Participant Guidelines & FAQs
Step One - Register for the Event!
Everyone (residents, fellows, students, judges, and observers for the CURRE Symposium) must complete the Participant Registration Form, accessible on the Homepage or by clicking on the button below.
Once submitted, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address provided in the form. Everyone must refer to this email to activate their accounts for this website. This event website will be used for all CURRE Symposium-related activities:
Resident/Fellow and Student Presenters must complete the registration form before completing the Event Submission Form on this website. Registration is required for Primary Authors, but co-authors should also complete the registration form so that they have full access to this website.
Event Judges must complete the registration form before participating in the online prejudging on this website.
All other attendees and observers must complete the registration form before attending in-person or remotely (on this website) on February 6, 2026.
Resident/Fellow and Student Presenters can proceed with Steps 2 - 4 below!
Step Two - Submit Your Research Abstract by December 1, 2025
Resident/Fellow and Student Presenters will submit the Research Abstract on the Event Submission Form, accessible on the Homepage or by clicking on the button below. Please read through all instructions on the submission form.
Residents/Fellows - Participation at a PGY-1 level for a case presentation is required. Also, participation of either a case, IRB approved project, or “work in progress” is required for the PGY 3+ terminal year of the program.
Students - Participation is optional and welcome for all academic years, but encouraged for MS3 - MS4.
Abstract must include an osteopathic element related to either philosophy or treatment.
Abstract must include at least one attending physician / faculty mentor for the case/project.
For resident/fellow submissions, the Primary Author for the case/project must be a resident or fellow. Students can be included as co-authors.
For student submissions, the Primary Author for the case/project must be a student. Residents or fellows can be included as co-authors.
Minimum length for the abstract is 250 words; maximum length is 650 words.
Groups cannot exceed the maximum number of 5 participants/authors, including the required attending physician mentor(s).
At least one participant/author per group must attend and present during the in-person/virtual symposium event on February 6th. Attendance for all other group members (online or in person) is optional, but all are welcome and encouraged to attend if available!
Step Three - Submit Your Research Poster by December 15, 2025
After submitting the Research Abstract, Resident/Fellow and Student Presenters will submit the Research Posters using their same Event Submission Forms (a new form is not needed). Instructions on how to go back and edit the same submission form are available by clicking on the button below.
Poster must include a quality parameter (what you learned) and will be assigned to one of the following CMS categories: Mortality, Readmissions, Safety of Care, Patient Experience, Effectiveness of Care, Timeliness of Care, Efficient Use of Medical Imaging/Testing, Emerging Medical Care/Diagnosis, and Academic Medicine.
Poster must acknowledge the same attending physician / faculty mentor(s) from the Research Abstract.
Poster must include the same osteopathic element acknowledged in the Research Abstract.
Posters for in-person participants will be printed by Campbell at no charge. (Virtual presenters will not need to print their posters.) Please ensure that poster measurements within PowerPoint are set to 36” x 48” (directions on how to set measurements are provided in the Poster Template).
Downloadable Poster Templates for resident/fellow/student presenters are located in the section below. All presenters are encouraged to use this template (or something similar) for the event.
Research Poster Templates
Resident/Fellow and Student Presenters can download a copy of the Research Poster Template for the event and use the instructions in this template as a guideline for drafting their posters. There are two versions provided below; presenters can use either template for their research.
Once it's ready to submit for event approval, presenters should save the file as a PDF prior to uploading it to the Event Submission Form.
Step Four - Submit Your Video Presentation by January 19, 2026
After submitting the Research Abstract and Poster, Resident/Fellow and Student Presenters will submit a Video Presentation using the same Event Submission Form (a new form is not needed). Instructions on how to go back and edit the same submission form are provided in the Step Three section above.
Video Recording Instructions for Presenters:
Use any recording system of your choice that will produce an mp4 recording of yourself.
You can use Zoom conferencing platform, YouTube clips, etc. You must have your camera on during your presentation. Therefore, please present yourself just as you would for an in-person event or interview. Maximum size for the video recording is 1 GB.
Example = for Zoom, you would start a meeting, share the screen of yourself, hit “record,” deliver your presentation, stop the recording and end the meeting, and Zoom will produce an mp4 file that you can upload for the event.
Presentation must be 1 ½ - 5 minutes in length.
(Please do not exceed 5 minutes.)
Use clear, concise, and informative research content.
Focus on the most important content; try not to read verbatim from the abstract/poster.
Don’t assume the listener is looking at your poster. Provide descriptions as if the person is NOT looking at your poster. Try avoiding saying vague statements like, “As you can see in this chart…”
The Primary Author does not need to be the one to deliver this recorded presentation. However…
Resident/Fellow Primary Authors - recording must be delivered by you or your resident/fellow co-author
Student Primary Authors - recording must be delivered by you or your student co-author
Group Option - multiple co-authors can participate in the recording, but it must be choreographed well; transitions between speakers should be seamless and content must be coherent and chronological.
