index medicus

4. Trend of similarity index for source country, article type, and rejection rate. A story of The Korean Journal of Anesthesiology

5. Elderly research participant's comprehension of informed consent information equal in written and video format

6. Lexicogrammatical features and cognitive structuring of research articles published in Philippine medical journals: Inputs to understanding health information and publication

K. MAHLAP LECTURE AND WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH ACCESS AND E-JOURNALS

1. Scholarly Publishing Services

2. Standard information technology for e-journal platforms: JATS, DOI, ORCID and FundRef