18th European Doctoral Conference in Nursing Science (EDCNS), Graz, Rakousko

Dear Sir or Madam,

We are glad to invite you to the 18^th European Doctoral Conference in Nursing Science (EDCNS), which will be held at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, on September 19^th – 21^st 2019. We would kindly ask you to inform your colleagues and PhD and nursing students about the conference by making the enclosed invitation cards accessible to them.

The EDCNS is a conference for doctoral students all over Europe organised by members of the PhD-Programme “Nursing Science” from the Medical University of Graz, Austria and the Maastricht University, the Netherlands. in cooperation with the Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland.

The conference provides the opportunity:

• to meet and build contacts with colleagues all over Europe

• to present a research project as part of their thesis

• to share experiences and information in the area of nursing research

• to learn what is currently happening in nursing science in Europe

• to meet the Professors

All PhD-students involved in nursing science are invited to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation. Abstracts (max. 300 words) can be submitted by April 26^th, 2019 using a form that can be downloaded from the website http://medunigraz.at/edcns.

Further information about the conference (important dates, accommodation, etc.) can be found at http://medunigraz.at/edcns or in the flyer. We recommend booking your hotel as soon as possible.

All PhD-students in nursing science, professors and other nursing or health sciences faculty staff are very welcome to join the conference. Please forward this invitation to your colleagues.

We would kindly appreciate meeting you in September 2019 in Graz.

With kind regards,

Gerhilde Schüttengruber

edcns@medunigraz.at