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Workshops should employ active learning, maximize group activities and discussions, and should not be solely lecture format. Workshops should provide participants with new knowledge and/or proven techniques and tools that will enhance teaching and learning experiences at their home institutions or enhance the participant’s professional development as an educator.

The APGO community is committed to the elimination of systemic racism and the resultant disparities in health care and the learning environment. Presenters are encouraged to consider and plan to specifically mention how contributions to the 2025 FDS would be applicable in this regard. Presenters must follow the APGO Educational Guidelines for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and adhere to the Checklist for Curricular Materials for Faculty Development Seminar Speakers.

The APGO FDS is a fully in-person meeting with no options for virtual or hybrid presentations or attendance.

My Workshop abstract should be considered under the following sub-theme (choose one):

• Personal and Professional Development: Plot Your Course
  Abstracts submitted for this sub-theme should focus on bread-and-butter medical education topics, the building blocks, the scaffolding of UME, and the development of faculty/resident teachers to thrive in all their roles as educators, mentors, advisors, coaches, team leaders, etc.
• Curricular Innovations and Improvements: Share Your Itinerary
  Abstracts submitted for this sub-theme should focus on out-of-the-box, creative, innovative, transformative approaches to UME in any area. Examples include, but are not limited to, faculty development, curricular change, UME-GME transition, assessment tools, etc.
• Opportunities and Challenges: Navigate Uncharted Territory
  Abstracts submitted for this sub-theme should focus on approaches to cultivating a positive learning environment by proposing solutions for difficult UME challenges. Examples include innovative approaches to difficult feedback, grading disputes, mistreatment, and discrimination, etc.

Abstract Format:

• Title (maximum of 100 characters including spaces)
• Author(s) (minimum of two, maximum of three)
• This presentation is a _____________ project:
  • Single-institutional
  • Multi-institutional
• Précis (maximum of 140 characters including spaces)
• Abstract (maximum of 250 words)
  • Objective/background (e.g., educational relevance)
  • Agenda (e.g., elements, structure, timeframe)
  • Interactive component(s)
  • Take-home product (e.g., toolkit, resources, rubrics, handouts, pocket guides)
  • Word count
• In two to three sentences, highlight any ways in which your presentation would contribute to the elimination of systemic racism and the resultant disparities in health care and the learning environment.