Faculty Research Exchange

A report of one or more cases that illustrates a new disease entity, or a prominent or unusual clinical feature of an established disease. It may include a summary of pertinent patient history, physical findings, laboratory data, or management description.

Patient-oriented research & quality improvement. Research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly interacts with human subjects. This area of research includes: mechanisms of human disease; therapeutic interventions; clinical trials; development of new technologies; analysis of existing datasets; epidemiologic and behavioral studies; outcomes research and health services research. Submissions can also report on efforts to improve patient safety or outcomes measurement. 

To improve human health, scientific discoveries must be translated into practical applications. Such discoveries typically begin at the bench with basic research—in which scientists study disease at a molecular, cellular, or tissue level. Translational research then takes these innovations from the bench into translational models to better move them into impact to help people and society. Studies should focus on the innovative use of engineering and technology to advance health sciences, healthcare, medical practice, or medical education. Abstracts, posters, and presentations should speak to a general audience, but clearly demonstrate the innovation and provide sufficient technical detail of the engineering tools, principles, and/or technology to the audience.

Studies/reports should focus on a program, project, prototype, product, or other unique and innovative industry collaboration/experience that provides valuable lessons and insights into medical innovation, entrepreneurship, and other ventures.  Innovation in industry abstracts should contain a description of an experience with medical innovations working with industry partners and explain why the innovation is relevant to the medical field.

Presentations in this category should offer a well-rounded view of the experience, from concept to development and potential application, and demonstrate how industry-driven innovation can effectively address real-world healthcare challenges. This forum provides an opportunity for faculty and industry representatives to share knowledge, discuss successful collaboration models, and inspire new ideas for impactful healthcare innovation.

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language models are growing exponentially in the healthcare space with AI tools being applied in scientific discovery, clinical operations, healthcare research, and care delivery models. Regulations and validation of these tools can vary between countries, geographic locations, health systems, government agencies, and academic medical centers. 

Presentations in this category should describe AI tools being successfully used in the health care setting and can describe validation efforts, quality of data, and how this is creating improvements in care delivery, research, and outcomes. Abstracts can also include collaborations with government and industry partners as well as provide examples of how these tools when successfully developed and validated, can effectively address real-world healthcare challenges. This forum provides an opportunity for faculty and industry representatives to share knowledge, discuss successful AI tools and validation models, and inspire new ideas for impactful healthcare innovation.

A report on medical ethics that is concerned with the vast array of moral decision-making situations that arise in the practice of medicine, in addition to the procedures and the policies that are designed to guide such practice. A report on Health Humanities as a rapidly growing, interdisciplinary field that applies humanistic perspectives (communications, cultural and language studies, history, literature, philosophy, theology and religious studies, and the arts) to health and healthcare.  

A report on a program, project, or other unique and sufficiently developed educational experience that provides valuable lessons and insights worth sharing with the broad medical education community. Innovation abstracts should contain an explanation of why the innovation is timely, keeping in mind that topics which may be new at a local level, may not be new at the national level. Abstracts must contain some data to be eligible for consideration. A Research Abstract is a report on a completed empirical investigation that contributes to medical education research and practice. 

Submissions can report on efforts to improve patient safety or outcomes measurement. Such efforts may be projects developed and initiated to promote patient safety and/or processes that have improved or created a safer environment for patients. Abstracts may also be submitted that relate to the use of outcome data, and how to measure and convert data into information.