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2024 Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) Annual Meeting – Call for Breakout Session Presentations, Posters, and Award Submissions
The 2024 Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) annual meeting is scheduled to be held 12-15 February 2024 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
The Surgeon General is requesting submissions for prospective breakout presentations.
The following are preferred topics for breakout sessions at AMSUS:
o Initiatives / projects that support new and evolving operational medicine capabilities
o Topics that directly speak to our man/train/equip mission
o Topics that support our warfighting concepts of Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO), Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE), and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO)
o Topics that support Joint and/or allies/partners in the operational realm
o Topics that focus on multi-modal patient movement within the maritime domain
o Initiatives that focus on and enhance access to care attainment in garrison
Panel presentations are preferred over single individual presentations. Each panel discussion may have up to four (4) speakers.
Prospective breakout session presentation should provide:
o Title of the Breakout Session
o Presenter(s) names, CVs and email addresses, please identify the panel chair
o A single paragraph summary of the presentation
o 3-5 learning outcomes from the presentation
Prospective breakout session submissions should be emailed no later than 01 SEPT 2023 to CDR Robyn Treadwell.
Further guidance will be provided for presentations selected by the Surgeon General.
Posters – the platform for AMSUS poster abstracts opens 10 JUL 2023 and is an open process. A link to the poster submission portal will follow.
Awards – the platform for AMSUS award nominations will open 01 JUL 2023 and close 15 SEP 2023. A link to the awards submission portal to follow. Full description of AMSUS awards can be found on the website at www.amsus.org.
Seeking Volunteers for Deployment Related Research Survey
Title: “Assessing the Efficacy of Pre-Deployment Training in the Development and Sustainment of Operationally-Relevant Medical Skills – A Survey Study”
Who: Military Medical Personnel who have deployed and may or may not have completed a humanitarian mission prior to deployment
What: Survey study to collect information on clinician perceived pre-deployment training gaps
When: Participate now by clicking this link: https://go.intelink.gov/DM1s7oY
Why: The goal of this study is to obtain military medical provider experiences that can describe perceived weaknesses in pre-deployment clinical practice (to include both training and direct patient care) to develop potential deployment preparedness gaps that can improve overall military medical readiness.
* Aim 1 Address the difference in perceived preparedness for combat deployments between emergency/critical care and non-emergency/critical care clinicians.
* Aim 2 Examine the impact of serving humanitarian missions on operational readiness and sustainment of combat medical skills.
Costs, Risks, and Benefits of Participation: There are no costs or compensation associated with this study. This survey should take about 10-15 minutes of your time. Participation is voluntary and you may skip questions or withdraw participation at any time during the survey. Information collected is anonymous, so there are minimal risks associated with participating. Participation in this research is not guaranteed to benefit you personally. However, the information we gather from your participation in this survey may help improve pre-deployment training, which will improve both patient outcomes and the deployment experience of you and your fellow service members.
If you have any questions, please reach out to the following Points of Contact in this document:
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