Physician Winner
1st Place - Eric Coris, MD
USF Morsani College of Medicine
Resident Winners 1st Place - Mitsu Bueno, DO
FSUCOM Family Medicine Residency at BayCare Health System Winter Haven
2nd Place - Mikaela Abell, MD
Orlando Health: Bayfront Hospital
3rd Place - Mary Ann Barnum, MD
AdventHealth Winter Park Family Medicine Residency
Student Winners 1st Place - Luke Farmer
FSU College of Medicine
2nd Place - Rana Hanna
USF Morsani College of Medicine
3rd Place - Hannah Baker
FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
1st Place Podium
Lindsey Wells, MD (Resident)
2nd Place Podium
Julia Jenkins, MD (Physician)
3rd Place Podium
Olena Mahneva (Student)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR POSTER SESSION
A Call for Abstracts is being issued for the Florida Academy of Family Physicians Poster Session. The research must be of interest and educational value to the specialty of family medicine and conducted by (1) a Florida family medicine resident (2) a Florida medical student or (3) an active FAFP physician member. Membership in FAFP is a prerequisite for submission by all authors listed.
Deadline for Abstracts: TBD
Notification to members if Abstract was accepted: TBD
Deadline for Posters in JPEG format: TBD
Submit questions to: Florida Academy of Family Physicians
Attn: Deborah Walker, Director of Communications and Marketing
Email: dwalker@fafp.org
ELIGIBILITY
Clinical or educational scholarly activity completed in the past 2-3 years that is relevant to family medicine and has been conducted or performed by a FAFP family medicine resident, medical student or an FAFP physician member may qualify for submission to this program. We define “student” and “resident” as the status of the investigator when most of the work was done. Membership in FAFP is a prerequisite for submission.
SELECTION CRITERIA AND REVIEW PROCESS
Decisions will be based upon the following criteria:
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Scholarly work valuable to family medicine
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Scientific merit of the project
Categories:
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Completed Research
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Research in Progress
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Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Project
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Case Report
No application will be accepted if it is determined that the purpose, findings, and/or conclusions are promotional in nature. If financial support has been provided for the preparation of the poster, please indicate on the disclosure form. Failure to disclose financial support will result in the application being disqualified. The FAFP, as well as the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), requires all presenters to sign a disclosure statement indicating whether or not financial support was provided.
Volunteer physician members of the FAFP Research Workgroup will review poster applications. Of those indicating a desire for an oral presentation, three abstracts will be selected for a podium presentation.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
The following guidelines must be followed when submitting an application for the April poster presentation.
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A typed, written abstract of your project must accompany the application. It should include the following information:
(Check only one per submission form)
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Categories: Quality Improvement Research Case Report Research in Progress
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Primary Author Status: Active Physician Resident Student
1. Maximum two page description of project (12 point font) excluding references
2. Background, Hypothesis, Design, Subjects, Setting
3. Methods (include statistical analysis, measurement techniques, confounding factors)
4. Outcome measures
5. Discussion (include summary, study limitations, relevance of project to family medicine & conclusions)
6. Results
7. Conclusions
8. References
Incomplete applications will not be accepted. All submissions must submitted through the portal.
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The completed application must be submitted to: Florida Academy of Family Physicians, through the application portal. Since the review committee will base its decision on the information supplied on the application form and abstract, it will be to your advantage to supply as much information as possible.
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The primary and secondary presenters must be the authors of the work on which the exhibit is based or the persons responsible for the content, arrangement, and presentation on the data in the poster. All authors listed on the poster application form are required to have contributed significantly to the project design, analysis and presentation and submit a conflict of interest statement (letter "F" of application form) disclosing any financial support provided by proprietary entities.
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Primary authors may only submit one (1) application/abstract for review and approval.
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Based on the submitted abstracts, three authors will be selected to give podium presentations
POSTER CONTENT
Only generic names of drugs and other products may be used in poster presentation. Company logos may not be used in any part of the poster.
A credit line indicating any financial support must be included as a footnote not exceeding one-quarter inch in height at the bottom of the poster. This line must read “Financial support for this poster was provided in part by (supporting company).” Commercial product names are not permitted in the poster title.
The name of the sponsoring institution(ie school or hospital) are appropriate and should be included
The primary and/or secondary presenter(s) must be the authors of the work on which the poster is based or the persons responsible for the content, arrangement and presentation on the data in the poster
POSTER SIZE AND MATERIAL
Dimensions of poster will be limited’ to 3’ (vertical) x 6’ (horizontal) or 1.0m x 2.43 and uploaded online (NOT printed) in Power Point format.
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AWARDS
If your abstract is selected, your poster will be presented in-person unless you were selected for podium presentation at the Family Medicine Spring Forum at the Hilton Bonnet Creek - Orlando, FL. The top projects will receive prizes as noted below:
Podium presentation First Place Award
Remaining podium presenters
Practicing Physician First Place
Resident First Place
Resident Second Place
Residents Third Place
Student First Place
Student Second Place
Student Third Place
$250 Scholarship Ribbon & Certificate
$100 Scholarship Ribbon & Certificate
$100 Scholarship Ribbon & Certificate
$100 Scholarship Ribbon & Certificate
$75 Scholarship Ribbon & Certificate
$50 Scholarship Ribbon & Certificate
$100 Scholarship Ribbon & Certificate
$75 Scholarship Ribbon & Certificate
$50 Scholarship Ribbon & Certificate
ETHICAL CONSIDERATION
The material presented in the poster must be up-to-date and presented in an ethical manner. Comparisons of efficacy, contraindications, modes of administration, etc., between competitive products shall be fully presented. Editorial conclusions should be made with ethical restraint. If the poster deals with a pharmaceutical product, medical device, or any product that is sold on the open market, the content of the poster must not be promotional. Any poster material deemed to be promotional must be masked over or changed before the opening of the meeting. Failure to comply with these rules, or evidence of product of service promotion during the meeting, will result in immediate removal of the poster and exclusion of the author(s) from future FAFP poster presentations.
LIABILITY
It is agreed that presenters shall indemnify and hold harmless the FAFP from all liability, which may ensue from any cause whatsoever.
PRESENTER AGREEMENT
By submission of your application for poster presentations, you understand the terms as outlined in the application packet and you agree to abide by these terms. Your application and poster assignment are subject to acceptance of the FAFP.