Instructional courses are interactive, didactic sessions lasting 60-minutes covering a broad range of topics, typically scheduled in the early morning, with at least two instructors addressing a targeted audience. Examples of instructional courses include new assessments, investigations, techniques, treatments, etc. Content should be current, evidence-based, practical, applicable, and provide a balanced perspective. 

There is a strict maximum word count of 500 words for an Instructional Course abstract (excl. references). Please structure your abstract for an Instructional Course using the following headings: 

Objectives 

• Indicate the overall goal and learning objectives of your Instructional Course

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Target Audience 

• Please indicate the audience that content is geared toward, such as physicians, allied health, researchers, persons with lived experience, etc.

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Background and Summary 

• Provide context for the importance of the Instructional Course and describe why it is an important topic for learning and discussion at the Annual Meeting. If the presenters bring a unique expertise or point of view, indicate that here

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Course Format 

• Due to the multidisciplinary nature of our community and range of topics, there may be a variety of ways that presenters use their 60 minutes. The plan for time usage during the session should be clearly outlined with times and names of the speakers allotted for individual sections. It should be clear from the abstract, who will be actively contributing during the course as speaker, chair, moderator, etc. We encourage presenters to reserve sufficient time (10-15 min) of interactive discussion with the audience.

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References 

• Provide a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3 current and relevant bibliographic references. References are not included in your word count. If this is not possible for your instructional course, please indicate why.