General Instructions for Submitting to Present at STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement
The Call for Presentations is open for the 2026 STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement in Palm Desert, CA. The deadline to submit research proposals is January 27, 2026.The 2026 conference will bring together providers, researchers, educators, practice team members, and administrators to share knowledge for transforming family medicine residency programs and clinical practices. All members of the care and residency teams are invited to submit, including residents, students, behavioral science specialists, nurses, medical assistants, physician assistants, and administrators. We want to hear perspectives from all members of the health care team.
General Instructions
- Submissions must meet all the requirements of the proposed category. Review the submission categories below. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed.
- Do not submit the same proposal in more than one category.
- Acknowledgment of receipt of submissions will be e-mailed automatically after you complete your submission.
- ALL PRESENTERS MUST PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE. In addition, no honoraria or travel expense reimbursement will be provided for any presenter submitting through the call for presentations.
- Presenters may not use any conference presentation to market products or services; exhibit space and literature displays are available for that purpose.
- Every presenter, lead and secondary, will be required to complete a faculty disclosure form indicating any financial arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that may have a direct interest in the subject matter of the continuing medical education presentation.
Templates for Submitting Proposals to Present
Download Submission Templates
These templates (.doc) are to use offline to prepare your submission. You will need to copy and paste into the online submission system when you are ready to do so.
Suggested Topic List
Suggested Topics for Submissions
This conference is ideal for networking and disseminating information about the topics listed below and more. We encourage proposal submissions in these content areas.
Care Delivery and Practice Systems
- Interdisciplinary care team integration and function
- Behavioral health
- Substance use disorder
- Gender affirming care
- Climate medicine
- Virtual care and home monitoring
- Rural care
- Practice management
- Team-based care
- Patient experience
- Artificial intelligence in health care
- Coding, billing, payment
- Techniques for managing patient portal/messaging and intravisit care
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Addressing health disparities
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Social determinants of health
Value-Based Health Care Delivery
- Managing chronic disease
- Preventive care
- Patient engagement
- Patient safety and error prevention
- Health information technology and interoperability
- Risk assessment
- Data and analytics
- Population health
Workforce
- Well-being initiatives
- Burnout prevention and recovery
- Recruitment and retention strategies
- Professionalism–teaching and assessing
- Leadership training
Education
- Dissemination of quality improvement work
- Behavioral sciences–family systems
- ACGME review committee requirements
- Learning networks
Session Formats
Lecture Discussion
Purpose: To provide a forum for focused didactic presentation and discussion of an in-progress clinical, research, administrative, education project or brief behavioral medicine topic with preliminary data and/or expected results.
Time: 30 minutes (20-minute presentation, 10 minutes of discussion/response)
Seminar
Purpose: To give practical information and methods to enhance practice improvement through health information and patient education efforts or to enhance resident/behavioral science education. Seminars should include a combination of presentation and active involvement of participants.
Time: 60 minutes (50-minute presentation, 10 minutes of discussion/response)
Workshop
Purpose: To present high-quality, interactive sessions that require more time than the regular conference format allows.
Time: 90 minutes
Scholarly Topic Roundtable Discussion
Purpose: Informal presentations to share experiences, ideas, problems, or solutions; leaders briefly present material and facilitate discussion
Time: 50 minutes (including breakfast)
Completed Poster
Purpose: To provide an opportunity for one-on-one discussion of a presenter’s completed project in education, process of care, patient-oriented outcomes, and quality of care studies. Completed posters require Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions (distribution of handouts is encouraged; audiovisual equipment not provided).
Time: 1 hour staffing your poster during dedicated time
Work-in-Progress Poster
Purpose: To provide an opportunity for one-on-one discussion of a presenter’s work-in-progress project related to teaching, education, curricular or clinical intervention, management innovation, or quality improvement (distribution of handouts is encouraged; audiovisual equipment not provided).
Time: 1 hour staffing your poster during dedicated time
Student or Resident Poster
Purpose: To provide an opportunity for one-on-one discussion of a presenter’s work in progress project related to teaching, education, curricular or clinical intervention, management innovation, or quality improvement (distribution of handouts is encouraged; audiovisual equipment not provided).
Time: 1 hour staffing your poster during dedicated time
Questions?
For questions about submitting presentation proposals, contact Kim Sevedge at (800) 274-7928 or the email link below.
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