Clinical Excellence Showcase 2025 abstract submission form

You’re invited to present your project, initiative or model of care at the Clinical Excellence Showcase 2025 event. Abstracts should align with our showcase themes for 2025.

Learn more about who can apply and what you need to submit in our CEQ Showcase 2025 abstract submission guidelines [PDF 384.12 KB].

Privacy notice: The personal information you provide in this form is being collected by Queensland Health for the purpose of assessing your application to participate in the CEQ Showcase 2025. The department will provide your personal information to the relevant Hospital and Health Services for this purpose, and if necessary, they may contact you directly regarding your application. The department handles personal information in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 and will not disclose your personal information to any other third parties without your consent, unless the disclosure is authorised or required by law. For information about how Queensland Health protects your personal information, or to learn about your right to access your own personal information, please refer to the Queensland Health Privacy Policy.

About you

Are you applying to present in person, display a poster or both? *

Title or salutation *

Given name and family name *

Position title *

Stream *

Hospital or facility

Hospital and Health Service or organisation

Email address *

Phone number *

Short biography

Your abstract

Project start date

Project end date

Consumer partners Details of which consumer groups were project partners.

Project partners Include groups such as community organisations.

Project title * Your title should be 6 words or less.

Summary * Up to 2 sentences that describe the purpose of the project. Aim for 160 characters or less.

Aim * Write a short sentence to describe the overarching goal of the project. This provides information on the relevance of the project.

Outcomes * Write a few bullet points outlining the overarching outcome, including the main findings and results of this project. Give supporting data where possible.

Background * What were the issues that led to the project? What was the central questions or statements of the problem that was addressed? Tell us in 500 words or less.

Methods * What did you do and how did you do it? What initiatives were developed and implemented? How were these implemented? If possible, identify the improvement methodology used. 500 words or less.

Discussion * What was needed for the project to succeed – environment/context? What were the lessons learnt and limitations? What were the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities? What would you do differently? Where else in Queensland Health can you see this project succeeding? What are the next steps? 500 words or less.

References * Include any references that support your project, methodology or evaluation.

Pitch video *

Watch an example of a pitch video from CEQ Showcase 2024 – The Sistas Shawl Project or read the transcript [PDF 368.33 KB]. Videos should be uploaded to the CEQ Showcase pitch video portal SharePoint page (QH login required).

I have uploaded the pitch video to SharePoint
I'm from Queensland Ambulance Service or Mater Health Service and have emailed ceqshowcase@health.qld.gov.au for access to the pitch video portal

Declaration and privacy

By selecting each box, you agree to the statement beside it: * You must check all boxes for your submission to be eligible for consideration.

I declare that I have received ethics approval for my project (if relevant) and have declared any conflicts of interests.
I confirm that the information provided is true and correct at the time of submission and that there are no legal, political, copyright, ethical or other issues that would otherwise exclude this project for consideration by the review panel. Clinical Excellence Queensland will not assume liability for copyright or intellectual property breaches due to the inappropriate distribution of information from parties external to the organisation.
I agree to participate in any marketing pertaining to this and future Clinical Excellence Showcase events, which includes but is not limited to video interviews, podcasts, and social media.
I agree to have your project added to CEQ’s Improvement Exchange if the abstract is accepted.
I can confirm that any partner organisation or consumer is aware and supportive of this abstract being submitted.
I grant the event organisers (Clinical Excellence Queensland) a copyright license to reproduce, publish, distribute, and display the text of the abstract on a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable nonexclusive basis.
I understand CEQ, as the event organisers, reserve the right to remove or cancel any abstract at any time which does not comply with the above.
I confirm that my health service executive director and/or chief executive is supportive of this abstract being submitted.

Name and title of approving executive officer *

What happens next

Once you submit your abstract it will be automatically sent to member/s of the Abstract and Poster Review Committee.

All abstracts are anticipated to be reviewed before late April 2025. You will be advised of the outcome of your submission shortly after.