Call for Abstract Proposals
2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference

The ACGME invites proposals for abstracts for the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference. The conference will be held Thursday, March 7, through Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida. Over the course of three days, the conference will welcome guests from across graduate medical education (GME), which will encourage opportunities to engage and connect with colleagues through educational sessions and exciting activities! As always, the ACGME’s signature learning event will offer a breadth and depth of content for all in GME and those passionate about education and collaboration.

Selected abstracts will be displayed on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Marvin R. Dunn Welcoming Poster Reception and Exhibitor Kick-Off to the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference. Members of the GME community are encouraged to use this opportunity to share their innovations and research with peers. The ACGME encourages medical education outcomes-based research and evaluation.

Conference participants are strongly encouraged, but not required, to be vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19 to attend the conference.

Marvin R. Dunn Poster Reception

Criteria for Selection

Abstracts must include all of the following to be considered:

1. Background: clearly articulated context for project or research study, including relevant literature
2. Objectives: substantive, clearly stated purpose of the project or research study
3. Methods: clear description of how the project or research study was conducted and/or implemented, with sound and appropriate project/study design
4. Results/Outcomes/Improvements: clear and unambiguous statement of what changed and how
5. Significance/Implications/Relevance: implications of the project or research study beyond the local setting

All accepted abstracts will be presented and/or displayed as a poster on site at the conference. Presenters must register for the conference. Do not submit an abstract if attendance at the Annual Educational Conference is questionable. Posters without at least one registered author will not be displayed.

Accepted poster presenters should prepare a poster and be available to discuss it on Thursday, March 7, 2024, from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Eastern.

Proposal Check List

Note: All abstract proposals go through a blind selection process and personal identifiers will be removed from the submissions when being reviewed.

Have the following information ready before starting a proposal:

• Contact information for each author (name, degree(s), email, institution, job title, work address, phone number). 
• Is the project innovation- or research-focused?
  • Research Abstracts include completed studies or investigations, with measurable results, that offer new conclusions that contribute to GME research and practice.
  • Innovation Abstracts include completed programs, projects, or strategies, with measurable results, that share best practices and practical insights with the GME community.
• Is your study/project focused on medical education outcomes?
  • Educational outcomes are the changes in the abilities of learners (e.g., competency Milestones and/or EPAs) that result from the educational program, a curricular intervention, or an assessment.
  • Clinical outcomes are changes in patient experience, quality and safety of health care, morbidity, or mortality related to the educational program, a curricular intervention, or an assessment.
    
    We welcome abstracts that focus on one or both outcome categories.
• Abstract title (limit is 150 characters total, including spaces)
  • Make the abstract title brief, but clearly indicate the nature of the study. Do not use abbreviations in the title. DO NOT INCLUDE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IN THE TITLE.
• Background, Objectives, Methods, Results/Outcomes/Improvements, Significance/Implications/Relevance. (There are five sections; each section is limited to 1,000 characters total, including spaces.)
  • No charts, tables, or graphs will be accepted with the submission.
• References (optional)

Instructions for Submitting Abstract Proposals

Allow 20 minutes to submit a proposal. See the Proposal Checklist section above for a list of all the information required for submission.

1. The abstract judging and selection process is blind; names and institutions should be omitted from the abstract title, and Background, Objectives, Methods, Results/Outcomes/Improvements and Significance/Implications/Relevance sections. 
2. Those submitting a proposal will be prompted to create an account when clicking “Submit Proposal.” The account holder, also known as the primary author, is the individual who will receive the abstract’s confirmation email and be contacted with any questions. Do not lose your login information! The ACGME conference planners have no way of retrieving it.
3. Submit a separate proposal for each abstract. Multiple submissions can be tied to one account.
4. Log in and out of the account to update submission(s) until Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Central.
5. The primary author will receive a confirmation email upon submission of an abstract proposal.

Timeline

• August 21-September 28, 2023: Call for Abstracts is open
• October 2-December 8, 2023: Abstract proposals will be reviewed and selected by the ACGME
• Week of December 11, 2023: Email notifications for selected and non-selected proposals will be sent to all primary authors; selected abstracts will receive the next steps
• January 5, 2024: Confirmation and registration deadline for authors representing their poster
• Thursday, March 7, 2024, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Eastern: Marvin R. Dunn Welcoming Poster Reception and Exhibitor Kick-Off
• Saturday, March 9, 2024, 12:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Eastern: Selected Oral Poster Presentations

Email questions to abstracts@acgme.org. 

Institutional firewalls may prevent some users from receiving ACGME communications. To ensure all communications regarding the conference are received, be sure all co-presenters add abstracts@acgme.org, registration@acgme.org, and acgmeconference@acgme.org to their safe sender list.

Selected abstracts will not be featured in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME).
To submit a manuscript to JGME, visit: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jgme/pages/submit_manuscript.