2018 ACH ENRICH/Forum: Abstract Submission Deadline Extended
ACH will host its co-located ENRICH Communication Course and Research Forum at the Hilton Downtown in Tampa, FL. These programs bring together 200+ healthcare professionals to engage in intensive communication training or to hear the latest research and teaching methods in the field of healthcare communication. The ENRICH course and the Research Forum are two separate programs (see descriptions below for each). The programs unite participants and foster cross-collaborations through the following joint activities: keynote sessions, special interest groups, a poster session, and more.
Call for Oral Abstracts, Narrative Medicine, Workshops, Symposia, Special Interest Groups
Opens: Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Extended Deadline: February 5, 2018 at 5pm ET
Notification of Acceptance: Mid-March 2018
The ENRICH Communication Course and Research Forum will feature research, education, and teaching innovations in communication in healthcare. We would like to invite you to submit scientific abstracts and proposals for workshops, symposia, narrative medicine, and special interest groups. The ENRICH Course & Research Forum aims to create a learning community that fosters scholarship and interprofessional collaboration to advance knowledge and innovation in communication in healthcare and relationship-centered care. We welcome abstracts and proposals from all health-related disciplines and health professions (nurses, physicians, pharmacists, social workers, therapists, counselors, community health workers, etc.).
Prospective authors can submit abstracts and proposals through our electronic submission process. We encourage submissions from educators, researchers and learners from all healthcare fields. Please click here for detailed guidelines and selection criteria for scientific abstracts, workshops, symposia, and special interest group submissions. http://www.achonline.org/Portals/36/ENRICH2018/Abstract%20Submission%20Guidelines%20-%20Forum%202018_1.pdf
ENRICH participants are invited to submit posters and special interest groups for consideration. Forum participants may submit in any available category.
Submission categories at this year’s ENRICH/Forum include:
Teaching and evaluating clinical communication skills
Patient education and health behavior change
Shared decision-making and patient/family engagement
Patient-Centered Medical Home
Community-based research
Ethics and professionalism
Research methodology
Technology and social media
Risk communication and medical decision-making
Underserved populations and health disparities
Diversity and cross-cultural communication
Linguistics and sociolinguistics
Communication in quality and safety
Implementation science and knowledge translation in health communication
Team and inter-professional communication
Narrative medicine and humanities
Other communication-related topics
CLICK HERE to enter the abstract submission site.
http://submissions.mirasmart.com/ACH2018/Login.aspx
Invited Keynote Speakers:
Lyuba Konopasek, MD, New York- Presbyterian Hospital
Patrice M. Buzzanell, PhD, University of South Florida
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Visit ACHonline.org/ENRICH-Forum for more information.
