RESIDENTS and MEDICAL STUDENTS Your fellow internists invite you to join us for the ILLINOIS CHAPTER NORTHERN REGION ANNUAL ACP ASSOCIATES DAY Friday, November 2, 2012 South Shore Cultural Center 7059 South Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois And to participate in the POSTER, ORAL CLINICAL VIGNETTE, AND DOCTOR S DILEMMA COMPETITIONS POSTER & DOCTOR S DILEMMA ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, September 7, 2012 at 11:59pm ORAL CLINICAL VIGNETTE ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, September 21, 2012 at 11:59pm Oral Clinical Vignette Poster Doctor s Dilemma Airfare, housing & registration up to $1,500 for the National ACP CA, April Second Place Airfare & registration up to $600 for the National ACP Annual Third Place Registration for the National ACP CA, April Medical Student Award $250 Cash Prize & Invitation to display poster at the National ACP Annual Airfare, housing & registration up to $1,500 for the National ACP Annual Second Place Airfare & registration up to $600 for the National ACP Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April Third Place Registration for the National ACP CA, April Medical Student Award $250 Cash Prize Each team member receives airfare, housing & registration up to $1,500 to attend and compete at the National ACP CA, April Note: Each Northern Illinois residency program may select one resident to represent its program for the oral vignette competition.
ORAL CLINICAL VIGNETTE COMPETITION 1. One resident and one medical student from each of the Northern Illinois Internal Medicine residency programs/medical schools will be selected by their program to present an oral clinical vignette. A separate competition will be held for medical students with the same rules as below. 2. Oral Vignette abstract forms are due on September 21 st. NO LATE ENTRIES will be accepted. Abstracts must be prepared as directed and submitted via the online abstract submission form on the chapter website. Please see attached ACP Regulations for Submission of Abstracts. Abstracts may not exceed 450 words. 3. You will be notified via email by Friday, October 12, 2012 if your oral vignette is accepted. 4. Oral vignettes are limited to five minutes in length. Oral vignettes will be presented during Northern Illinois Associates Day, Friday, November 2, 2012. 5. Presentations MUST be submitted in Microsoft PowerPoint format to IL.associates.day@gmail.com NO LATER than Friday, October 26, 2012. 6. Oral vignette presentations will be judged on: Case Selection, Content (introduction, description of case, literature review, discussion, and summary), Presentation (organization, audiovisual aids, question answering, within time frame) and Overall Impact. 7. For additional Clinical Vignette resources, visit the College s Guide to Preparing for the Abstract Competition: http://www.acponline.org/residents_fellows/competitions/abstract/prepare/ 8. Award presentations will be Friday evening, November 2, following the Doctor s Dilemma final competition. All presenters are expected to attend the awards portion of the meeting. ORAL CLINICALVIGNETTE ABSTRACTS ARE DUE BY 11:59pm on September 21, 2012 (NO LATE ENTRIES) Submit your abstract on the Chapter Web site: www.acponline.org/chapters/il/abstract.htm Questions? Contact IL.Associates.Day@gmail.com
POSTER COMPETITION 1. Abstracts are due on September 7, 2012. NO LATE ENTRIES will be accepted. Abstracts must be submitted via the online abstract submission form on the Chapter website. Abstracts are limited to 450 words not including title or authors. Please see attached ACP Regulations for Submission of Abstracts. 2. A total of 250 abstracts will be selected for poster competition. 3. Participants may not enter both the Poster competition and the Doctor s Dilemma competition. 4. The poster competition will be limited, and selection will be made by the Illinois ACP to assure that there are a variety of types of posters (research vs. clinical vignette), subspecialty representation, and program representation. A person may be first author on only ONE poster. You will be notified via email by Friday, October 5, 2012 if your poster is accepted. 5. We strongly encourage that posters be set up from 4:00p to 7:00p on Thursday, November 1, 2012. Posters must be on display no later than 8:30 a.m. on Friday, November 2, 2012. Poster judging will take place in two different blocks from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and from 11:15a to 12:00p on Friday, November 2, 2012. First authors are expected to be present by their poster for their entire judging period. Failure to be present for judging will result in immediate disqualification from the competition. 6. Posters may be 4 wide x 3 tall (48 X 36 ) maximum. Posters larger than 4 x 3 will not be accepted and will be automatically disqualified from the competition. Materials to hang posters will be available at the display area. 7. A single, lightweight poster is recommended for ease in displaying, however, the format is up to the presenter. The print on the posters should be large enough to be readable from 3 feet. Templates are available at www.makesigns.com/sciposters_templates.aspx 8. Posters will be judged on the following: Originality, Significance, Presentation, Methods (if applicable), Visual Impact, and Interview. 9. For additional abstract resources, visit the College s Guide to Preparing for the Abstract Competition: http://www.acponline.org/residents_fellows/competitions/abstract/prepare/ 10. Award presentations will be Friday evening, November 2, following the Doctor s Dilemma final competition. All presenters are expected to attend the awards portion of the meeting. POSTER COMPETITON ABSTRACTS ARE DUE BY 11:59pm on September 7, 2012 (NO LATE ENTRIES) Submit your abstract on the Chapter Web site: www.acponline.org/chapters/il/abstract.htm Questions? Contact IL.Associates.Day@gmail.com
