Clinical Updates

Clinical Updates are primarily didactic, but the use of engaging teaching techniques is strongly encouraged. All sessions should be designed for a general audience of SGIM meeting attendees.

Clinical Updates will highlight information from five to eight papers (or other relevant resources) that, according to the presenters, have significantly impacted the practice or understanding of the topic area. For Updates presented annually, the content must reflect papers published within the most recent 12 months. For novel or less frequent Updates, content may include papers published within the preceding 24 months. Each paper's discussion should include the presenters' insights on how the paper contributes to the literature and why its findings are relevant to clinical practice or teaching. Topic examples include updates in medical education, health policy, diabetes management, women’s health, adolescent medicine, and more.

Novel and/or highly relevant update ideas are also encouraged. These may cover changes or innovations in clinical care and education due to COVID-19, next-generation payment models, telehealth/mobile health/virtual healthcare, technology in medicine, PrEP/PEP, interprofessional healthcare delivery, or gene therapy.

Note: Prior acceptance of an Update submission does not guarantee acceptance for SGIM25.

Key Dates for Clinical Updates

Name	Date
Submissions Open	August 27, 2024
Submissions Close	September 24, 2024
Peer Review Begins	September 27, 2024
Peer Review Ends	October 7, 2024
Acceptance Notices	October 25, 2024
Acceptance Notices (Interest Groups)	October 30, 2024
RSVP Deadline	November 8, 2024

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Submission Criteria

Title: Please use standard title capitalization.
Collaboration: Identify SGIM Committee, Commission, Workgroup, or External Organization involved in creating this submission. (optional)
Session Summary: Limit: 3,000 characters, including spaces
Relevance of topic to SGIM Members
ACGME-Specific Learning Objectives: Each learning objective should reflect one of the six (4 required) ACGME Core Competencies
Subject Expertise: Describe the presenters’ expertise or experience in this content area
Session Outcomes: How will the session help participants learn key points and apply them?
Innovation: Does the Update bring a new topic or perspective to the conference?
Session History: Has this session been presented before? If yes, identify the meeting(s) and date(s)
Product Approval: Does your presentation reference/mention a product not approved in the United States for the use under discussion? Yes/No. If yes, explain
Category: Select the best fitting category for the submission.
Confirm Understanding of Presenter Registration Policy
Session Coordinator and Faculty: and up to 4 additional speakers (maximum: five total speakers)

Note: There is a non-refundable submission fee of $85.

Faculty

Clinical Updates submissions must identify one (and only one) session coordinator. Co-coordinators are not an option.
Clinical Updates submissions may include up to four (4) additional faculty members for a total of five (5) presenters.
Every Clinical Updates faculty member must have an updated ScholarOne account before they are added to a submission.
- Submitting authors should confirm the email addresses of all faculty/presenters to avoid creating duplicate accounts in ScholarOne.
- ScholarOne automatically lists the submitter as an author and makes them the lead/presenting author.
Accepted presenters are required to register and pay registration fees. Acceptance and acknowledgment of the Presenter Registration Policy are required at the time of submission.
Honorariums are not offered to Clinical Update presenters.

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