SMMS Presenter/Poster Submissions
(Now Closed)

Topics

We welcome all topics related to street medicine, and we’re especially interested in presentations about your direct experience caring for patients experiencing homelessness (especially, though not limited to, the unsheltered/rough-sleeping population). Anyone involved in street medicine (physicians, students, allied health professionals, community organizations, people with lived experience, etc) are encouraged to submit proposals for one of the following presentation format categories:

1) Workshops (55 min)
This format is well-suited for highly interactive sharing of practical knowledge, skills, and personal/professional/organizational enrichment strategies. This format may include a brief didactic portion to introduce the topic or case, but the majority of the session should be spent in group interaction and discussion. Methods for creating an interactive learning environment must be addressed in the proposal.

2) Small group problem-solving sessions (55 min)
In this format, presenters will facilitate interactive discussions that engage participants in discussion and offer solutions for each other’s challenges related to a specific street medicine topic. Proposals may include scenarios that will be presented to the group for discussion and/or elicit challenges from participants related to the topic. The use of PowerPoint (outside of introductory slides) is heavily discouraged in this activity.

3) Lectures - brief (25 min) or extended (55 min)
This format is ideal for the dissemination of new/updated information relating to the field of Street Medicine, review of clinically-pertinent innovations and best practices, and reporting of outcomes data from field research or interventions. Research-oriented submissions may be work in progress. We encourage presenters to allow at least 10 minutes of their time (at least 5 minutes for brief lectures) for audience questions and discussion.

4) Panels (55 min)
This format involves assembling several experts in a topic area, with a moderator directing questions to the panel participants. An ideal panel will include at least 3 panelists with varying perspectives on the topic.

5) Posters (will be displayed throughout the conference; presenters should plan to be present during dedicated poster viewing time)
This format is well-suited to clinical vignettes, highlighting program development/updates, description of service models, research on Street Medicine or unsheltered/rough-sleeping people, or exhibition of medical education approaches to service learning and outreach.
Some topics that we would like to learn more about include: psychiatry, assessing and treating infection, foot care, advocacy, reducing bias, food and nutrition, and continuity of care. However, we are open to any topic you would like to present, and we would especially love to hear about your unique innovations, approaches to care, and research!

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All submissions should be completed via this form by October 1st:

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