Call for Abstracts

the division of medical education at weill cornell medicine-qatar is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural medical education research forum as a venue for knowledge transfer and showcasing evolutionary pedagogical innovations in teaching and learning across the medical education continuum from undergraduate level to clinical practice.
The organizing committee invites you to submit an abstract for the poster presentation session. Please disseminate this call for abstracts to your colleagues and other individuals who may be interested. Additional details pertaining to the registration fee, schedule, keynote speakers will be shared in due course. We look forward to welcoming you at the retreat!

Dr. Julie Youm

Director, Educational Technology
Assistant Dean, Education Compliance & Quality
School of Medicine, University of California - Irvine
USA

Dr. George E. Thibault

Federman Professor, Emeritus
Former President, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
New York, USA

Abstract Submission Deadline is February 7, 2019

Submit Your Abstract

All abstract submissions must be made using this form.
Incomplete abstracts will not be considered.
Presenters of accepted posters will be notified by early March 2019.
Presenters of poster abstracts must attend the poster session.

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All questions/clarifications pertaining to the abstract submission should be directed to
Sharmin Qazi saq2004@qatar-med.cornell.edu

Submission Guidelines

Posters should describe the research or innovation. We welcome research/innovations related to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education. These could be:

Budding creative ideas for forthcoming projects aimed at enhancing teaching and curriculum design.
Application and impact/outcomes of approaches used in medical education
Findings from pilot studies or currently on-going projects
Results of completed medical education research

Abstract Submission Structure

Abstract submission should be no longer than 350 words and must be structured as follows (The title, authors' details and headings are not included in the word count): First Author Name, Title, Institution, contact email
Second Author Name (Institution)
Third Author Name (Institution)
Fourth Author Name (Institution)
(Add more if Needed)

Title of Poster
Background
Objectives or aim
Methods
Results
Discussions
Conclusions
Take-home message, lessons learned or next step

Presenters of poster abstracts must attend the poster session during which they will be asked to provide a three minute oral summary of their work.

All submissions will be reviewed by an independent committee and First author of the accepted abstract will be notified by early March 2019. All accepted abstracts will be published in the WCM-Q Medical Education Forum booklet. Four abstract submissions will also be selected for oral presentation at the retreat.

Poster presentations will be evaluated by an external committee for an award using a pre-defined rubric. The presentation that is deemed to best meet the directions/goals for submission will receive an award at the conclusion of the symposium.

Note: Poster Dimensions should be a maximum of 85 cm width x 110 cm height.

Organizing Committee

Dr. Ameed Raoof (Chair)
Dr. Amal Khidir
Ms. Deema Al-Sheikhly
Dr. Mange Manyama
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Ms. Sharmin Qazi (Admin)