Submission Criteria
All submissions are reviewed by members of AAMI's Annual Conference Program Committee. Reviewers will use the following criteria to select the most appropriate submissions for inclusion in AAMI's 2010 Annual Conference & Expo. It is important to remember that proposals will be reviewed only once. Therefore, it is essential that your submission — which serves to introduce the body of work or topic for presentation — is well written and meets the following criteria:
Balance: Abstracts and descriptions must be written in a manner that clearly, concisely, and logically conveys the subject matter's background, objectives, findings, and conclusions or intent. Abstracts and descriptions will be evaluated according to completeness of information and adequacy of documentation.
Relevance to the Healthcare Technology Management and Clinical Engineering Community: Topics must be relevant to the activities, initiatives, or direction of the clinical engineer and management technology professional.
Timeliness and Originality: Topics must focus on cutting-edge and up-to-date information. Abstracts and descriptions will be evaluated on the innovation of the program or service, and significance to the biomedical professional. Proposals that have been accepted or presented in a previous AAMI program or any other forum prior to AAMI's 2009 Annual Conference & Expo will not be accepted.
Applicability to Other Settings: Proposals should indicate whether the topic is applicable to healthcare settings other than acute care hospitals.
Educational Presentation: All presentation proposals must be educational in nature. Proposals that are written in a manner that promotes a product, company, or service, will not be considered for acceptance.
Learning Objectives: All proposals must include three to five learning objectives. Learning objectives should highlight intended outcomes for the audience. Learning objectives should begin with the statement: "Audience participants will..." which should be followed by 3 to 5 active statements. Example: Audience participants will: Learn about.. Recognize... Understand...
Instructional Design: For educational sessions, it is important that proposals include learner-centered instructional techniques to match the stated objectives, such as:
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Debate, point-counter-point discussion panel or lecture if the objective is to gain or change understanding |
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Problem-solving discussion; game, hypothetical scenario if the objective is to create new or better approaches |
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Role play or simulations, if the objective is to develop and refine skills or specific competencies |
Results and Outcomes: It is important that proposal submissions include results, outcomes, findings, evidence of lessons learned, and conclusions from a course of work, project, innovation, support service, management process, or study. For proposals that highlight a research project, the conclusions should match the results and a statement of the significance of the results to the overall work should be indicated.
Educational Format: Proposals must be submitted as sessions. Sessions are 75 minutes in length and are typically a combination of platform presentations and audience interactive discussion. AAMI encourages you to provide opportunities for attendees to ask questions, to discuss problems and solutions, and to interact informally with the faculty and with each other. Should a topic require more than 75 minutes, please submit topic in a two-part format outlining objectives for each session.