Call for Proposals for Speakers and Posters
VCOM invites proposals for speakers and posters for the 2025 VCOM National Rural Medicine Conference, March 7-9, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Submission Deadline: October 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST
Transformational Rural Medicine, Education,
Research, and Practices
The National Rural Medicine Conference seeks proposals that offer practical, evidence-based solutions to the various challenges associated with rural healthcare. Opportunities exist for 30-minute and 60-minute speaker sessions as well as poster sessions.
General Information and Proposal Guidelines
All proposals will undergo a review process. Authors of accepted proposals will be asked to present their work in Nashville. Proposals not accepted for on-site presentation will be considered for enduring presentations, which will be pre-recorded and hosted on the conference’s website. All accepted proposals – both for on-site and enduring sessions – will be included in conference materials.
If a proposal is accepted, the authors are responsible for all costs associated with attending the conference, including conference registration fees, travel, and lodging.
Proposals should have a rural health focus and align with one of the following topic areas:
Best Practices
Best Practices for Rural and Medically Underserved Patient Care
Research
Current Research Related to Rural Health Issues and Rural Medicine
Regulatory
Regulatory Aspects and Medical Challenges Associated with Sponsoring and Managing Medical Clinics in Third World Countries and Immigrant/Migrant Care in Rural Settings
Practice Challenges
Practice Challenges in Rural Areas and Creative Solutions to Improving Physician Satisfaction
Technologies
Innovative Technologies and Services to Improve Patient Access and Patient Care in Rural Settings
Education
Approaches to Educating and Training Medical Students and Residents for Rural Primary Care
The proposal must be no more than 500 words. No figures or tables are allowed, and all abbreviations must be defined. Proposals must include appropriate headings (e.g., context, objective and/or hypothesis, methods, results, and conclusion).
For research proposals, authors must submit information regarding IRB approval or exempt status, including IRB number, review level, date approved, and clinical trials registry number if applicable. Authors must disclose any financial conflicts of interest and grant funding support for the research described.
Submission Deadline: October 30, 2024 (Extended)
Notification of Acceptance: November 22, 2024
Additional Information for Poster Sessions
Accepted posters should be sized 3’ x 4’ (or 36” x 48”). Authors are responsible for printing and transporting their posters to the conference. No poster printing or postal services will be available on-site. At least one author must be in attendance to answer questions and discuss their work for the entire poster session. All authors who plan to be on-site to present their poster must register for the conference.
The poster session will be held on the afternoon of Saturday, March 8. Poster presenters are asked to check-in with the poster session coordinator by 3:00 PM CT.
Have additional questions?
Contact Paula Shipper, EdD 540-231-7188 | pshipper@vt.vcom.edu