New Approaches in Medical Education

The Year 2008 Conference will bring together DME faculty, health professions faculty members from throughout the United States, as well as current fellows and masters students in medical education programs to share a common interest in innovation and excellence in medical education.

In soliciting abstracts, the Conference Planning Committee has the following objectives:

• Provide a forum for sharing ideas for educational innovations and discoveries about educational leadership issues.

• Build or enhance skills in specific areas of teaching, educational leadership and personal effectiveness.

• Build a network of health professionals interested in educational reform in medical education.

PROPOSAL CATEGORIES

The Conference Planning Committee will review session proposals for relevance to health-professions education, clarity, and potential to engage participants in meaningful dialogue. The following proposal types will be considered.

1. Educational Innovations (may be selected for presentation or poster)

Three levels of project development are being solicited for these sessions.

a. Cool Ideas – Investigators can submit their idea for a promising innovation and gain feedback from other participants who also bring their ideas to these sessions. The abstract must include the following sections: idea, rationale for the idea and/or the local need it is intended to meet, as well as intended methods and evaluation plan as envisioned.

b. Works in Progress – Investigators can submit an educational or leadership innovation that is in progress (can be a pilot study or an ongoing project with partial results). These innovations may be selected for poster or oral presentation. Studies in trouble are welcome here.

c. Completed Studies – Investigators can submit studies with outcome results describing new or changed curricula, innovative teaching methods, learner assessment techniques, or leadership effort. These innovations may be selected for poster or oral presentation. Both successful and unsuccessful innovations are welcome.

Abstracts for Works in Progress or Completed Studies should follow the format: Rationale/Need, Methods, Results and Discussion.

2. Skill-Building Workshops

The focus for these sessions will be on skill acquisition and active participation. Participants should gain capacity in the ability to teach, employ leadership strategies, or develop professionally. The workshops can be proposed for 1.5 or 2 hour time slots. Abstracts should include the rationale for the workshop, the intended audience, learner outcome objectives and the instructional methods to be used.

3. Case Study (Tales from the Trenches)

Case Studies should be designed to explore a personal leadership or teaching issue more deeply by encouraging discussion of a real-life experience. Examples of such cases would be: a successful or unsuccessful attempt to implement a particular change, experience with a challenging student, or overcoming a barrier to professional advancement. The presentation time for a case will be 10 minutes with 20 minutes for discussion. Cases may be submitted individually or grouped together as a panel discussion. Case Study abstracts should include the teaching or leadership issue/lesson, a brief description of the case and three discussion questions.

All submissions will be evaluated for completeness, strength of contribution to health professions education and relevance to the Innovations in Medical Education conference. For proposals related to Innovations (Cool Ideas, Works in Progress, Completed Works) the following criteria will be used during the review of abstracts.

1. Quality of rationale/identified need for innovation (theoretical or practical)

2. Clarity of description of the innovation

3. Originality of the innovation and relevance to the Conference

4. Clarity of description of methods for implementation and evaluation

5. Results (if applicable) described clearly with appropriate conclusions

6. Overall rating of abstract

For interactive session (workshops, cases, panels)

1. Clarity of the rationale/purpose for session/case

2. Clarity of the learner outcome objectives for the session or case

3. Clarity of description of the interactive activities for participants

4. Practical significance of topic and skills to Conference participants

5. Effective usage of time

6. Overall rating of session or case abstract

QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SUITABILITY OR CATEGORIZATION OF A PROPOSAL:

If you have questions about the suitability of your proposal, please contact Dr. Julie Nyquist at nyquist@usc.edu or Dr. Win May at winmay@usc.edu

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Presenters will pay their own travel expenses and the conference registration fee. Conference Fee is $275. If presenter registration fee and the signed Conflict of Interest form are not received by the due dates indicated, the proposal will not be included in the conference program.

Click Here to Download the Registration Form.

SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

In order to ensure the review of your proposal, you must submit the following by October 1, 2007, 5 p.m., Pacific Standard Time..

• Submission cover sheet (see attached instructions)

• One (1) copy of your proposal/abstract (500-word maximum), sent as a Microsoft Word email attachment to Dr. Julie Nyquist at nyquist@usc.edu

• An email address that can be used for notification of your proposal's status

• Conflict of Interest form (Julie Nyquist at nyquist@usc.eduor fax 323 442-2051)

You will be notified of the acceptance/rejection of your proposal by November 1, 2007. If accepted, please confirm your intent to present by December 1, 2007

AUDIOVISUAL NEEDS

Meeting Rooms will be equipped with a podium, lavaliere microphone, screen, laser pointer, LCD projector and an IBM PC laptop (your presentation/s must be submitted prior to the meeting date to be preloaded). If additional equipment is required, presenters must discuss this with Clare Kodama, kodama@usc.edu at least 3 weeks prior to the conference.

Abstract should be no more than 1 page in length (500 words maximum). Complete the information below, attach the abstract and email to Dr. Nyquist at nyquist@usc.edu.

Proposal Title:

Author(s):

Primary Author's Information:

Title:

Name of Organization and Department:

Mailing address (Please no PO Box numbers):

City, State, Zip:

Phone:

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Email address for presenter:

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Category of Submission:

• Innovation Cool Idea _____ Work in Progress _____ Completed Study _____

• Skills Workshop _____ Topic ____________________________________

• Case Study/Panel _____ Teaching/Leadership Issue ____________________________

General Description for the Abstract:

Cool ideas include a description of the idea, need/rationale and methods/evaluation if developed. Reports of Works in Progress or Completed Studies should follow the IMRAD format (Introduction/Rationale, Methods, Results and Discussion). Workshop abstracts should include the rationale for the workshop, the learner outcome objectives and the instructional methods to be used. Case Study abstracts should include the teaching or leadership issue/lesson, a brief description of the case and three discussion questions.

ATTACH THE ONE PAGE ABSTRACT (500 word maximum) and email to nyquist@usc.edu

Documents to download and print,

This is the above document in a word document format for easy print - IME_Conf_2008_Call

This is the Attestation Form - Attestation Form

This is the Faculty Disclosure Form - Faculty Disclosure Form (Conflict of Interest Policy goes with this form)

This is the Conflict of Interest Resolution Policy - Conflict of Interest Resolution Policy