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Workshop Categories

WORKSHOP CATEGORIES AND DESCRIPTIONS

Please select the one category which should be used to assign your submission to review committees and presentation sessions.
Reminder: precourse submissions do not require a submission category.

Aging/Geriatrics/End of Life: issues related to aging, the care of older adults, and/or end-of-life care regardless of patient age.

Chronic Disease Care/Patient Centered Medical Home: strategies to increase the efficiency or effectiveness of medical practice, care management of chronic diseases, or broader perspectives on chronic disease management such as access and information technology. 

Clinical Medicine: clinical skills in a target area, such as procedures, office orthopedics, complementary/alternative medicine, perioperative and consultative medicine, etc.

Health Disparities/Vulnerable Populations: the health and health care of underserved and special populations, health disparities, and health literacy.

Health Policy/Social Justice: advocacy and issues that impact health policy at local, state/province, national, and/or international/global levels.

Hospital-based Medicine: the care of hospitalized patients, the role and effectiveness of hospitalists and hospital-based systems.

Medical Education Scholarship: curricular design/implementation, and needs/outcomes assessment in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education.

Medical Humanities and Ethics: the history of medicine, literature, clinical ethics, philosophy, theology, and/or spirituality in medicine.

Mental Health/Substance Abuse: educational, research, or clinical perspectives in mental health and substance abuse, including alcohol, tobacco, prescription and non-prescription drugs.

Personal/Professional Development: development, satisfaction, personal/professional balance, and skill development for leadership/administration throughout all stages of GIM careers.
 
Preventive Medicine: assessments/interventions related to health promotion, disease prevention, or early detection including screening, case finding, self-care, and health behaviors.

Quality of Care/Patient Safety: quality assessment, quality improvement, medical errors, and patient safety.

Research Methods: skills in study design or data analysis for researchers at all levels
 
Women’s Health: issues and conditions specific to or important to women

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