Society for Academic CME - 2025 Annual Meeting

2025 Annual Meeting

SACME 2025 Call for Abstracts: Advocacy

Abstract deadline extended to October 7, 2024!

Are you a CPD researcher with a project to share? A program director who has conducted data-driven program evaluation? Do you have a completed study or upcoming publication you’d like to highlight to showcase your work? The SACME Program Committee invites you to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentations at the 2025 Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education Annual Meeting, March 16–19, 2025 in Washington, DC.

The 2025 theme is Advocacy in Action: Empowering CPD/CE Professionals to Lead Change.

The abstract selection committee will accept research and best practice submissions in the following domains:

Advocating for Our Programs (Examples):

Bridging quality improvement (QI) with CPD/CE
Implementation science applied to CPD/CE
Using data to demonstrate the value and effectiveness of our activities and programs

Advocating for Our Learners (Examples):

Effective strategies to improve wellness and workplace resilience
Interdisciplinary and inter-professional teamwork
Coordination of GME, PGME and CPD/CE milestones

Advocating for the Patients We Ultimately Serve (Examples):

Equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in CPD/CE (curriculum development, breaking down barriers, biases, creating cultural safety, etc.)
Involving persons with lived experience in CPD/CE development, practice, and research
Role in social responsibility in CPD/CE (e.g., climate crisis, social justice, etc.)

Advocating for Ourselves and Our CPD Colleagues (Examples):

Developing leadership, scholarship and research competencies of those involved in CPD/CE
Expanding our understanding of the fundamentals of learning
Creating a roadmap for the development of CPD professionals

Please Note: You are not limited to the examples above; the abstract selection committee will consider topics beyond those listed here and will accept submissions in research in CPD/CE (including works in progress or in the exploratory stages) and best practices and innovations.

Before you Submit Your Abstract

Review the Abstract Submission Details & Guidelines
Read an Administrator's Guide to Submitting a Program Evaluation Abstract
Review a Checklist for incorporating concepts of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in your presentation
Read through the Review Criteria to understand how your abstract will be evaluated

Submit an Abstract

The deadline to submit your abstract is October 7, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET.
If you haven’t submitted an abstract previously, please see the webinar “Posters and Oral Presentations” for guidance on abstract preparation.

The Scholarship Committee is excited to offer a new opportunity for SACME members: Flash Mentoring for the 2025 Annual Meeting. This initiative allows members to receive personalized guidance from a Scholarship Committee member, helping you refine your abstract and increase its chances of acceptance.

Interested? Reach out to Martin Tremblay, Chair of the Scholarship Committee, at mtremblay@fmsq.org, to be paired with a mentor who can provide valuable feedback on your abstract project.

We look forward to hearing about your work in Washington, DC, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel next March!