ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS PASSED
FOR INTERACTIVE SKILL-BUILDING WORKSHOPS
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED
FOR INNOVATIONS AND COOL IDEAS OR WORKS-IN-PROGRESS:
Monday, October 6, 2025 – 11:59 pm PDT
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The 23rd annual Innovations in Medical Education Conference will be a 100% online event in 2026. This format supports a global network of innovative healthcare educators. An online conference eliminates travel expenses, accommodates any travel restrictions, and makes participation feasible for global educators, trainees, and scholars at all stages.
The conference is an excellent opportunity to join a growing community of learners, teachers, scholars, and leaders from around the world working together to promote change through innovation in health professions education. Our goal is to move education in the health professions toward a higher level of excellence and well-being by providing a forum for sharing new ideas and educational innovations.
Join us online from anywhere in the world!
The 2026 IME Online Conference is seeking abstract submissions in the following categories:
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- Interactive skill-building workshops
- Innovations and completed research projects (must have data)
- Cool Ideas or works-in-progress without data (great option for students, residents, and faculty with new initiatives)
The planning committee will consider all content areas intended to promote or assess learning at any level (pre-health, undergraduate, graduate, practitioner, faculty).
Interactive Skill-Building Workshops: All proposed workshops should focus on key skills and competencies. Examples include skills related to the use of AI in Health Profession Education (HPE), building clinical experiences, providing educational support, enhancing the learning environment, teaching, mentoring and coaching, conducting research, leadership, professional development, promoting well-being, and utilizing technology.
Innovations and Cool Ideas Abstracts: A wide variety of topics are welcome. Click here for a list of suggested topics. Of particular interest are:
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- Learner and faculty well-being, supportive learning environments, culturally responsive care, professionalism and identity formation, communication, quality improvement, and patient safety;
- The use of AI in Health Professions Education, innovative educational methods and technologies, competency-based education; and
- Projects focused on healthcare financing, policy-related impacts on training environments, and interdisciplinary education in times of reduced resources.
Download a PDF of the complete IME 2026 Call for Abstracts
Sponsored by the Department of Medical Education, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California