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Project Submissions: 2025 Innovation & Research Forum

Submission deadline:

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Submit your family medicine innovation or research project for presentation and feedback.

Submission categories:

Innovation in family medicine and original research
Community and participatory projects, descriptive studies, quality improvement initiatives
Clinical case studies and literature reviews with unique conclusions

Projects that address health equity, health care disparities and antiracism are encouraged.

All presenters must register for the Forum. Someone must be available to present the project (virtually or in person) on March 8, 2025. There is no charge for residents or students to register.

Who should submit?

Physicians, residents, medical students, researchers, psychologists and other innovators in family medicine who are studying, teaching and/or practicing in Minnesota.

Do the projects need to be complete?

Yes. On March 8, 2025, you should be ready to talk about the final data or outcomes of your project.

Presentation Format

Present your project (virtually or in person) in one of two ways:

PowerPoint presentation – Each presenter has 20 minutes, including Q&A.
Poster – Posters can be presented live or online (on demand). Poster size can be up to 91″ wide x 45″ high. Do not mount your poster on foam board.

Key Dates

January 12, 2025	Project submissions due
January 24, 2025	Notification of project acceptance
March 2, 2025	PowerPoint presentations & poster PDFs due
March 8, 2025	Innovation & Research Forum

Submission Preparation

You will not be able to save your submission form to continue (or edit) later, so we recommend that you have the following information at hand before you begin to complete the form:

Information about the project contact / presenter
- Name, email address and phone number
- Role(s)/position(s) at school/residency program/clinic/other
How the project will be presented (PowerPoint or poster, live or online)
SHORT project title (approximately 150 characters, including spaces)
Answers to these questions:
- What did you do and why was it important?
- How did you do it?
- What did you learn?
- What’s next?
IRB approval status
HIPAA compliance status
Funding sources
Disclosures (ineligible company relationships and/or unlabeled or investigational uses of products/devices)

Project Submission Form

Project submissions will open in fall 2024.

Project Contact / Presenter

The project contact attends the Forum and presents the project.

First name(Required)

Middle name

Last name(Required)

Email address(Required)

Phone number where we can leave you a message(Required)

Phone type(Required)

Provide the following information as it should be included on our website and when introducing you at the Forum. Select or enter N/A for anything that does not apply to you or that you do not want included.

Professional designations(Required)

Provide the accreditations that should be listed with your name (e.g., MPH, MD, DO, PhD, etc.)

Current role(s)/position(s) held(Required)

Select all that apply.

Medical student

Resident

Practicing physician

Faculty (for residency program)

Academic appointment

Other

Medical school(Required)

We will spell out the school’s name appropriately.

Residency program(Required)

We will spell out the program name appropriately.

Clinic name(Required)

Enter the name of the clinic where you primarily practice exactly as it should be published.

Academic position(Required)

Enter your academic position title exactly as it should be published.

Academic institution name(Required)

Enter your academic institution name exactly as it should be published.

Other position(Required)

Enter your other position title exactly as it should be published.

Other position business name(Required)

i.e., school, program, clinic/system, institution, company, etc. Enter the name exactly as it should be published.

Presentation Information

All live presenters must be available from 8:00 am to 2:05 pm on March 8, 2025.

How will this project be presented?(Required)

PowerPoint presentation (live, in person)

PowerPoint presentation (live, online)

Poster (live and online)

Poster (online only)

Will this project have multiple presenters?(Required)

Yes

Objectives instructions:

Include two (2) objectives (to be used for CME application purposes and promotional materials).
Compose each objective to finish this sentence: “Participants will...”

Objective #1(Required)

Objective #2(Required)

Project Information

Will your project be complete by the day of the Forum (March 8, 2025)?(Required)

Yes

Was this project conducted by eligible investigators?(Required)

Eligible investigators are physicians, residents, medical students, researchers, psychologists and other innovators in family medicine who are studying, teaching and/or practicing in Minnesota.

Yes

Project title(Required)

Keep the title short (maximum 150 characters, including spaces).

What did you do and why was it important?(Required)

How did you do it?(Required)

What did you learn?(Required)

What’s next?(Required)

Additional Information

IRB approval(Required)

Yes

Not applicable

HIPAA compliance(Required)

Yes

Not applicable

This project received funding from…(Required)

Check all that apply.

MAFP Foundation Innovation Grant

MAFP Foundation Research Grant

MAFP Foundation Summer Externship Grant

Other funding source(s)

none of the above

Other funding source(s)(Required)

Funding disclosure(Required)

I understand that the funding source(s) for my project must be listed in my slides or my poster

Disclosures

DISCLOSURE OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH INELIGIBLE COMPANIES WITHIN 24 MONTHS OF DATE OF THIS FORM

Companies that are ineligible to be accredited (ineligible companies) are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing health care products used by or on patients.

Relationship types include but are not limited to employee, researcher, consultant, advisor, speaker, independent contractor (including contracted research), royalties or patent beneficiary, executive role, and ownership interest. Individual stocks and stock options should be disclosed; diversified mutual funds do not need to be disclosed. Research funding from ineligible companies should be disclosed by the principal or named investigator even if that individual’s institution receives the research grant and manages the funds.

Ineligible companies

NO relationship exists with an ineligible company

A relationship DOES exist with an ineligible company

DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED/INVESTIGATIONAL USES OF PRODUCTS

Unapproved or investigational uses of products or devices...(Required)

Will NOT be discussed during the presentation

WILL be discussed during the presentation

What unapproved or investigational uses of products or devices will be discussed?(Required)

Permission for Images in Slides

Permission is needed to use images, including cartoons and photos, in presentation slides. Fair Use does not apply when presenting for an Academy Continuing Medical Education session. Learn more about Copyright & Permission FAQs from the American Academy of Family Physicians. No images of pharmaceuticals may be included in slides.

Images attestation: permissions(Required)

I understand that I must have permission to use images contained in my slides

Images attestation: pharmaceuticals(Required)

I understand that I must not use images of pharmaceuticals in my slides

Signature

Signature(Required)

Type your name & accreditations (e.g., MD, DO, PhD)

Signature date(Required)

MM slash DD slash YYYY

Signature attestation(Required)

I attest that this serves as my signature

All presenters must register for the Forum. There is no cost for residents or students to register. You will be prompted to register on the form submission thank-you page (after clicking Submit).

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