Contribute to the 40th AACVPR Annual Meeting

The AACVPR Annual Meeting is the premier place for cardiopulmonary rehabilitation professionals to come together and move the field forward. Make your voice heard at our upcoming 40th anniversary event by submitting a session proposal or scientific research proposal.

Make a Submission

Important Dates and Deadlines

Session Proposals

The AACVPR Program Planning Committee and its track-focused subcommittees are now accepting proposals for educational breakout sessions, rapid fire sessions, and pre-meeting workshops. Please refer to the information outlined in the session submission guidelines to ensure your proposal meets our criteria.

The committee is looking for presenters to:

• Identify clinical innovation and research advances that address challenges in the contemporary healthcare landscape
• Describe new delivery models and implementation strategies
• Demonstrate new cognitive sets/skills, creative thinking skills, and/or technological adjuncts
• Share outcomes and advances in cardiac and pulmonary science/research
• Discuss new understandings of disease and disease pathophysiology and management
• Discuss strategies to mitigate disparities of care in patient referral as well as delivery of care
• Describe effective networking skills within the hospital/ACA system
• Identify methods to improve competencies of rehabilitation professionals
• Discuss strategies to improve the relationship of rehabilitation programs with corollary services
• Provide any other information to improve the quality and effectiveness of rehabilitation services
• Identify techniques to create a health-equitable practice

Session Types

• Breakout Session: 60-minute or 75-minute sessions focused on a specific topic (e.g., ITP, psychological aspects of PR, physical activity, staffing models, etc.)
• Pre-Meeting Workshop Session: Four-hour-long workshop that offers a deep dive into a specific content area, and features a mixture of lectures and practical application (e.g., staff competencies for core components, program certification preparation, CCRP preparation)
• Rapid Fire Session: 45-minute track-specific highly interactive sessions that elicit significant audience participation. The session will follow the format below:
  • 15-minute presentation with a 15-slide maximum
  • 20 minutes of discussion
  • 10-minute wrap-up
  • Time limits are strictly enforced by session moderators to ensure all topics have maximum time
  • The session moderator will keep sessions flowing, assist with presentation transitions, and introduce speakers

Scientific Abstracts

Please note scientific abstracts for the 40th Annual Meeting will not open until Monday, December 9, 2024.

Scientific abstracts may be submitted for presentation for one of two formats: oral presentation or poster presentation. Researchers who are within five years of their latest degree or final training (i.e., fellowship, residency) may also submit to be considered for a Beginning Investigator presentation.

Special Scientific Abstract Opportunities

Beginning Investigator Award: The Beginning Investigator Award is given to outstanding researchers who are within five years of their latest degree or final training (i.e., fellowship, residency), and who have not previously won the award. If you meet these qualifications, you may submit your scientific abstract for consideration using the prompts within the submission portal. Each finalist will receive complimentary registration to the conference, and will give a platform presentation during a special session at the 40th Annual Meeting. One presentation will be selected as the winner and receive a plaque and $250 from AACVPR.

JCRP Featured Science Submissions (Formerly Late Breaking Manuscript Submissions: AACVPR is again soliciting abstracts for the JCRP Featured Science submission type (formerly Late-Breaking Manuscript submission type). Abstracts submitted to this category will be reviewed by the AACVPR Research Committee and the JCRP Editors Team, and the authors of the highest scoring submission will be invited to submit a full manuscript for expedited peer review and publication consideration in JCRP. The authors will also be invited to present their findings during the annual meeting. If the manuscript is accepted after the peer review process, it will then be published online ahead of print by the 40th AACVPR Annual Meeting.
 

Questions?

If you have questions, please contact speakers@aacvpr.org.

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