Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Setting the pace: the 2011 Australasian Podiatry Council conference. | JOURNAL OF FOOT AND ANKLE RESEARCH Setting the pace the 2011 Australasian Podiatry Council conference Menz and Firth 2 BioMed Central Menz and Firth Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2011 4 20 http content 4 1 20 15 July 2011 Menz and Firth Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2011 4 20 http content 4 1 20 JOURNAL OF FOOT AND ANKLE RESEARCH COMMENTARY Open Access Setting the pace the 2011 Australasian Podiatry Council conference Hylton B Menz 1 and Julia Firth2 Abstract The 2011 Australasian Podiatry Council conference was held from April 26 to 29 in Melbourne Victoria Australia. This commentary provides a brief overview of the conference including the speakers and topic areas covered selected original research highlights and award winning presentations. Background The 2011 Australasian Podiatry Council conference APC2011 was held at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre from April 26 to 29 and attracted over 1 000 delegates. The purpose of this commentary paper is to provide an overview of the conference including the speakers and topic areas covered selected original research highlights and award winning presentations. Speakers and topics covered APC2011 featured three international keynote speakers -Professor Andrew Boulton University of Manchester UK Professor Irene Davis Harvard University USA and Dr Edward Roddy Keele University UK - and 10 invited speakers see Table 1 . The speakers attracted considerable media attention and interviews with Prof Irene Davis and Trevor Prior conducted during the conference can now be viewed at the JFAR YouTube channel 1 . In addition to the keynote and invited speaker presentations a total of 158 free papers were submitted for consideration - the largest number of submissions ever received for an Australasian podiatry conference. A breakdown of abstracts by topic area is shown in Figure 1 which highlights the dominance of research activity in the fields of the high risk foot
