The 2024 Social Mission Alliance Conference provides health professions leaders, practitioners, educators, trainees, and community partners committed to the fight for a more and just equitable healthcare system an outstanding opportunity to present their work, network, advocate, and learn. This conference aims to inspire and empower attendees to enhance health equity within their institutions and communities.

The abstract submission portal has now closed. Notifications for accepted submissions will be sent at the end of January. 

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Abstract Submission PORTAL IS NOW OPEN.

Submissions that include the following features are strongly encouraged:

  • Co-authorship by community members and partners
  • Co-authorship with trainees (students, residents, fellows, etc.)
  • Interprofessional and/or interdisciplinary
  • Inclusive of multiple institutions
  • Innovative and/or disruptive
  • Impact-driven
  • Plan to drive discussion and promote interactivity of presentations
Abstract Submissions now closed

Abstracts will be considered for the following session types:

  • Posters
    • Completed research projects highlighting innovative social mission work
    • In-progress research projects will be considered separately
    • Anyone is eligible to submit an abstract for poster presentation, but only submissions by trainees as the primary author (students, residents, and those in training fellowships) will be considered for the poster competition. However, trainees are invited and encouraged to submit abstracts in other categories as well.
  • Oral Presentations: (90-minute total breakout session, 3-4 presentations per panel)
    • Brief 10-minute presentations on a novel program or completed research project with 15-20 minutes of group discussion. The presenter should propose questions/topics for the discussion. (Accepted abstracts will be organized by conference planners into 90-minute total breakout sessions with 2-3 other accepted abstracts).
  • 90-Minute Workshops:
    • Highly interactive workshops led by multiple facilitators that center around skill-building or problem-solving a pressing issue in social mission in health professions education
    • Formal presentations and/or lecture format will be limited to no more than 30 minutes total.

Themes for the conference include:

  1. Transforming curriculum to meet the needs of patients and communities.
  2. Community engagement to plan, implement, and evaluate equitable solutions.
  3. Dismantling structural racism in health professions education.
  4. Health workforce transformation as a structural intervention to advance health equity.
  5. Advocacy for all: recognizing and advocating for policies and programs that promote social mission.
  6. Creating Accountability: advancing measurement, data, and research to achieve meaningful change.

All themes relate to the social mission of health professions education. For all themes, SMA 2024 is interested in community partnerships that promote social mission; disrupters on issues such as cost of care, cost of drugs, racism, refugees, opioids, pay scale, rural; global issues, programs, and movements; and social mission research priorities, metrics, outcomes, programs, and community engagement

Examples of workshops include:

  1. Providing training in a social mission-related area (e.g. community organizing, advocacy, evaluation/research methods, etc.)
  2. Sharing a successful effort surrounding social mission and teaching the audience how they can replicate it or adopt its lessons in their own institutions
  3. Hands-on experience with a social mission training tool
  4. Engaging participants to advance their own social mission work (e.g. developing recruitment/admission strategy for diversity, developing health equity and leadership curriculum)
  5. Engaging participants to develop/advance a social mission-related issue

Abstract Submissions

  1. Title
  2. Name of individual(s)
  3. Email
  4. Phone Number
  5. Is the submission lead (select): Student; Resident; Fellowship Trainee; None of the Above
  6. Submission topic area(s), select all that apply: (from bolded areas above)
  7. Relevant health profession(s), select all that apply: (from registration list)
  8. Social Mission Metrics Initiative Area(s), select all that apply
  9. Submitting only for poster presentation? (Y/N)
  10. If not selected for an oral presentation, do you want to be considered for a poster? (Y/N)
  11. A list of keywords (3-5) to help guide reviewers.
  12. A brief description (400 word limit) of the proposed presentation including the expertise of the individual(s) and the relevance of the topic to social mission in health professions education.
  13. Discussion questions/topics (3-5) for an interactive group discussion following the initial 10 minute presentation.

Workshop Submissions

  1. Title
  2. Name of individual(s)
  3. Email
  4. Phone Number
  5. Is the submission lead (select): Student; Resident; Fellowship Trainee; None of the Above
  6. Session Period Request: 90 minute; 2 x 90 minutes (3 hours)
  7. Submission topic area(s), select all that apply (from bolded areas above)
  8. Social Mission Metrics Initiative Area(s), select all that apply
  9. A list of keywords (3-5) to help guide reviewers.
  10. Target Audience(s): Trainees, Faculty, Community Partners, Academic Leaders, Administrators
  11. Relevant health profession(s), select all that apply: (from registration list)
  12. A brief description (650 word limit) of the proposed workshop including clear goals and learning objectives, the expertise of the individual(s) and the relevance of the topic to social mission in health professions education.