
Why Submit?
- Educational opportunity to showcase your work.
- Abstracts will be reviewed and a limited number of Abstract finalists will be invited to present posters onsite in South Padre Island on October 28
- Opportunity to advance to the National Poster Competition
- Medical Students: You may submit abstracts to the Clinical Vignette or Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Categories (Internal Medicine related)
- Medical Students: The first place Oral Clinical Vignette Podium Winner from the Chapter's Annual Meeting will automatically be invited to participate in the national poster competition at the ACP Internal Medicine Annual Meeting the following spring.
- Residents: Your Internal Medicine Residency Program may submit abstracts to the Clinical Vignette, Quality Improvement/Patient Safety or Clinical Research Categories
- Residents: The first place Clinical Vignette, Clinical Research, and Quality Improvement/Patient Safety poster winners for TX Northern Region and TX Southern Region will automatically be submitted to compete in the national poster competition at the ACP Internal Medicine Annual Meeting the following spring.
- Residents Oral Vignette: The first place Oral Clinical Vignette Podium Winner will be recognized at the state chapter meeting with the Dr. Mark Armstrong Award and will receive a scholarship prize to attend ACP Internal Medicine Annual Meeting the following spring as a chapter awardee. The winning Oral Vignette does not automatically advance to the national meeting; Residents may still submit these abstracts to the national competition.
Abstract Categories
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A clinical vignette is a report of one or more cases that illustrates a new disease entity, or a prominent or unusual clinical feature of an established disease. It may include a summary of pertinent patient history, physical findings, laboratory data, or management description.
Patient-oriented research. Research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly interacts with human subjects. This area of research includes: mechanisms of human disease; therapeutic interventions; clinical trials; development of new technologies; analysis of existing datasets; epidemiologic and behavioral studies; outcomes research and health services research.
Submissions can report on efforts to improve patient safety or outcomes measurement. Such efforts may be projects developed and initiated to promote patient safety and/or processes that have improved or created a safer environment for patients. Abstracts may also be submitted that relate to the use of outcome data, how to measure and convert data into information.
ACP has put together materials to help you prepare your research and presentation. From writing the abstract to preparing for presentation and tips on visual aids, we encourage you to review these resources in planning for your presentation.
Creating a Voice-Over-PowerPoint Presentation
Additional presentation tips and poster format suggestions from ACP are available
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Poster Presentation Guidelines
- Posters must fit within the poster board surface area, and posters are displayed on cork base with pushpins. Please note, poster size requirements may change annually and presenters must confirm size requirements with chapter. Note: 2023 Posters must be sized to 24" H x 36" W or Max 24" H x 48" W. Two to Four posters will be displayed per 4' x 8' Poster Board onsite
- All illustrations should be made beforehand. Bear in mind that your graphics may be viewed or read from distances of about 3' or more. Charts, drawings, and illustrations might well be similar to those you would use in making slides; preferably simple and more heavily drawn. Simple use of color can add emphasis effectively.
- Do not mount your poster on heavy board because these may be difficult to keep in position on the poster boards.
- Hand-lettered material should contain appropriately heavy lettering, at least 3/8" high. Typed material should be prepared in a large, legible font.
- Keep illustrative material simple.
- Abstracts may be submitted as an uploaded file
- Non-Competition Clinical Vignette electronic posters will be viewed in the Texas ACP EventMobi Meeting App. Please submit as PDF or PowerPoint file.
- Additional presentation tips and poster format suggestions from ACP are available online
Please review FAQs prior to submission
IMPORTANT NOTE: The submission form requires login to your ACP Online Member Account, and form is linked under FAQs (please do not attempt to login to the TXACP website)