International Street Medicine Symposium XVIIOctober 21-23, 2021 A Virtual Event____________________________________________________ISMS 17 Call for PresentersThe organizing committee of the 17thannual International Street Medicine Symposium (ISMS) is pleased to extend an open invitation for presentation proposal submissions. All submissions should be completed via this website: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ISMS17Proposals. The deadline for submissions is Sunday, April 18, 2021 by midnight Eastern Daylight Time. ISMS remains the world’s premier educational event dedicated to the health care of rough-sleeper (unsheltered) homeless populations. The organizing committee seeks proposals from presenters around the world on clinical topics, innovations, research outcomes, best practices relevant to street medicine, and diverse street medicine sub-populations. We value the expertise of our street medicine colleagues from every corner of the globe. We encourage proposals from under-represented geographic locations, including the Global South. Clinicians and non-clinicians are invited to submit proposals; we celebrate the diversity of professional roles and disciplines represented among participants. Preference will be given for presentations that are led by or include people with lived experience of rough sleeping. This year, we continue to offer session formats designed to specifically encourage interaction and discussion among participants, through small-group oral presentations, expert panels, problem-solving sessions, and skill-building workshops. Session FormatStreet Medicine providers and related organizations are encouraged to submit proposals for one of the following five presentation format categories. Please do not submit the same presentation in multiple session formats. If the symposium committee believes your presentation is better suited for a different format, the committee will request a change in format in order to accept your proposal. A. Large-group plenary lectures (30-minute oral presentation) This format is well-suited for the dissemination of new/updated information relating to the field of street medicine, review of clinically-pertinent innovations and best practices, and reporting and interpretation of outcomes data from field research or interventions. Topics must be relevant to a large international audience interested in street medicine. Research-oriented submissions may be works-in-progress, though data analysis must be completed prior to the symposium. B. Small-group oral presentation (30-minute presentation, 30-minute discussion) This format well-suited for the dissemination of new/updated information relating to the field of street medicine, review of clinically-pertinent innovations and best practices, and reporting of outcomes data from field research or interventions. This format may be similar to the large group lectures, but with dedicated time for questions, discussion, and interaction with a smaller audience. The information presented in this format is not required to be applicable to the entire international audience. Research-oriented submissions may be works-in-progress, though data analysis must be completed prior to the symposium. C. Small-group problem-solving session (60 minutes) This format is well-suited for highly interactive discussions aimed at engaging participants to discuss and offer solutions for each other’s challenges related to a specific street medicine topic. Proposals may include scenarios that will be presented to the group for discussion and/or elicit challenges from participants related to the topic. The primary presenter should take the role of facilitating conversations. The use of PowerPoint is heavily discouraged in this activity. D. Workshops (60-minute interactive small-group activity) This format is well-suited for highly interactive sharing of practical knowledge, skills, and personal/professional/organizational enrichment strategies by presenters. Methods for creating an interactive learning environment must be addressed in the proposal. The use of PowerPoint is discouraged in this activity. E. Expert panels (60 minutes) This format is well-suited for panels of street medicine practitioners to discuss topics related to street medicine and the health care of rough sleepers. Expert panels may include audience participation or questions and should promote lively debate amongst the panelists. The use of PowerPoint is heavily discouraged in this activity. F. Poster (scientific poster format with dedicated viewing time) This format is well-suited to clinical vignettes, highlighting program development/updates, description of service models, research on street medicine or unsheltered/rough-sleeping people, or presentation of medical education approaches to service learning and outreach. Research-oriented submissions may be work-in-progress, though data analysis must be completed prior to the symposium. Trainees and student organizations are particularly encouraged to submit in this format category, though non-students are also welcome to submit poster presentation proposals. (Trainees are not limited to this format category and may submit in a different category if more appropriate. “Trainees/students” includes undergraduate students, graduate/professional students, post-doctoral candidates, and medical residents in training). Session TopicsSubmissions in any topic area related to street medicine or the health care of UNSHELTERED OR ROUGH-SLEEPER homeless populations are welcome! Please include a description of how your presentation will differentiate between people experiencing unsheltered homelessness and sheltered homelessness, as this symposium is intended to provide education about the unique circumstances facing rough sleepers and the street medicine teams serving them. We are particularly interested in presentations related to the following topics and will give special preference for proposals that address these issues:
We are also interested in proposals related to the topics below:
Approval ProcessAll proposals submitted will be reviewed and judged by a panel that includes members of the ISMS organizing committee and other invited experts. Strict adherence to the criteria below is required in order for the organizing committee to review your proposal.
Presenter RegistrationAll presenters are required to register for the symposium no later than August 15, 2021 in order to be listed in the online program on the Street Medicine Institute website. Submission DetailsPlease click HERE to view screenshots of the questions you will be asked in the process of submitting your proposal on Survey Monkey. Questions?Questions about the ISMS or presentation proposal submission process can be addressed to the organizing committee at [email protected] Submissions must be received by midnight Eastern Time on Sunday, April 18, 2021. |