Hi SGIM Hospitalists,
We have an opportunity to make proposals for symposia at the next national meeting in Hollywood (Florida). See the invitation below:
On behalf of the 2016 Annual Meeting Program Committee, we are reaching out to solicit proposals for Invited Content to be presented at the annual meeting May 11-14, in Hollywood, Florida. The meeting theme is Generalists Engaged in Population Health: Improving Outcomes and Equity through Research, Education and Patient Care. Population health focuses on the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group. General internal medicine sits uniquely at the nexus of caring for individuals and populations, demanding us to achieve innovation and excellence in the education, research and patient care of populations, one patient at a time. Submissions received by the deadline will be considered for scheduling as special symposia, indicating they are invited, not peer reviewed.
Special symposia are 90 minutes long, didactic in method and are an opportunity to invite speakers to the meeting from diverse disciplines who might represent new and innovative approaches to the work we do. We expect symposia to be of interest to a large number of attendees, and they will be presented in rooms seating 100-200 people. Sessions that include small-group discussions are not appropriate and should be submitted for peer review as workshops.
Your initial session description must include its title, speaker list (one coordinator and no more than five additional speakers) and a summary of the content (length of summary is limited to 3,000 characters, including spaces). Email this description to Sarajane Garten, SGIM Director of Meetings at gartens@sgim.org no later than 5:00 pm Eastern Time on August 18, 2015.
The Program Committee will evaluate the proposals based on their quality, fit with the meeting theme, and alignment with initiatives and goals from SGIM Council, which include improving the work environment for general internists/primary care physicians; creating sustainable, cost-effective primary care models; and promoting career development of all members of the Society. We expect to schedule between six and nine special symposia.
The Program Committee will review these submissions and will notify you no later than September 10 whether your suggestion will be scheduled for presentation. If it is, we will move forward and request additional information. This timeline provides ample time for those not scheduled to be submitted as workshop proposals in the Annual Meeting’s regular peer-review process.
Important note regarding financial support for speakers: The SGIM annual meeting is conducted without commercial funding. We do NOT provide honoraria for presenters, including invited Special Symposia speakers. All presenters (for invited AND peer-reviewed content) are required to register and pay registration fees for the meeting along with their expenses for travel, lodging, and food. Council has not yet established 2016 registration fees, but they eliminated a one-day presenter registration fee back in 2011.
Thank you.
Monica Lypson, MD, MHPE
Special Symposia, Chair
and
Christopher Masi, MD, PhD
Special Symposia, Co-Chair
sent on their behalf by:
Sarajane Garten, MA
Director of Meetings
Society of General Internal Medicine
1500 King Street ~ Suite 303
Alexandria VA 22314
Phone: 202-887-5150 or 800-822-3060 ~ Fax: 202-481-9682
Email: gartens@sgim.org
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Jeannette Guerrasio MD
Associate Professor
University of Colorado Denver
Denver CO
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