DOCTOR S DILEMMA COMPETITION 1. This is a team competition in which medical questions will be presented. 2. Each program will be allowed ONE team. Name of team participants are due by BY 11:59pm on September 7, 2012 to IL.associates.day@gmail.com 3. Participants may not enter both the Poster competition and the Doctor s Dilemma competition. 4. Each team will consist of one 1 st year resident, one 2 nd year resident, and one 3 rd year resident. 5. Preliminary sessions will be closed to viewers and held during the morning session on Friday, November 2, 2012. 6. The semi-finals and finals will be open to an audience and will be held in the afternoon on Friday, November 2, 2012. 7. Award presentations will be Friday evening, November 2, following the Doctor s Dilemma final competition. All competitors are expected to attend the awards portion of the meeting.
American College of Physicians REGULATIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS Clinical Vignette Competition Definition: A clinical vignette is a report of one or more cases that illustrates a new disease entity, or a prominent or unusual clinical feature of an established disease. It may include a summary of pertinent patient history, physical findings, laboratory data, or management description. Research Competition Definition: Submissions can report clinical and/or laboratory-based research, delineate a new investigation into mechanisms of disease, or consist of detailed review of a clinical problem. Abstracts concerned with efficiency, cost or method of health care delivery, quality of care, and medical decision-making are also encouraged. ABSTRACT INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS Abstract Eligibility: Original abstracts that either have or have not been presented at other meetings will be considered. Presentation of original work at the chapter meeting may, however, jeopardize presentation before another society. Abstracts are eligible if they have been published; however, abstracts based upon full papers that have been published are not eligible. Author Eligibility: The first author of an abstract must be an ACP Associate Member in good standing. Co-authors need not be ACP members. Abstracts must be signed by your Program Director. You are encouraged to write your abstract in a format similar to that used in scientific papers so that it may be cited in curriculum vitae or submitted as evidence of scholarly activity when your are preparing to advance to Fellowship in the American College of Physicians. Format: 1. Abstracts must be completed in Word format and emailed to the Chapter. 2. Abstracts are limited to 450 words. 3. The title should be brief and clearly state content of paper. 4. Name of presenting author must be listed first. 4. List name and one degree only (e.g., MD, DO) for each author. Indicate their status within ACP (Associate, Member, or Fellow), if applicable. Professional title of positions should not be included. 5. List names of authors institution(s), city, and state. Note: The format used in the Annals of Internal Medicine is also encouraged. The body of the abstract should be organized as follows: 1. Purpose for study (one sentence if possible). 2. Simple statement of methods. 3. Summary of results (adequate to support conclusions). 4. Statement of conclusions (Do not use phrases such as The results will be discussed. ) 5. This format may be modified, as appropriate, for Clinical Vignette submissions, or for Research submissions diverging from the standard research methods. Style: Write for clarity and directness. Avoid the use of medical jargon or stock empty phrases. A table may be used if its fits within the borderlines. Keep in mind that grammar will be taken into consideration. Please proofread your abstract carefully. Abbreviations, Symbols, and Nomenclature: Usage should conform as closely as possible to that recommended in CBE Style Manual, (6th edition., 1994), published by the Council of Biology Editors, and available from CBE Secretariat, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814. Nonstandard abbreviations must be kept to a minimum and must be explained when used. Generic names of drugs are preferred: a proprietary name may be given only with the first use of the generic name. Units of measurement should be metric (SI), including those for height of length, mass (weight), and body temperature. Preferred concentration units in clinical chemical measurements are those recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry: for substances of known, pure composition, millimoles/milliliter or millimoles/liter; for mixtures of substances where exact composition is not known, grams/liter.