Call for Abstracts: Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) 2012 National Conference
36th National Conference
November 1-3, 2012 Bethesda, Maryland
Deadline for Abstract submissions: May 25, 2012
We invite you to celebrate our 36th anniversary at the Double Tree Hotel in Bethesda, MD on November 1-3, 2012. The conference is notable for its in-depth focus on substance abuse education and the high quality of its workshops and presentations. The objectives of the AMERSA National Conference are to bring together researchers and health professional educators to learn about scientific advances and exemplary teaching approaches. AMERSA’s membership consists of a multidisciplinary audience, comprised of physicians, nurses, social workers, dentists, psychologists, public health practitioners, substance abuse specialists, physician assistants, and allied health professionals.
AMERSA seeks abstract submissions of recent substance abuse research and substance abuse education innovations.
Abstracts for the 2012 AMERSA National Conference may be submitted to one of three categories:
Research – These abstracts report the results of original research and must include methods, data and analyses.
Program and Curricula Evaluation – These abstracts report the results of evaluations of innovative programs and/or education curricula and must include methods, data and analyses.
Clinical Case Presentations – These abstracts describe an illustrative case that reinforces specific learning objectives for substance abuse and medical education.
Abstract presentation formats include:
Oral presentations are clustered into concurrent theme-based 90-minute sessions with each abstract presentation ten minutes in length followed by an additional 5 minute comment/question period. These will be scheduled Saturday morning.
Poster presentations are displayed during a 90-minute evening poster reception with the attendant author(s) available to discuss and present the poster. These will be scheduled Thursday evening.
Abstracts awards are presented to the three best abstracts. To receive an award, authors must give an oral presentation at a special plenary session on Saturday morning.
Abstracts may be submitted in one of two ways: (a) electronic online submission through the website www.amersa.org, or (b) an emailed attachment, in Microsoft Word format, to admin@amersa.org.
