The Call for Presentations is now closed.
Thank you to all who submitted.
The Coalition for Compassionate Care of California invites our members and professionals in advance care planning and palliative medicine to submit breakout session proposals for our 8th annual summit:
Ignite. Inspire. Innovate.
TAKING PALLIATIVE CARE TO THE NEXT LEVEL
May 12-13, 2016
Newport Beach, CA
Presentations should focus on key issues involved in improving care for people with a serious illness, and should be appropriate for both clinical and non-clinical team members, including physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, administrators, public policy makers and consumer advocates.
Read the information below, and then download the presentation application. Contact us if you have any questions.
Download the Presentation Application (.docx)
All breakout session presentations should be 75 minutes. Additionally, a 15-minute question-and-answer period is allotted for each session.
Presentations for the 2016 Annual Summit should be thought-provoking and innovative. Examples include:
- Successful models of community-based palliative care
- Integrating advance care planning into healthcare systems and communities
- Increasing access to palliative care for diverse populations
- POLST quality improvement
- Population health management
- Palliative care in skilled nursing facilities
Submission Guidelines
- Submission deadline: September 11, 2015
- Include a well-defined topic with focused objectives
- Include all presenters’ biographies and contact information
- Include a detailed content outline that covers the full 75-minute presentation time
- Incomplete applications will not be considered
- Separate applications must be submitted for each proposal
Evaluation
Proposals will be evaluated using the following guidelines:
- Innovation, creativity and originality of topic
- Clarity, depth and specificity of proposal
- Timeliness, currency and relevance of subject matter
- Practical applicability of topic to palliative care and serious illness
- Highly-interactive, shared-learning presentation approach and format
All proposals should be free of commercial bias and references to commercial products or services. All selected presenters are required to disclose the existence of any vested interest with a sponsor or any commercial product or service that is directly or indirectly related to the educational presentation.
Presenter Reimbursement Policy
For each proposal that is accepted for presentation, up to two of the presenters will be eligible for a 50 percent discount on conference registration.
CCCC does not pay an honorarium, travel, per diem or other costs for presenters. In addition, presenters are responsible for all expenses incurred in the development and implementation of their sessions, including reproduction, shipment and delivery of handouts.
Download the Presentation Application (.docx)