Abstract Categories
Fellow
To be considered for the AEI Fellowship Designation opportunity, you will need to indicate for the
presenting author under "Additional Information" that you are currently enrolled in an AEI
Fellowship program.
Interprofessional Education
Abstracts should represent collaborative research studies or solutions implemented to address a particular challenge or need. Abstracts in this category may be completed, in the development phase, or in early stages of implementation, but must be multi-institutional or interdisciplinary in nature. Authors of accepted abstracts may be invited to present their work as a poster or as an oral presentation. Participants in this program are expected to highlight the specific challenge or need that initiated the work, and include collaborative components of study design, study aims and goals, resource allocation, methodological considerations, outcome measures, and/or assessment metrics. Special consideration will be given to abstracts that promise completed scholarly work.
Medical Student
Medical Students should present abstracts in categories of original research in simulation-based perioperative or surgical Education, Innovation, Interprofessional Education, or Team Wellness. Medical students will need to indicate as the presenting author under "Additional Information" that you are currently enrolled in medical school.
Original Paper
Original Paper abstracts should present results of original research in simulation-based surgical
education, or implementation of innovative simulation-based surgical education methods.
Topics may include:
- Curriculum Development
- Teaching Methods
- Learner Assessments
- Program Evaluations
- Patient Safety
- Surgical Outcomes
- Interprofessional Education
- Team Wellness
- Other
Both quantitative and qualitative research will be considered. Our evaluation criteria are:
- Quality and originality
- Potential significance to educational theory or application to health services management,
policy, or clinical practice
- Timeliness
- Clarity of writing and presentation
- Completed or nearly completed research
- Relevance
For Original Papers, abstracts that do not describe research methods and present study results will not be considered for presentation. Statements such as "data will be presented" or "results will be shown" should not be included in submitted abstracts. Abstracts should include only generic names, which should be written in lowercase letters.
Simulation Program Management and Operations
The AEI MORE (Management, Operations, Research and Education) Track abstract category is an option again this year to draw the most current, innovative abstract proposals from administration, management and operations colleagues in the field for review and use in the 2024 MORE Track programming.
Team Wellness
Surgeons and surgical residents are at risk for burnout, which for the individual is associated with depression, decreased career satisfaction, decreased productivity, alcohol and substance abuse, and suicide.
For the health care system, it is associated with increased medical errors, worse patient outcomes, decreased patient satisfaction, and physician turnover.
To address burnout, the ACS AEI must promote team wellness via simulation-based education of non-technical skills (professionalism, teamwork, communication, stress management, empathy, resilience, etc.) and measure the impact of this training.
We look forward to your contributions to this important field of research.
Surgery Manuscript Requirement for Abstracts Selected as Papers Session Presentations
Abstract Authors whose submissions are accepted for Papers Session presentations are also required to submit a full-length manuscript twice. First, Abstract Authors are required to submit your first manuscript draft to the Annual Surgical Simulation Summit program by Thursday, February 29, 2024, using Edinstitutes@facs.org. This requirement allows for the Discussants to prepare for the discussion of your paper during the 2024 annual summit. After the summit meeting, Abstract Authors will be required to revise your first draft, based on the feedback you received from the discussant and the audience, and then submit the manuscript’s second version to the journal Surgery via its Elsevier submission portal by Monday, March 25, 2024. Your submitted manuscript will then be managed by our own Managing Editor Gyusung Isaiah Lee, PhD and peer-reviewed for consideration for publication in Surgery.
