Information for submission

SIMON Case Reports in Internal Medicine 2026 is an effort of SIMON primarily aimed at supporting and developing the young generation in internal medicine to showcase their hard work and dedication in patient care. The secondary objective is to promote international visibility of the society by recommending young scientists to the Young Talents in Internal Medicine World Contest on a merit basis.

All cases of internal medicine can be submitted by clinicians but only those meeting the eligibility criteria set by Young Talents in Internal Medicine World Contest organizers can be recommended for the contest. The criteria can be found here.

Selected cases from the submitted case reports will be presented during the main event of SIMON Case Reports in Internal Medicine 2026.

Submission details

The submitting/presenting author must be a medical doctor. Medical students and interns not having permanent registrations at the Nepal Medical Council should not submit as presenting authors. All authors should provide their ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID; www.orcid.org) if available.

The case report must be original observations on diagnosis or treatment. It must be an original work and must not be published before. It should represent either some form of rare conditions, or unusual presentation or complications of a relatively common condition, or a difficult path to diagnosis, or cases of high educational value for other reasons.

English (British) is the only language for submission, presentation and publication. Medical jargon should be avoided. The use of abbreviations should be limited, with preference for those recognized internationally. Abbreviations should be spelled out at first mention except for those commonly used (eg, ECG).

Abstract

A structured abstract for submission must be 500 or less words long with 5 or less keywords and structured as follows.

• 1. Title (short, informative).
• 2. Intended Presentation Type (Oral/Poster/Any).
• 2.1. Submissions made for ANY may be accepted for POSTER or ORAL.
• 2.2. Submissions made for Oral may be accepted for POSTER or ORAL.
• 2.3. Submissions made for Poster may be accepted for POSTER ONLY.
• 3. Author Information
• 3.1. Author names (not to exceed 3)
• 3.2. The first author must be the presenting & corresponding author.
• 3.3. Institutional affiliations and address of the institute of each author
• 3.4. Email address and mobile number of the corresponding author
• 3.5. The presenting author must declare that all listed authors have read the case report and agree to the submission and presentation of the case report. “I, Dr. ____________ ,declare that all listed authors have read the case report and agree to the submission and presentation of the case report in the SIMON Case Reports in Internal Medicine 2026.”
• 3.6. The presenting author must declare that the patient (or legal guardian) has provided informed consent to present and publish the anonymized report of clinical information. “I, Dr. ____________ ,declare that I have obtained informed consent to present and publish the anonymized report of clinical information from the patient/legal guardian.”
• 4. Case details
• 4.1. Introduction (case relevance and importance).
• 4.2. Case description:
• 4.2.1. Clinical situation.
• 4.2.2. Course of events.
• 4.2.3. Clinical resolution.
• 4.2.4. Discussion.
• 4.2.5. Conclusions/lessons from the case.
• 4.2.6. Tables and figures. Up to 3 figures and 1 table can be included as attachment during submission. These figures and tables must be embedded in the same file as abstract and not attached separately.
• 4.3 References: NOT allowed with the abstract.
• 5. Word count will include introduction, case description, discussion and conclusion.

Oral presentation

All presentations must be made in the Power Point *.PPTX file. Any video must be in the MP4 (preferred), WMV, AVI format. It is recommended to prepare 10-12 powerpoint slides in widescreen format (16:9 aspect ratio). It is advisable to use standard Windows fonts only (avoid non-standard and language-specific fonts).

All materials for presentations must be submitted 7 or more days before the event. Any changes made after submission of the presentation can be made at the presentation console 2 hours or more before the time for presentation. Presentations have to be run from a laptop provided by the organizers. No private devices are allowed.

Total talk time will be 10 minutes. The first bell will be played at 6 minutes. The presenter must stop speaking at the second bell played at 8 minutes. The last 2 minutes will be reserved for mandatory interaction. If the presenter can’t finish on time and uses the time for interaction in presentation, such reports will be disqualified for contesting purposes.

Poster presentation.

Posters will be displayed electronically (dedicated on-site displays, online).
Size: max. 10 MB
Ratio: 9:16 (vertically)
Resolution: min. 1080 × 1920 px
Format: PDF or JPG

Special notice

Submissions not meeting the above criteria can be rejected without a chance for resubmission.
Address for submission: drsimonnepal@gmail.com
Last date for submission: 10 Jan 2026 1159PM

Presenting authors for all accepted abstracts will be entitled for a complimentary registration for SIMON—CRIM26. Accommodation and travel expenses will be borne by the participants.