Countdown to the Call for Abstracts
Abstracts Submissions will open in late Fall of 2020
Educating Leaders 2021 -Virtual
Week of April 19th 2021
Welcome to the largest osteopathic medical education event in the nation! Due to COVID-19, Educating Leaders 2021, scheduled for the week of April 19th, will be a virtual, online event. We anticipate the Call for Abstracts opening on September 22, 2020. Details will be shared as more information becomes available. Want to get the most up-to-date information? Send your contact information to annualconf@aacom.org.
Amazing Programming
Educating Leaders offers attendees more than 150 education sessions to experience, ranging from inspiring plenaries and practical, in-depth pre-conference workshops, to oral presentations and posters in a variety of focus areas including:
- Advocating for Health, Equity, and Inclusion
- COVID-19 Pandemic
- Caring for the Carers
- Creating and Serving Health Communities
- Designing Osteopathic Medical Education 2030
- Developing Faculty for the Future
- Workforce Development and GME
5 Distinct Audience Tracks
Abstract Main Topics
- Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
- Health Policy
- Student / Trainee Financing and Debt
- Lessons Learned
- Impacts on OME, the Workforce, and the Health Care System
- Changes in Teaching Technologies
- Emergency Preparedness
- Interprofessional Education and Practice
- Addressing Social Determinants of Health
- Approaches to Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
- Partnering with Communities
- Supporting Student or Trainee Mental Health and Personal Counseling/Advising
- Designing / Implementing Faculty Wellness Programming
- Student or Trainee Run Initiatives
- Relationship between Curricular Delivery, Assessment and Wellness
- Academic Support from UME to GME
- Teaching and Assessing OMM/OPP
- Teaching and Assessing Core Competencies or EPAs
- Assessing and Reporting Professionalism
- Using Technology in OME and OMM
- Designing / Implementing Healthy Learning Environments
- Interventions to Improve Empathy
- Transforming Clinical Education
- Course and Clinical Rotation Development and Design
- Career Mentoring and Advising
- Enhancing Leadership and Professionalism
- Supporting Grant Writing and Management
- Advancing Research and Data Skills
- COCA and GME Accreditation Updates
- Clinical Learning Environment Review
- Osteopathic Recognition
- Graduate Level Osteopathic Training
- Selection Science
The Call For Abstracts Will Be Opening Late September
The abstract submission period for Educating Leaders 2021, AACOM’s Virtual Annual Conference, will be opening soon. Present with us and have your work recognized at the nation’s premier osteopathic medical education event scheduled for April 2021.
Networking & Events
Connect virtually with leaders in osteopathic medical education. From Students and Educators to Admissions Professionals, Resident & Fellow Physicians, Program Directors, and more, they’ll all be at Educating Leaders.