HSR&D is planning a combined HSR&D/QUERI National Conference July 8-10 2015 in Philadelphia. The meeting will be hosted by HSR&D's Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR), located at the Bedford and Boston VA medical centers. The 2015 conference theme, "Health Services Research for a Veteran-Centered Learning Organization," was selected because of HSR&D/QUERI's commitment to informing forward-looking system change oriented around Veterans' needs.
Investigators who are engaged in health services research focused on improving the health and healthcare of Veterans are invited to submit abstracts for presentation at this conference, preferably in one of the subject areas below:
There are three different presentation formats at the conference, each requiring different preparation and form of presentation. Investigators submitting abstracts are asked to indicate their preference for presentation format, but final decisions will be made by the Review Committee. Formats include:
Poster Session
The poster session is a display consisting of an exhibit of material personally accompanied by the author for an assigned period of time (usually 2 hours). The display reports on current research results that can be readily summarized in graphic form (e.g., tables, graphs, pictures).
Oral Presentations
The oral presentation session is a collection of 5-6 related research presentations. The presenter is allotted approximately 10 minutes for his/her presentation with 5 minutes at the end of each presentation for a question-and-answer exchange with the audience.
Workshops
The workshop session is a focused presentation on a substantive or methodological area of interest to health services researchers. Workshops are usually 90 minutes in duration and include both didactic presentation and participant involvement, with a focus on specific knowledge or skills. There will be two sources of workshop sessions: invited sessions, and those competitively selected from the abstracts submitted for the meeting.
Each abstract will be evaluated by expert reviewers who will be blinded to authors' identities. Abstracts with the highest average scores and greatest relevance to the meeting theme will be selected. All decisions regarding abstract acceptance/rejection will be made by the Review Committee and will be final.
Authors will be notified of decisions by the end of April 2015.
Limited travel funds are available and will be provided for only one lead presenter per accepted abstract. If an individual has multiple abstracts accepted, he/she will be expected to attend to present all abstracts. Additional presenters will NOT be eligible for travel funds unless the lead presenter is unable to attend.
For questions concerning content or processing of abstract submissions, please contact HSRDWeb.Boston@va.gov.