NEW - 2017 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course Call for Postgraduate Course Proposals
SGS is inviting proposals for postgraduate (PG) courses to be held during the 2017 SGS Annual Scientific Meeting in San Antonio Hill Country, Texas. These courses will be held on Sunday, March 26th. There will be three (3) to four (4) concurrent courses. The primary criteria for selection are: anticipated level of topic interest, the needs assessment/gap analysis, and the expertise of the proposed speakers. The theme of the overall meeting is “Mentorship in Surgery, Education and Research”. Half day courses may be proposed.
Each PG faculty will be provided one night hotel room. There is no additional travel reimbursement or honorarium offered. If any travel expense or honorarium is required for non-members, this requirement should be included in the PG Course proposal.
PG courses provide a platform for concise didactic lectures and audience discussions on hot topics and professional development. Below are the guidelines, instructions and important dates for the Call for Postgraduate Course Proposal process.
Submission Guidelines All proposals must be submitted HERE. IMPORTANT: The submission must be done in one session. You will not be able to save your work and come back at a later date. Therefore, please be sure that you have all required materials available at the time of submission. Each proposal will be required to include the following elements:
• Suggested Postgraduate Course Title
• A two to three paragraph description of the course
• Suggested Course Chair and speakers
• Course Outline with suggested titles for presentations with proposed start and end times
• Identification of speaker for each suggested presentation
• Needs Assessment/gap analysis for the Course
• Three to four learning objectives for the course
• Explanation of any requests for additional AV equipment over and above the standard podium, screen and projector (if applicable)
• Inclusion of travel/honorarium required for any non SGS members
Instructions All submissions must follow the guidelines above and are due July 29, 2016 via the submission form. Due to the scheduling process of the meeting, the deadline will not be extended.
Important Dates
July 5, 2016 Call for postgraduate course proposals
July 29, 2016 Proposals due
August 15, 2016 Postgraduate course notifications sent
September 16, 2016 Final course outline and speaker confirmations due
February 24, 2017 Course presentations/slides due
March 26, 2017 Selected postgraduate courses presented
Disclaimers
• The 2017 SGS Scientific Program Committee have the right to suggest/request edits to the selected proposals
• If selected, additional equipment requests will be considered, but acceptance does not guarantee that the additional equipment request has been approved – Notification will be sent for such request after all equipment needs have been identified.
• Selection is at the discretion of the 2017 SGS Scientific Program committee. Submission of a proposal does NOT guarantee selection as an SGS Postgraduate Course
Questions All questions can be directed to Robert Gutman, MD at [email protected].
Talk or Topic Only Submissions If you do NOT have a full course outline available, but have a suggested topic or title that you would like to share with the 2017 SGS Scientific Program Chair, please send that information via e-mail directly to [email protected].
Rob Gutman, MD - 2017 SGS Scientific Program Chair
Drew Cassidenti, MD - 2017 SGS Scientific Program Co-Chair
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