TIME

August 25, 2015 - DAY 1

August 26, 2015 - DAY 2

700H-800H

Registration

Registration

800H-845H

Opening Ceremonies -

Prof. Dr. Jaime Montoya
Prof. Dr. Carmencita Padilla
Prof. Dr. Jose Florencio Lapena, Jr

Turn-over Ceremony

Prof. Dr. Chang Kok Hahm
Prof. Dr. John Arokiasamy
Prof. Dr. Kiyoshi Kitamura to Prof. Dr. Jose Florencio Lapena, Jr.

Inspirational Plenary Address

Keynote Plenary Address

Prof. Mary Ann Lansang

Prof. Dr. Jose Florencio Lapena, Jr.

Widening access to the road less travelled: the journey towards quality health information

Advancing Access to Health Information and Publication: Where are we headed, where have we gone?

845H-900H

COFFEE BREAK

Luzon

Mindanao

Luzon

Mindanao

900H-1000H

AUTHORSHIP

Chair: Dr. Ly Cheng Huy (Cambodia)
Co-Chair: Prof. Annie Pring-Valdez

DATA/CONTENT SHARING: AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS

Chair: Ms. Rosi Mini Baleiwakolo Tubuitamana (Fiji)
Co-Chair: Ms. Joenabie Arevalo

POSTPUBLICATION ACCESS, DISSEMINATION, AND EXCHANGE

Chair: Dr. Badrakh Burmaajav (Mongolia)
Co-Chair: Dr. Anna Josefina D. Vazquez-Genuino

STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF REPORTING AND PUBLICATION

Chair: Dr. Sanjoy Kumer Dey (Bangladesh)
Co-Chair: Dr. Pelagio L. Esmaquel, Jr.

1. Ghostwriting - Fabrication, Falsification, or Fool's Gold?
Dr. Tyler Coupal (Canada)

1. The development of tools for information access and data sharing in the Western Pacific Region
Ms. Marie Villemin Partow (WHO-WPRO)

1. Hidden structure behind the correlation between academic citation and share in social networks: Medicine vs. others in PLoS Journals
Prof. Dr. Younsuk Lee (Korea)

1. Continuing Medical Education to improve the quality of reporting and publication
Prof. Dr. Kiyoshi Kitamura (Japan)

2. Conforming to the 4th criterion for authorship and accountability among regional journals
Prof. Dr. Wilfred Peh (Singapore)

2. The development of Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR)
Mr. Charles Patrick Raby (WHO-SEARO)

2. Likes, shares, and tweets: The growing role of social media in biomedical literature
Prof. Dr. Iris Thiele Isip-Tan (Philippines)

2. Components of education program for writing medical articles
Prof. Dr. Sung Tae Hong (Korea)

3. International collaboration on scholarly research, writing, editing and publishing
Prof. Dr. Jeong Wook Seo (Korea)

3. Reasons for irregular publication of academic institutions and medical specialty society journals: The APAME experience
Prof. Dr. Jose Ma. Avila (Philippines)

3. Letters and comments published in response to research: Postpublication peer review
Prof. Dr. Aik Saw (Malaysia)

3. Improving uptake and implementation of the CONSORT guidelines
Prof. Dr. Cecilia Maramba-Lazarte (Philippines)

4. Indexing of author's names in medical journals published from selected countries in the Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions: An evaluation
Prof. Ma. Lindie Masalinto (Philippines)
Ms. Alma Mila Prosperoso (WHO-WPRO)

4. Impact vs. Impact factor among APAME journals
Dr. Amit Joshi (Nepal)

4. CARE guidelines for case reports
Prof. Dr. Maria Minerva Calimag (Philippines)

1000H-1030H

QUESTION AND ANSWER

1030H-1045H

COFFEE BREAK

1045H-1145H

EDITORIAL AND PEER REVIEW PROCESSES: APPLICATIONS FOR ASIA

Chair: Dr. Induwara Gooneratne (Sri Lanka)
Co-Chair: Prof. Elizabeth Paz-Pacheco

TRAINING IN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

Chair: Dr. Amorn Leelarasamee (Thailand)
Co-Chair: Prof. Teresita Joy P. Evangelista

