New Abstract Category Added for the 2022 ACS Surgical Simulation Summit

In order to increase available opportunities for authors to present their research in a premier forum for simulation-based education and training, the ACS-AEI Program Committee has added an abstract category. The newest category for the Annual ACS Surgical Simulation Summit is Collaborative Works, which is an abstract that represents collaborative research studies or solutions implemented to address a particular challenge or need. Please note, this programmatic change means that poster presentations are now a part of this category.

What you need to know if you select the Collaborative Works category:

• 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.
• You may be invited to present the 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.

If you have any questions about the abstract submission process, please contact Amy Johnson at ajohnson@facs.org or 312-202-5415.