Request for Abstracts 2021 | The Annual Compassion in Action Healthcare Conference

We invite you to submit your work for conference presentations on one of our seven themes:

Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare
Communicating and engaging with patients, families and each other
Compassionate responses to social challenges
Creating compassionate organizational cultures
Leading with compassion
Compassion research: correlations and outcomes
Mitigating stress and cultivating resilience, mental health and well-being

The conference will begin in June 2021. Submissions are due January 8, 2021.

Individuals whose abstracts are accepted will be expected to register for the conference. A limited number of scholarships will be available.

Types of Presentations*

Themes*

Please select which of our conference themes your submission will support:

Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare
Communicating and engaging with patients, families and each other
Compassionate responses to social challenges
Creating compassionate organizational cultures
Leading with compassion
Compassion research: correlations and outcomes
Mitigating stress and cultivating resilience, mental health and well-being

Your Contact Info*

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Your Organization Name*

Is your organization a Schwartz Center healthcare member?

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Your Job Title*

Phone*

Email*

Address*

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Timing: Presenters will have 20 minutes to present their work during abstract sessions.

We invite research presentations on:

The cognitive psychology, neuroscience, social neuroscience of empathy, compassion, mindfulness, resilience, burnout and related topics
Assessment of educational interventions related to the conference themes
Assessment of quality initiatives related to the conference themes
Assessment of organizational, health system and community interventions related to the conference themes

Abstract Title*

Presenters*

Please include names and organization affiliations for all authors.

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Job Title	Organization	Email Address

Description*

Please provide a brief overview of your session. If your presentation is selected for the conference, this description will be used in promotional materials. Research abstract presentations will be pre-recorded at your leisure and displayed in our Research Showcase. You will not be presenting live.

Goals*

What were your study, intervention or initiative goals? What issues were you trying to address?

Methods*

What did you do? How did you do it? How did you measure your impact?

Results*

What did you find?

Discussion/Conclusions*

What are the implications of your findings?

Panel Discussion Title*

(60 minutes)

Brief narrative description of your panel discussion:*

Please provide a brief overview of your session. If your presentation is selected for the conference, this description will be used in promotional materials. Please limit your description to 100 words. This session will be 60 minutes and will take place over Zoom.

Presenters*

Please include names and organization affiliations for all authors. Limit your participants to 3 interdisciplinary panelists plus the facilitator. Please plan on using the majority of allocated time for table and/or large group discussions.

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Job Title	Organization	Email Address

What is the topic or issue for discussion?*

Why is this important?*

How is each panelist addressing this issue in their organization or system?*

Challenges and success stories. 10 minutes for each panelist.

What questions will you ask to involve participants in a Q&A discussion after the panel presentation?*

How will you challenge participants to address this issue in their own organizations?*

Interactive Workshop Title*

(60 minutes)

Brief narrative description of your workshop:*

Please provide a brief overview of your session. If your presentation is selected for the conference, this description will be used in promotional materials. Please limit your description to 100 words. This session will be 60 minutes and will take place over Zoom.

Presenters*

Please include names and organization affiliations for all facilitators.

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Job Title	Organization	Email Address

What is the gap or issue you are addressing? How do you know this is a problem?*

What are your goals for this workshop?*

Please provide an outline of the workshop.*

Please provide a description of any interactive exercises and the time allotted for each exercise with which you will engage participants.*

What skills, strategies and/or resources will participants take home from the workshop?*

Virtual Arts Experience Title:*

Virtual arts experiences will involve new ways to think about and experience compassion in healthcare. Presenters may offer music, drama, and/or multi-media presentations including film or art.

Brief narrative description of your presentation:*

Please provide a brief overview of your session. If your presentation is selected for the conference, this description will be used in promotional materials. Please limit your description to 100 words.

Presenters*

Please include names and organization affiliations for all presenters.

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Job Title	Organization	Email Address

How will your presentation open new ways of thinking about or experiencing compassion and collaboration in healthcare?*

Estimated presentation time:*