2024 APCCMPD Awards 
Call for Submissions

APCCMPD Award for Novel Fellowship Education Implementation
 

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Purpose

The APCCMPD Award for Novel Fellowship Education Implementation recognizes outstanding contributions to fellowship medical education and training through the development of novel and innovative curricular development in pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care medicine. Program Directors, Associate Program Directors, faculty members, junior faculty and Fellows are encouraged to submit their abstracts. 

  • The APCCMPD Award for Novel Fellowship Education Implementation is awarded to one APCCMPD member annually.
  • Applicants must submit an abstract describing a successful innovative educational method they have applied to their training program.
  • A recipient of the abstract award will be a Program Director, Associate Program Director, faculty member or Fellow within an APCCMPD member fellowship program.
  • Abstracts submitted for the ATS Innovations Award are eligible for the APCCMPD Award for Novel Fellowship Education Implementation.

The APCCMPD values all contributions to medical education and would like to provide ways for medical educators to further enhance their CV's. All authors and their abstracts, regardless of award status, will be recognized in APCCMPD’s quarterly newsletter, on the APCCMPD website, and in the APCCMPD 2024 Annual Conference Awards Program, as well as given the opportunity to present a poster of their abstract at the APCCMPD Annual Conference.

Eligibility and Award Criteria 

A recipient of the APCCMPD Award for Novel Fellowship Education Implementation will be a Program Director, Associate Program Director, faculty member or Fellow within an APCCMPD member fellowship program. 

Abstract Submission Requirements

The online abstract submission form will require the following for completion:

  • Name, email address, academic title and institution for each contributing author.
  • A .jpg-format color photograph of each author (head and shoulders). Headshots will be used in the APCCMPD 2024 Annual Conference Awards Program. Submitted headshots will not be shared with the Awards Review Committee. 
  • Confirmation that, if selected, the awardee will attend the APCCMPD Annual Conference.

Abstract Grading

All abstracts will be anonymized prior to the Awards Review Committee reviewing the submitted abstracts. All abstracts will be graded on the quality of the abstract submission, as well as the innovation and novelty of the educational program presented in the abstract.

Awardee Recognition

  • The awardee will be invited to present their abstract at the APCCMPD 2024 Annual Conference to be held February 28-March 1 in Las Vegas, NV.
  • If the award recipient is a Fellow-in-Training, the awarded Fellow will receive up to 2 nights hotel, 30-day advance purchase coach airfare, and complimentary registration to the APCCMPD 2024 Annual Conference.
  • If the award recipient is a PD, APD or faculty member of a fellowship program, the awardee will receive complimentary registration to the APCCMPD 2024 Annual Conference.

Submit an Online Application

Submission Information

Deadline for Submission:

November 1, 2023

To be considered:

All abstracts must be submitted online

Once begun:

You will NOT have the ability to save your application and complete it later

Download Requirements:

Download a copy of the requirements and prepare your application prior to submission

Questions?

Joyce Reitzner, MBA, MIPH
[email protected]