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INSTITUTES are 6-7 hours in duration. Institutes differ from other formats in several ways. First, participants devote one whole convention day, and therefore receive more CME credit for this type of activity. Second, participants purchase a ticket to attend Institutes. Third, Institutes allow review of a topic rather than supply new research information. Thus, the Institutes attract members who wish to be taught a comprehensive and authoritative overview of a topic area. Institutes also focus on "how to do it" with respect to clinical problems, academic areas, or a blending of the two. Teaching materials are required.

Institute chairs are required to submit notebooks with each lecturer's slides, talk outlines, annotated bibliographies, and new this year is a set of pre-test, post-test and follow-up multiple-choice self-assessment questions by July 26, 2010. The CME Committee has initiated an outcomes measurement evaluation system and Institute chairs are required to submit a set of 10 each of pre-test, post-test and follow-up questions based on the talks. Additional information and guidance will be provided if the Institute is accepted by the Program Committee. If any speaker for the Institute cannot make the July 26 deadline, it is the chair's responsibility to replace him or her.

The chair or a co-chair of an Institute must be an AACAP member. Institutes are didactic in nature, use a maximum of seven (7) presenters (including the chair), and provide interaction/discussion between the presenters and participants for up to 700 fee-paying participants. Case examples are helpful. Submissions about clinical techniques should include a brief description of or reference to the scientific evidence for and limitations of the treatment technique.

The AACAP supports expenses of up to two domestic non-member presenters. All accepted submissions must display full disclosure slides to the audience. Eight Institute spaces are available.

Questions regarding Institutes can be directed to the Program Committee’s Institute Subcommittee Chair, Melissa DelBello, M.D. at delbelmp@email.uc.edu.

The following information is required:

  • The title of the submission
  • The chair’s affiliation and email address
  • Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Ethics Committee review status, if applicable
  • One Review Abstract and Proceedings Abstract for the overall Institute describing the reasons why the individual components belong in the same Institute and providing a description of each person’s participation
  • Each co-presenter's, discussant's, and co-author’s name, affiliation, and email address
  • A Review Abstract and Proceedings Abstract for each individual presentation
  • Disclosure of conflicts of affiliation from each chair, discussant, and presenter (AACAP will contact each presenter individually in late February to obtain this information.)

Pending acceptance, the Chair will receive Guidelines for Institute Presenters and it is agreed that Institute chairs and presenters will follow these guidelines. The Chair should submit the Institute notebook formatted for publication no later than Monday, July 26, 2010. All materials must be assembled by the Institute chair, and then reviewed and approved by our Institutes Subcommittee.
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