Special Symposia

Special Symposia

The 2023 SGIM Annual Meeting "The Promise of Tomorrow." We will use our meeting to reflect on the fundamental changes that we have experienced over the past few years. We have, and are, navigating changes in how in our we prepare our trainees, in how we care for our patients, and in how we gather, translate, and implement the evidence that informs our patient care and education. Our plenaries, symposia, workshops, and presentations will highlight where we are and where we need to go. We will explore how general internists can take a leadership role in innovation in research, education, and clinical practice and in so doing advance policies aimed at improving the health of our patients and communities.  We invite you to join us to craft a vision of the future in a world that has dramatically altered over the course of a few years. The opportunities ahead of us are vast, and we will use our meeting to explore how we can be change agents who meet the promise of tomorrow.

Submissions

Key Dates

Session Duration

Submission Criteria

Faculty

Submission Topics

Submission Categories

Review Process

Go To Submission Site

Key Dates

July 5, 2022: Special Symposia Submission Portal Opens
August 3, 2022: Special Symposia Submission Portal Closes
August 22, 2022: Acceptance Notifications Sent
September 2, 2022: RSVP Responses Due

Session Duration

Special Symposia are 60-minute didactic sessions. Submissions that include small group discussions are not appropriate and should be submitted as workshops

Submission Criteria

  1. Title: Do not use all caps
  2. Relation to Meeting Theme: How does this session fit with the meeting theme? (limit: 250 characters, including spaces). **Please see submission topics below**
  3. Session Summary: Limit: 3,000 characters, including spaces
  4. Collaboration: Identify SGIM Committee, Commission, Workgroup or External Organization
  5. Categories: See list below 
  6. ACGME-Specific Learning Objectives: (4 required) Each learning objective should reflect one of the six ACGME Core Competencies.
  7. Session History: Has this session been presented before? If yes, identify the meeting(s) and date(s)
  8. Target Audience: General Audience, Beginning/Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Medical Students/Residents/Fellows
  9. Session Agenda: How will you design your session agenda with audience engagement in mind?
  10. Product Approval: Does your presentation reference/mention a product that is not approved in the United States for the use under discussion? Yes/No/ If yes, explain
  11. Session Coordinator: and up to four additional speakers (maximum: five total speakers)
  12. Relevance of Topic to SGIM Members
Submission Site: https://sgim23.abstractcentral.com/. Note: There is no submission fee. 

Faculty

  • Special Symposia submissions must identify one (and only one) session coordinator. Co-coordinators are not an option.
  • Special Symposia submissions may include up to four (4) additional Update faculty members for a total of 5 presenters.
  • Every Special Symposia faculty member must have an updated ScholarOne account before they are added to a submission.
    • Submitting authors should confirm email addresses of all faculty/presenters to avoid creating duplicate accounts in ScholarOne
  • Accepted presenters are required to register and pay registration fees. Acceptance and acknowledgement of Presenter Registration Policy is required at time of submission.
  • Honoraria are not offered to Special Symposia presenters.

Submission Topics

  • Innovative strategies to creating environments that attract and retain physicians in the field of general internal medicine
  • Addressing disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates and access to vaccination
  • Approaches to addressing racism as a public health issue
  • Novel approaches to preventing or reducing trainee and physician burnout and encouraging physician retention in general medicine specialties
  • Strategies for building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve
  • Novel ways of addressing care gaps and health inequities in clinical practice 
  • Designing and implementing systems for faculty advising and mentorship 
  • Institutional and clinical innovations to adapt to the rapidly evolving social and healthcare climate 
  • Identifying generalizable GIM-based strategies to advocate for change at all levels of health care (health systems delivery, community engagement, individual patients, policy)
  • Identifying the impact of GIM-based leadership in improving patient care, decreasing health inequities, and changing institutional culture
  • Integrating the social determinants of health and social justice into undergraduate and graduate medical curricula
  • Leveraging data and technology to teach and shape health policy
  • Approaches to conducting Community Based Participatory Research
  • Quality improvement efforts to address care gaps and health inequities
  • Training students/residents/faculty to become effective advocates
  • How to evaluate, design, and implement new care delivery models (in clinic and UME/GME curricula) 

Submission Categories

  • Career Development
  • Chronic Disease Management
  • Clinical Informatics and Health Information Technology
  • Clinical Skills
  • DEI, Health Equity, and Social Determinants of Health
  • Geriatrics and Palliative Care
  • Healthcare Delivery and Redesign
  • Health Policy
  • Medical Education and Scholarship
  • Medical Ethics and Humanities 
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety 
  • Research
  • Research Skills
  • Women’s Health, Sex, and Gender-Informed Medicine

Go to the Submission Categories page for more information on the categories.


      Review Process

      Only submissions received prior to deadline (August 3, 2022) will be considered for scheduling. The Annual Meeting Program Committee will evaluate submissions. Acceptance notifications will be sent by August 22, 2022. 

      For more information, contact annualmeeting@sgim.org