Request for Abstracts | The Annual Compassion in Action Healthcare Conference

We invite you to submit your work for conference presentations on one of our six themes:

Workforce resilience, well-being and engagement
Communicating with patients, families and each other
Creating compassionate, collaborative healthcare organizational cultures
Compassionate healthcare responses to social challenges (e.g. opioids, gun violence, immigration, stigma, bias)
Engaging patients, families and their communities to support health
Empathy and compassion research and implications for practice

Submissions are due January 1, 2019.

Types of Presentations*

Themes*

Please select which of our conference themes your submission will support:

Workforce resilience, well-being and engagement
Communicating with patients, families and each other
Creating compassionate organizational cultures
Compassionate responses to social challenges
Engaging patients, families and communities
Compassion science and practice

Your Contact Info*

First Last Suffix

Your Organization Name*

Phone*

Email*

Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Timing: Presenters will have 10 minutes to present their work and 5 minutes for Q&A during oral abstract presentation sessions.

We invite research presentations on:

The cognitive psychology, neuroscience, social neuroscience of empathy, compassion, mindfulness, resilience, burnout and related topics
Educational interventions to enhance any of the conference themes
Quality improvement initiatives to enhance any of the conference themes
Organizational, health system and community interventions to enhance any of the conference themes

Abstract Title*

Presenters*

Please include names and organization affiliations for all authors.

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Organization

Purpose*

What were your study, intervention or initiative goals? What issues were you trying to address?

Methods*

What did you do? How did you do it? How did you measure your impact?

Results*

What did you find?

Discussion/Conclusions*

What are the implications of your findings?

Panel Discussion Title*

(75 minutes)

Brief narrative description of your panel discussion:*

Please limit your description to 100 words.

Presenters*

Please include names and organization affiliations for all authors. Limit your participants to 3 interdisciplinary panelists plus the facilitator. Please plan on using the majority of allocated time for table and/or large group discussions.

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Organization

What is the topic or issue for discussion?*

Why is this important?*

How is each panelist addressing this issue in his or her organization or system?*

Challenges and success stories. 10 minutes for each panelist.

What questions will you ask to involve participants in a group discussion after the panel presentation?*

How will you challenge participants to address this issue in their own organizations?*

Interactive Workshop Title*

(75 minutes)

Brief narrative description of your workshop:*

Please limit your description to 100 words.

Presenters*

Please include names and organization affiliations for all facilitators.

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Organization

What is the gap or issue you are addressing? How do you know this is a problem?*

What are your goals for this workshop?*

Please provide an outline of the workshop.*

Please provide a description of each interactive exercise and time allotted for each exercise with which you will engage participants.*

What skills, strategies and/or resources will participants take home from the workshop?*

Creative Arts and Perfomance Title:*

Creative arts and performance events will involve new ways to think about and experience compassion in healthcare. Presenters may offer music, drama, expressive movement activities, and/or multi-media presentations including film or art. Please note that space is limited and only standard hotel conference audio-visual support will be available.

Brief narrative description of your presentation:*

Please limit your description to 100 words.

Presenters*

Please include names and organization affiliations for all presenters.

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Organization

How will your presentation open new ways of thinking about or experiencing compassion and collaboration in healthcare?*

Estimated presentation time:*

Space Requirements*

Audio/Visual Requirements*