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Information for Presenters at the STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement

Presenters at the STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement showcase their work to more than 500 health care professionals, residents, and medical students. Find details on presenting at the conference, including presentation templates and session formats. All presenters must register for the conference.

More information will be available at a later date for those presenting at the upcoming STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement. Please check this page closer to the event.

Session Formats

Lecture Discussion
Seminar
Workshop
Scholarly Topic Roundtable Discussions
Completed Poster
Work-in-Progress Poster
Student and Resident Poster

Lecture Discussion

Purpose: To provide a forum for focused didactic presentation and discussion of an in-progress clinical, research, administrative, education project or brief behavioral medicine topic with preliminary data and/or expected results.

Time: 30 minutes (20-minute presentation, 10 minutes of discussion/response)

Seminar

Purpose: To give practical information and methods to enhance practice improvement through health information and patient education efforts or to enhance resident/behavioral science education. Seminars should include a combination of presentation and active involvement of participants.

Time: 60 minutes (50-minute presentation, 10 minutes of discussion/response)

Workshop

Purpose: To present high-quality, interactive sessions that require more time than the regular conference format allows.

Time: 90 minutes

Scholarly Topic Roundtable Discussion

Purpose: Informal presentations to share experiences, ideas, problems, or solutions; leaders briefly present material and facilitate discussion.

Time: 50 minutes (including breakfast)

Completed Poster

Purpose: To provide an opportunity for one-on-one discussion of a presenter’s completed project in education, process of care, patient-oriented outcomes, and quality of care studies. Completed posters require Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions (distribution of handouts is encouraged; audiovisual equipment not provided).

Time: 1 hour staffing your poster during dedicated time

Work-in-Progress Poster

Purpose: To provide an opportunity for one-on-one discussion of a presenter’s work-in-progress project related to teaching, education, curricular or clinical intervention, management innovation, or quality improvement (distribution of handouts is encouraged; audiovisual equipment not provided).

Time: 1 hour staffing your poster during dedicated time

Student and Resident Poster

Purpose: To provide an opportunity for one-on-one discussion of a presenter’s work in progress project related to teaching, education, curricular or clinical intervention, management innovation, or quality improvement (distribution of handouts is encouraged; audiovisual equipment not provided).

Time: 1 hour staffing your poster during dedicated time

Questions?

For general questions about presentations, contact Melissa Abuel at the link below.

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