Association of Chiropractic Colleges Educational Conference and Research Agenda Conference
March 17–19, 2016—Proposals are due by July 15, 2015.
Purpose:
The purpose of the ACC RAC workshops is to develop the skills of attendees, especially in the areas of research and education. The workshop component of the conference focuses on the development of the research capacity of the chiropractic profession through skill building and interactive workshops.
Limited submission
Due to the volume of workshop submissions and the limited time in the schedule, no more than one proposal may be submitted per person and presenters can be listed on no more than one workshop proposal.
Selection process:
The presenters and topics for these sessions are carefully selected and invited by the planning committee. Not all worthy workshop proposals can be selected due to time and space limitations. Workshops should not include material that belongs in the scientific peer-reviewed sessions; instead, scientific presentations should be submitted to the scientific sessions. Workshops are not to include any sales pitches, selling of materials, or promotion of proprietary materials. The workshop proposal should be free of commercial bias and comply with the ethics of scholarly activities. All presentations are to be done in a non-commercial and non-self-promotional manner. Workshop proposals will be reviewed and selected based on their strength in the following 5 areas:
Skill building – Workshops must provide skill building and active learning strategies. Workshops should not to be lectures. Workshops must dedicate the majority of time (50% or more) to hands on skill building, active learning, and outcomes. The workshops should provide direct and immediate application of skills and knowledge, thus provide a productive developmental environment for attendees.
Expertise of the presenters (publications and/or research in this area) – In order to teach others skills, it is expected that the workshop presenters have substantial expertise and experience in teaching and building the knowledge base for the topic area. This includes years of experience in teaching others in the topic area, performing research and publishing in the topic/skill area.
Targeted to a specific need – One of the primary purposes of the ACCRAC is “To provide a venue for training, learning, and research development for chiropractic educators and researchers in order to improve the emerging research capacity, knowledge, and productivity of chiropractic.” To be sure we are meeting the needs of all attendees each workshop proposal must address one of the 5 general categories: Research, Education (faculty), Education (administration), and Clinical (private practice).
Collaborative teams (team of presenters from different institutions/organizations) – Collaborative teams provide better quality workshop presentations. The purpose of ACCRAC is “To provide a venue for dialogue and collaboration between the ACC members to promote and enhance the growth and quality of chiropractic education and fulfill the ACC goals and mission.” Therefore, collaboration is the spirit of the conference. We will evaluate if workshop proposals include collaborative teams (presenters should include a mix of people from different institutions and/or organizations). This encourages people to work together, to focus on skill building content of the workshop instead of a particular institution, to promote sharing wisdom from multiple campuses, to collaborate amongst the ACC colleges and other educational/research institutions/organizations and to improve professional relationships.
Diverse presenters – Presenters may only be listed on one workshop proposal. Having diverse workshop presenters: makes it fairer to others to have a chance to be part of a workshop, helps provide a more interesting set of workshops, prevents burnout from attendees from seeing the same person, and prevents problems with overlapping scheduling.
Presenters' responsibility for travel, lodging, registration and other costs:
By submitting this workshop proposal, you and your co-presenters are agreeing that each person named in this proposal will be responsible for funding their own travel, lodging, and conference registration. Any additional costs of supplies or other items are the responsibility of the presenters. All presenters are required to register for the conference at the time of acceptance. If accepted – you will be asked to supply a more detailed lesson plan, draft handouts, and draft PowerPoint presentation for your workshop by December 15, 2015.
Instructions to submit a workshop proposal:
Commitment from all presenters must be made at the time of initial submission. All materials must be submitted at the time of application. To be considered, please submit all of the following items no later than July 15, 2015:
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Online website form –enter and submit by July 15, 2015
Title – Must be 10 words or less.
Abstract/Purpose – The description/purpose of the workshop should be 2 sentences or less and provide an explanation of what skills the attendee will gain by attending the workshop.
Presenters – List corresponding presenter and all co-presenters with their institutional/professional affiliations. A presenter may only be included on one workshop submission. Do not include people who are on other workshop proposals.
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Workshop form – due July 15, 2015
Complete Workshop Proposal Form and save as a Word document.
Size – workshop proposal document should not exceed 2MB.
Upload the completed workshop outline form to the submission website as a Word document file.
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Materials for all presenters - due July 15, 2015
Corresponding author must collect the following 4 items from each presenter, and email to [email protected] preferably in one batch or series on the same day:
signed workshop author signature forms, can be on one form or separate (scan, image or pdf)
up to date cv/resumes for each presenter (Word or pdf)
brief biosketches, using complete sentences, provide a 200 word or less description of the experience and research accomplishments that support the presenter as an expert in this topic area. Please put all biosketches into one word document. (Word)
color photos for each presenter (headshot, professional style) 200 dpi, (jpeg or tif)
Once all items are submitted, the proposal will be evaluated by a blinded peer review committee and these results will be sent to the ACC RAC planning committee for review and final decision. If accepted, all presenters must register and attend the conference. Funding should be confirmed in advance of submission of the workshop proposal. Submission of the proposal is a commitment from authors of accepted submissions to present at the conference.