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San Diego
May 23-28, 2009
Call for Presentations
Descriptive Areas Selection Criteria Online Submission Form Downloadable Submission Form (PDF)
Submit a Presentation Proposal Today! Share your expertise at the AAPA's 37th Annual Physician Assistant Conference in San Diego, California, Saturday, May 23-Thursday, May 28, 2009.
- Offer interactive case studies
- Provide lists of clinical pearls
- Discuss the latest cutting edge procedures or treatment options
- Provide a thorough review for individuals preparing for the certification or recertification process
- Demonstrate and facilitate hands-on practice of various techniques, clinical skills, or behaviors
- Enhance your professional standing and add to your curriculum vitae
Either as an individual or as part of a group, you can become one of the PA profession's recognized experts. To ensure that a balanced conference CME program is offered, all submissions are reviewed and evaluated by a committee of your peers. The evaluation process is competitive – less than a third of all submissions will be accepted.
- All speakers, panelists, workshop assistants, workshop instructors, and workshop chairs who are physician assistant must be current members of the American Academy of Physician Assistants at the time of participation.
- Presentations and workshops are scheduled throughout the AAPA's 37th Annual Physician Assistant Conference (Saturday, May 23-Thursday, May 28, 2009). Please do not submit a proposal unless you are able to appear on any day of the conference.
- Complete the submission form online: http://www.formsite.com/aapa/form464408037/index.html.
- Or, you may complete and mail the downloadable form (PDF) to the address on the form. Illegible proposals will not be evaluated. If preparing your proposal on a computer, you may substitute the official AAPA Call for Presentations with one you prepare, but all information must appear in the correct order and follow stated limits.
- Sales pitches for products or services disguised as CME proposals will be eliminated.
- Mailed proposals must be received by AAPA no later than September 15, 2008; all mailed proposals must include one original and three (3) copies to be considered. A list of references is required to be considered.
- Presentations range in length from 45 minutes to three hours, depending upon content. You must indicate your minimum and maximum time request.
- Audiences range in size from 50-3,500.
- All speakers, workshop instructors, and workshop chairs will receive an honorarium and complimentary conference registration. (Travel and additional expenses are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.)
- Bonuses may be offered to those presenters who meet the deadlines for both audiovisual orders and electronic syllabus submissions.
- Conference presenters earn AAPA Category I CME credit in return for their teaching. (Please consult AAPA CME staff for details on how to log those hours. Presentations given multiple times may be claimed only once per year, for CME purposes.
ALL PROPOSALS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 15, 2008. You will receive acknowledgement of receipt of your proposal.
Descriptive Areas CME and Workshop Proposals should fall into one of the following list of descriptive categories. The AAPA Conference Education Program Committee has identified these areas to assist attendees as they make their CME choices. The largest proportion of the sessions offered at the conference provides content for PAs working in family medicine/primary care practice settings, therefore they do not appear as descriptors.
Using the identified descriptive categories, presentation or workshop proposals must provide a review of accepted/best practice; or highlight late-breaking, cutting edge, or innovative ideas in the category.
ALRG Allergy/immunology ALTE Alternative/comple-
mentary medicineANES Anesthesia CARD Cardiology COMM Communications CCME Critical care medicine DERM Dermatology DIVR Diversity EDUC Education/research ENTH Ears, nose, throat EMER Emergency medicine ENDO Endocrinology ETHI Ethics GAST Gastroenterology GENE Genetics GERI Geriatrics HEMO Hematology HIVA HIV and AIDS HPOL Health policy
INFD Infectious diseases INTL International PA role LABM Laboratory medicine LEGI Legislative issues MDLG Malpractice issues/
Quality assurance/
Risk management/
Medico-legal issuesMISC Miscellaneous NEPH Nephrology NEUR Neurology NUTR Nutrition OBGY Obstetrics/
gynecologyOCCU Occupational medicine ONCO Oncology OPHT Ophthalmology ORTH Orthopedics PALL Palliative medicine PEDS Pediatrics
PHAR Pharmacotherapeutics PREV Preventive medicine PSYC Psychiatry PUBL Public health issues PULM Pulmonology RADI Radiology REHB Physical medicine/
rehabilitationREIM Reimbursement issues RHEU Rheumatology ROLE Professional role of a PA SUBA Substance abuse SURG Surgery TECH Technology TRAU Trauma TRAV Travel medicine UROL Urology WS Workshop
Selection Criteria Be sure to answer the following questions within your presentation proposal. Your proposal will be judged on the following selection criteria:
- Is the information presented relevant and significant to a PA's practice?
- Are the concepts introduced useful and practical? Balanced? Accepted practice? Cutting edge?
- Is the scope of the presentation appropriate to the requested time limitation?
- Is the instructional design creative, allowing for interaction among the participants?
- Is there demonstrated knowledge of the subject matter?
- Is the material presented logically?
- Is there an effective use of audiovisual and multimedia equipment?
- Is the scope appropriate for the physician assistant audience (years in practice, general, specialty)?
- If the proposal is being submitted under the auspices of one of AAPA's recognized constituent organizations, please identify which one with the representative of the organization who referred you.
Last Revised: 2/7/08
