Interested in sharing your practice management knowledge with colleagues? The AAOE annual meeting program is outstanding because members like you share their hard-earned expertise, pearls and tips by presenting instruction courses on a variety of topics that speak to the most current practice management challenges.
Submission for one-hour instruction course abstracts opens annually the second Thursday in December and closes the second Tuesday in January.
Review the guide below and visit Presenter Central to submit your instruction course abstract.
Tips on Course Content and Approach
We continually hear from attendees that they highly value instruction course presentations that:
- Address pressing issues and emerging trends in practice management;
- Are focused and get them up to speed on a particular subject;
- Provide strategies, takeaways and pearls that they can immediately implement;
- Address the needs of small practices, large practices, multi-specialty practices and/or academic practices;
- Are interactive and include opportunities for attendees to ask questions and interact with colleagues;
- Address soft skills, such as team building and effective communication, as well as hard skills such as billing, self-pay and collections;
- Appeal to specific levels of practice management experience—beginner, intermediate and seasoned professional.
Maximum Number of Co-Presenters
Please limit your presenters to 3-4 presenters maximum. This will ensure adequate time for Q&A from attendees.
Be Inclusive
AAOE not only welcomes a wide array of topics but also encourages diverse viewpoints and experience. When selecting co-presenters—particularly for panels—be sure that it reflects the diversity of our membership in terms of small and large practice, subspecialty, gender, and professional experience. Panels composed of a physician, a practice administrator or practice office staff and/or consultants ensure a diversity of perspectives that speak to the issues of the attendees.
How to Submit an Abstract
Step 1: Create your course title. (Maximum 120 characters)
Step 2: Write a brief synopsis of your course topic. (90 - 120 words)
Step 3: Develop a list of objectives that you hope to achieve for attendees. (50 - 70 words)
Step 4: Select the appropriate program track for your course:
- Alternative Revenue Sources
- Business Operations/Finance/Lean
- Compliance & Risk Management
- EHR & MIPS
- Human Resources
- Information Technology & Cybersecurity
- Marketing
- Practice Quality
- Professional Growth & Leadership
- Small Practice
Sample Submission
Title: Employment Law Basics for the Small Ophthalmology Practice (should not exceed 120 characters) AAOE Program Track: Business Operations/Finance/Lean Synopsis: Large practices often have access to expertise on human resources issues that small practices, with fewer than 30-35 employees, may not. Because of fiscal restraints, small practices often simply adopt, without modification, policies and procedures that don't make sense, given their size. However, being a small practice or solo practitioner does not exempt you from following the law. This course will identify the most common legal issues facing small practices today and clarify how to minimize exposure in areas like employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour violations, discipline and termination, confidentiality, privacy, and social media use. Objectives: By the conclusion of this course, participants will have learned: 1) the issues they face as employers; 2) the laws governing those issues, and, 3) what kinds of provisions they should (or should not) put into their employee manuals.
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Topic Ideas
Below is a partial listing of potential topics to help you brainstorm ideas for your instruction course abstract submission.