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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.

Presenters must 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
  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 Improvement
  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
  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. Abstract titles should be concise and convey the content of the session.)
• 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
  • Key word (Choose one key word that illustrates the central theme of the presentation.)
  • APGO is committed to working towards an inclusive and equitable future in ob-gyn and medical education. If applicable, please include 1-2 sentences (250-character limit) describing how your abstract supports inclusion and equity among learners or faculty, in health care, or in the learning environment. 
• I attest that I/we have reviewed and will follow the Checklist for Curricular Materials for Faculty Development Seminar Speakers.
• I attest that I/we have reviewed and will follow the 2026 APGO Martin L. Stone, MD, Faculty Development Seminar Speaker Agreement.