DISCLOSURE OF DUAL COMMITMENTS:
As part of the electronic submission process, Presenting Authors must disclose any private, commercial, or industry support of their research and whether their research references any product not currently approved in the United States for the use under discussion. SGIM will contact all those who disclose any conflicts of interest and are accepted to present at the meeting, to resolve these conflicts prior to the presentation. Authors reporting a conflict that cannot be resolved will not be allowed to present at any SGIM Annual Meeting session that offers CME credit hours. SGIM Annual Meeting materials, both print and electronic, will include details of all disclosures and dual commitments as described by each presenter.
PRESENTER REGISTRATION POLICY:
All presenters are required to register and pay the appropriate annual meeting registration fee. The SGIM annual meeting is produced without commercial funding. We do not allow exhibits, pharmaceutical support, satellite symposia, or even a tote bag with a corporate logo on it. This is in keeping with the expressed wishes of our membership.
How do we do it? By having everyone - both those presenting and those not presenting at the meeting - register and pay to attend at the fees set by the SGIM Council.
PUBLICATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES:
The Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) is an official publication of SGIM. SGIM expects to publish all scientific abstracts, clinical vignettes, Innovations in Medical Education and Clinical Practice Innovations submissions accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting in an electronic supplement to JGIM. SGIM reserves the right to exclude any abstract deemed inappropriate for publication.
PRESS COVERAGE:
Oral and poster sessions are open to the press.
PROOFREADING:
You are responsible for entering accurate information into this submission. This is easiest if all your co-authors have created a ScholarOne® personal profile that your “attach” to your submission. If you must manually enter information into an online submission remember that the information will be published exactly as you enter it. Please check capitalization, spelling and use of complete names with degrees.