Duke AHEAD Health Professions Education Day:
Working and Learning Together in Teams
Deadline for Submission: August 15, 2018
Duke AHEAD in partnership with the School of Nursing, School of Medicine, Duke Health and the Office of Graduate Medical Education is excited to announce the fifth annual Health Professions Education Day, September 21, 2018. This celebration spotlights health professions educators and their remarkable innovations and achievements. As part of this year’s celebration, Duke AHEAD will be accepting poster abstracts for presentation.
Abstracts should reflect our mission to advance education excellence innovation. Please consider sharing your work for future collaboration as well as for scholarly recognition. Posters will be displayed on 9/21/2018 for the entire day, allowing discussion among presenters and interested attendees.
Abstract requirements
Maximum 500 words, excluding title, authors/advisor, and references.
Organize the abstract as follows:
- Title - Keep the title brief. Should portray essence of the project/program
- Authors (names, title, degree) - Poster presentations may be made by a substitute for the first author, but the presenter must be a co-author.
- Background/Purpose of the project/program - background information on population and program; include problem being addressed
- Objectives
- Methods for program/project implementation (research methods or what was done for a service project)
- Results/Outcomes/Improvements or Evaluation (evaluation of the activity if service, highlight outcomes, and /or findings)
- Significance/Implications/Relevance (project effectiveness, recommendations for future programming and/or follow up, include limitations of the program/project, if any)
- References (maximum of 4)
Your abstract, even if submitted to another conference previously, must match the above requirements to be featured in the printed booklet. You must use Arial point 10. Please, no tables, charts, or graphs.
Submission Deadline
All submissions must be received by Kristin Dickerson at dukeahead@dm.duke.edu, on or before August 15, 2018 at 5pm.
Questions
If you have questions about your submission, please e-mail Kristin Dickerson at kristin.dickerson@duke.edu.
Notification
The primary author of each abstract will be notified of the status of their submission via e-mail by August 29, 2018. If you have not received information regarding your submission by August 29, please contact Kristin Dickerson.