It is the Program Committee’s expectation that a minimum of 100 attendees would purchase a ticket for an Institute, so the topic needs to be of wide interest.

The CME Committee will choose up to 3 Institutes to participate in an outcomes measurement evaluation system, where a set of pre-test, post-test, and follow-up self-assessment questions will be required. More information will be provided if your Institute is selected.

The chair or a co-chair of an Institute must be an AACAP member. Institutes are didactic in nature, use a maximum of 7 presenters (including the chair), and provide interaction/discussion between the presenters and participants for up to 900 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.

AACAP supports expenses of up to 2 domestic non-member presenters. All accepted submissions must display full disclosure slides to the audience. 8-9 Institute spaces are available.

Questions regarding Institutes can be directed to the Program Committee’s Institute Subcommittee Chair, Jeffrey Strawn, MD, MS, at strawnjr@uc.edu.

The following information is required:

• The title of the submission
• The chair’s organization and email address
• Educational Learning Objectives
• Presentation Schedule describing the order of presenters as well as time allotted per person
• Overall Review Abstract for the Institute, describing the reasons why the individual components belong in the same Institute and providing a description of each person’s participation
• Overall Proceedings Abstract for the Institute
• Each co-presenter's, discussant's, and co-author’s name, organization, contact information, email address, disclosure of affiliations, and recording permission
• Individual Proceedings Abstracts for each presentation

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 in July 2020. All materials must be assembled by the Institute chair, and then reviewed and approved by our Institutes Subcommittee.