All poster contest entrants must be members of the Missouri Chapter of the ACP. Non-members may join online. If you are a member of a different chapter (non-Missouri address), notify ACP Missouri's Customer Service Team of your desire to be a member of the Missouri Chapter. You must be a member of the Missouri Chapter of the ACP to participate in the Missouri Poster Contest.   Non-member submissions will not be accepted.

All posters must be specific to internal medicine. ACP membership numbers are required when submitting entries on August 1, 2021.  Entries are only accepted from Missouri Residency Program Directors or Clerkship Directors. We will use the Missouri Chapter ACP Membership database as of 5pm July 27, 2021, to determine eligibility. 

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Resident Posters:
Residents may submit up to 2 posters. Resident poster first place winners in (1) Research; (2) Clinical Vignette; and (3) Patient Safety & Quality Improvement or High Value Care will receive a travel expense stipend and entry into the national Poster Competition at ACP's National Internal Medicine Meeting. A detailed description of poster categories is on the ACP website.

Student Posters:
Student Poster Competition will be virtual for 2021. Students are limited to one poster submission. Student winners of Clinical Vignette and Research will receive a travel expense stipend and entry into the national Poster Competition at ACP's National Internal Medicine Meeting. ​​A detailed description of poster categories is on the ACP website.

Important Dates:
July 27, 2021
Residents Only: 5:00 p.m. deadline for names to be submitted by the IM program to MO ACP via provided Excel file for the pre-judging abstract competition.

August 1, 2021
  • Residents Only: Deadline for pre-judge abstract competition information to be uploaded to the ACP Poster Portal. The maximum word count is 500 words which includes poster titles, but not author names. This is only for the resident competition, and each residency program may submit up to 5. These submissions must also be noted in the pre-judge category on the Excel file referenced above. Of those submitted, 18 will be selected to participate in the poster competition.
  • Residents Only: 5pm deadline for IM program to email Excel file with ACP Member name, ACP membership number, category, and title for the Featured Poster Competition.  Entry information is accepted and used "as is."  Send Excel file to acpmissouri@gmail.com. Poster submissions are not accepted from individuals. Missouri ACP poster contest only accepts entries from Residency Programs and Medical Schools.

August 6, 2021
Students Only: 5pm deadline for medical schools to email Excel file with ACP Member name, ACP membership number, category, and title for the ePoster Competition.  Entry information is accepted and used "as is."  Send Excel file to acpmissouri@gmail.com. Poster submissions are not accepted from individuals. Missouri ACP poster contest only accepts entries from Medical Schools.
ECP Only: Deadline for poster submissions through the MO ACP website.

August 11, 2021
Students Only: Links for online submission portal will be sent to competitors. MO ACP will be using the National ACP poster submission and judging platform this year. Students will be provided directions through the portal on how to create and upload their annotated poster. Annotated posters should be no more than 5 minutes long. Presenters are also asked to send their poster in a PDF file, no bigger than 5 MB.
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August 18, 2021
  • Residents Only: Notification sent to residency programs of the selected pre-judge posters. These participants will automatically be entered into the Featured Poster Competition.
  • Students Only: Deadline for information and posters to be uploaded to the online portal.

August 24, 2021
Judging information will be sent to student poster judges.

September 3, 2021
Students Only: Judging deadline, all judging must be completed by this date.

September 11, 2021
Residents/ECP Only: Poster judging to take place in person at the Missouri ACP Scientific Meeting at Margaritaville Lake Resort, Osage Beach. Winners of all poster competitions will be recognized at the evening awards reception.

Questions:
Questions should be directed to your Program Director or Clerkship Director.