Frequently Asked Questions
(for Resident, Fellow, and Student Presenters)
There is no official limit on the number of submissions you can submit. However, it's recommended that participants should limit their participation on numerous submissions (either as a Primary Author or as a Co-Author), as this could cause complications for presenting during the live event.
Additionally, if participants would like to have more than one submission, they should ensure that the research in each submission is unique as opposed to variations of the same clinical case. For instance, if one submission is "Trends and Disparities in Fall Injuries..." and another submission is "Trends and Disparities in Cyclist Injuries...", they may appear to have similar content. Therefore, if more than one abstract/poster/video is submitted, the research in each submission should ideally be distinctive.
Primary Authors will receive an email notification confirming HIPAA approval for the event. If the submission is not HIPAA-approved, Primary Authors will be asked to make edits to their abstract or poster submission and resubmit for approval (resubmission instructions will be provided in the email).
Provided the abstracts and posters meet HIPAA compliance, ALL submissions for this event will be accepted! Therefore, if you submit your abstract and poster (and video) by the required deadline(s) and it's all HIPAA compliant, you can consider your submission as automatically accepted. Acceptance notification letters will be emailed to the Primary Authors after the submission period is officially completed in January 2026.
You can exceed the maximum number of participants on your submission and it will not disqualify you or your other authors from participating in the event (meaning you can still attend and present your research during the event and receive scholarly activity credit).
However, it will automatically disqualify your submission from the possibility of winning in any of the CMS award categories. So, it would be up to you if you choose to move forward with more than 5 authors.
(On the Event Submission Form, there is room for only 3 resident/fellow/student co-authors (in addition to the Primary Author and Faculty Advisor). If you choose to forego the option of winning in your assigned category and would like to add more authors, you can proceed with adding the names of additional co-authors in the "Co-Author #3" section on the Event Submission Form.)
Judges will have the option to listen to your recorded presentation while scoring your abstract and poster during pre-judging.
More importantly, the time constraints during the live event may not allow everyone to hear all presentations. With this recording, ALL event attendees (residents, fellows, students, faculty, and all judges) will have the option to view your recorded presentation before or during the event!
Yes - you have until the assigned deadline(s) to go back and edit your submission on the Event Submission Form as many times as you like. However, once the deadline(s) have passed, those sections of the forms will be unavailable and you will not be able to edit that portion of your submission.
Instructions for editing your Event Submission Form can be found here = https://help.fourwaves.com/en/articles/8760924-edit-my-submission
No - everything (abstract, poster, and video) must be submitted on the Event Submission Form on this website.
If a portion of your submission does not meet HIPAA compliance and must be resubmitted for approval, you will receive instructions on the preferred method of resubmission. We may ask for an emailed copy, but please do not send anything via email unless specifically instructed to do so. Always refer to your Event Submission Form on this event website for submitting your abstract, poster, and video unless otherwise requested.
Physicians, medical professionals, and educators (MD, DO, PhD, MLS, etc.) can volunteer to serve as judges. In January, each submission will be assigned to two judges for pre-judging. Submissions will be sorted and reviewed to help avoid potential conflict of interest or bias from assigned judges, and pre-judging scores will help determine the top finalists prior to the live event on February 6th.
During pre-judging, submissions will be rated on a 5-point Likert scale that may consist of (but are not limited to) the following criteria:
The topic has reasonable relevance to the quality/improvement of the practice of medicine or contributes significantly to general medical understanding.
The question/hypothesis or clinical scenario was clearly stated and appears plausible and/or valid.
The background research on the topic was thorough and adequate.
The conclusions presented were well supported by the data/evidence. The conclusions were not extrapolated beyond the evidence.
An osteopathic element was addressed with either philosophy or treatment located on abstract, on poster, during verbal presentation or all three areas.
The poster was visually appealing and easy to read with good use of spacing and color.
Additional scoring will take place during the live event on February 6th. The winner of each CMS category and the Project category will be announced at the end of the event, and prizes will be mailed to the winners.
All Resident/Fellow and Student Presenters have until the Research Abstract deadline (December 1) to determine their modes of attendance. After the December 1 deadline, this question will no longer be available to edit on the Event Submission Form. Therefore, please be certain on how you would like to participate in this event.
(This deadline is necessary for event coordination and preparations. For instance, if online presenters abruptly decide to attend in-person a week prior to the event, rushed poster printing on our end could get chaotic. Therefore, due to the last-minute change, we cannot guarantee that their printed posters would be ready for the event. The mode of attendance deadline will aid in streamlined preparations and a well-organized event day.)
For event-related questions (i.e. the submission process, technical issues, attendee instructions, etc.), please reach out to the event coordinator, Tydal M. Jackson (tmjackson@campbell.edu).
For research-specific questions (i.e. poster content, patient consent, HIPAA approval, etc.), please reach out to the Associate Dean for Research, Terri Hamrick, PhD (hamrick@campbell.edu).
