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View the Call for Presentations with requirements at www.teachingprevention.org/abstracts.

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TOPIC AREAS

We welcome work that addresses current and emerging challenges and is relevant to prevention, population health, public health, or health professions education. Select the primary track that best fits the abstract; reviewers may recommend a different track.

Teaching & Learning: Abstracts should describe evidence-informed teaching strategies and curriculum models that enhance prevention and population health teaching and education. Submissions may highlight curriculum design, innovative teaching methods, technology-enhanced learning, experiential learning, interprofessional education, or approaches to assessment and evaluation

Research & Scholarship: Abstracts should highlight original research, scholarly practice, applied studies, or practice-based initiatives that advance prevention and population health. Submissions may describe program design and implementation, evaluation of outcomes, translation of evidence into practice, or synthesis of research. 

Faculty, Leadership & Workforce Development: Abstracts should focus on strategies for faculty growth, mentorship, professional advancement, and leadership development. Submissions may include models for strengthening resilience and well-being, improving faculty assessment systems, enrollment and administration, workforce pathways and preparing the next generation of prevention and public health educators and researchers.

Collaboration & Engagement: Abstracts should describe innovative partnerships and engagement strategies across academic institutions, communities, healthcare systems, and other sectors. Submissions should highlight models of interdisciplinary collaboration, belonging and inclusion, and community-based or participatory initiatives that strengthen prevention and population health outcomes.

Policy, Advocacy & Civic Engagement: Abstracts should highlight effective approaches to translating evidence for decision-makers, coalition building for public health change, or integrating policy and advocacy training into educational programs. Submissions may highlight strategies for teaching health policy, advocacy, and civic engagement. 

Emerging Challenges & Future Directions: Abstracts should address new, evolving, or cross-cutting topics that influence or impact prevention and population health education, research, and practice.

• Artificial Intelligence as a Cross-Cutting Topic: AI-related submissions are encouraged across all topic areas. Select the category that best reflects the primary focus of the abstract and describe how AI is used or examined. Relevant topics may include AI-supported teaching and assessment, research applications, faculty and workforce readiness, learner use, ethics, bias and equity, privacy, academic integrity, misinformation, and responsible implementation.
• AI abstracts: Naming an AI tool is not enough. Strong submissions will explain the educational or practice problem, how AI was used, what evidence or evaluation supports the approach, what risks or limitations were considered, and what participants can apply. Abstracts may also critically examine when AI should not be used.

PRESENTATION FORMATS

Choose the format that best matches the abstract purpose. APTR may recommend a different format based on program needs. Every abstract should describe how participants will be actively involved.

Seminar. 20 minutes.
Presenters share a study, educational innovation, or practice-based project, with time reserved for participant questions and discussion. Seminars presentations addressing similar topics will be grouped together to form a session. APTR will determine the final session grouping and schedule.

Skill-Building Workshop. 60 minutes
Participants practice a skill, apply a framework, build or adapt a resource, or make a decision. At least half of the session must involve hands-on work, peer feedback, simulation, or facilitated application.

Show & Tell. 30 minutes
An interactive demonstration of a teaching method, activity, tool, resource, or technology that has been developed and used in practice. Presenters demonstrate the innovation in action, briefly share outcomes and lessons learned, and facilitate discussion about how participants might adapt it in their own settings. Submissions must identify what will be demonstrated and any audiovisual or internet requirements.

Roundtable Exchange. 25 minutes, repeated
Small-group discussion focused on a question, challenge, or emerging issue for which the facilitator is seeking multiple perspectives rather than presenting a completed solution. The presenter provides a brief introduction and uses prepared prompts to guide participant exchange. The abstract must identify the central question, discussion prompts, participation method, and intended takeaway.

Lightning Round. 5 minutes
Rapid presentation highlighting a project, pilot, case, early finding, or useful failure. Presentations will be grouped thematically, with facilitated discussion after the set.