ETHICAL ISSUES AND MISCONDUCT IN THE APAME REGION

Chair: Prof. Nguyen Vu Quoy Huy (VietNam)
Co-Chair: Dr. Jose D. Quebral

STATISTICS AND REGISTRIES IN RESEARCH

Chair: Prof. Than Than Aye (Myanmar)
Co-Chair: Dr. Amado O. Tandoc III

1. The editing and review process - common problems and challenges
Prof. Peter Munk (Canada)

1. Evaluation of existing national medical writing workshops: Experiences from the Philippines, Nepal and India
Prof. Dr. Wilfred Peh (Singapore)
Prof. Jose Florencio Lapena (Philippines)
Prof. Rajeev Kumar (India)
Prof. Arun Neopane (Nepal)

1. Editorial independence and commercial issues
Mr. Md. Sirajul Islam Molla (Bangladesh)

1. Statistical method: Which test when?
Dr. Chinmay Shah (India)

2. Reflections of a New Editor of a New Journal: The Bhutan Health Journal
Dr. Phurb Dorji (Bhutan)

2. Mentored peer review as an educational tool
Prof. Erlinda Palaganas (Philippines)

2. Scientific misconduct encountered by APAME journals: An online survey
Prof. Dr. Lai-Meng Looi (Malaysia)

2. When to use p Values and Confidence Intervals for Reporting Intergroup Comparisons
Dr. Patricia Khu (Philippines)

3. The Current Status of Myanmar's Health Science Journals
Prof. Kyi Kyi Thinn (Myanmar)

3.Democratization of knowledge: the open access model of the Pacific Journal of Medical Sciences
Prof. Victor Temple (Papua New Guinea)

3. Retraction in the APAME region
Prof. Dr. Kiichiro Tsutani (Japan)
Mr. Masamichi Kitagawa (Japan)

3. Non-parametric statistics in research
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Guanzon (Philippines)

4. Publication bias in editorial and peer review processes
Dr. Natividad Almazan (Philippines)

4. Empowering editors, reviewers and authors in online publication: the BIMJ experience
Dr. Vui Heng Chong (Brunei Darussalam)

4. Predatory journals in the APAME region
Prof. Peush Sahni (India)

4. Health research registry: The Philippine setting
Ms. Merlita Opena (Philippines)

1145H-1215H

QUESTION AND ANSWER

1215H-1315H

LUNCH BREAK

REGIONAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

Chair: Prof. Cecilia A. Jimeno

WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH ACCESS AND E-JOURNAL PLATFORMS

Chairs:
Ms. Joenabie Encanto-Arevalo
Prof. Ma. Lindie D. Masalinto

1315H-1330H

Chair: Prof. Joven Jeremius Q. Tanchuco

Authorship of Clinical Publications: Is there a way to quantify involvement and provide appropriate credit to contributors?
Dr. Sam Matthew (India)
Dr. Trish Groves (UK)
Prof. Dr. Aik Saw (Malaysia)
Mr. Martin Delahunty (UK)

Supervising resident research Prof. Dr. Jose Alvin Mojica (Philippines)

Chair: Dr. Linda Lim-Varona

WORKSHOP on Plagiarism Detection Tools
Assoc. Prof. Anna Cherylle Ramos

Scholarly Publishing Services
Ms. Nicola Foxlee (Australia)

1330H-1345H

A cross-sectional online survey on the Internet usage of Filipino medical oncologists for continuing medical education
Dr. Ivan Noel Olegario (Philippines)

1345H-1400H

Vietnamese Journals on Regional Medical Indexes: an overview
Dr. Thanh Thao Nguyen (VietNam)

Standard information technology for e-journal platforms: JATS, DOI, ORCID and FundRef
Prof. Choon Shil Lee (Korea)

1400H-1415H

Trend of Similarity Index for Source Country, Article Type, and Rejection Rate. A Story of The Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Prof. Dr. Younsuk Lee (Korea)

1415H-1430H

Elderly Research Participant's Comprehension of Informed Consent Information Equal in Written and Video Format
Prof. Odette Justo (Philippines)

1430H-1445H

Lexicogrammatical Features and Cognitive Structuring of Research Articles Published in Philippine Medical Journals: Inputs to Understanding Health Information and Publication
Dr. Felixberto Mercado (Philippines)

1445H-1500H

COFFEE BREAK

1500H-1700H

Chair: Dr. Melecio M. Pena III

WORKSHOP on Developing and answering good research questions
Dr. Trish Groves (UK)

Chair: Ms. Maria Juliana Noces-Gasmen

WORKSHOP on Zotero 
Dr. William Chong (Brunei Darussalam)

Chair: Dr. Jose D. Quebral

Technology-enhanced research: Digital management of research workflow
Prof. Dr. Ma. Minerva Calimag (Philippnes)